Cloud Service Models Questions
The key principles of cloud governance are as follows:
1. Accountability: Ensuring clear ownership and responsibility for cloud services and data, including defining roles and responsibilities for managing and governing the cloud environment.
2. Transparency: Providing visibility and access to information about cloud services, including costs, performance, and security, to enable informed decision-making and accountability.
3. Compliance: Ensuring adherence to relevant laws, regulations, and industry standards, such as data protection and privacy requirements, through appropriate policies, controls, and monitoring.
4. Risk management: Identifying and assessing risks associated with cloud services, and implementing appropriate controls and mitigation strategies to minimize potential risks and ensure business continuity.
5. Security: Implementing robust security measures to protect cloud services and data from unauthorized access, breaches, and other security threats, including encryption, access controls, and regular security assessments.
6. Performance management: Monitoring and managing the performance of cloud services to ensure they meet agreed-upon service levels and performance targets, and taking appropriate actions to address any performance issues.
7. Cost optimization: Optimizing cloud costs by monitoring and managing resource usage, implementing cost-saving measures, and ensuring cost transparency and accountability.
8. Change management: Implementing effective change management processes to ensure smooth and controlled changes to cloud services, minimizing disruptions and ensuring compliance with organizational policies and procedures.
9. Vendor management: Establishing and maintaining effective relationships with cloud service providers, including clear service level agreements, regular performance reviews, and ongoing monitoring of vendor compliance and security practices.
10. Continuous improvement: Regularly reviewing and improving cloud governance processes and practices to adapt to changing business needs, technological advancements, and emerging risks and opportunities.