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Project 2: Cloud Risk and Compliance Issues Analysis
Step 1: Research Risks Associated With Cloud Adoption

The first step in 

assessing risk in cloud computing
 will be to identify and describe 

risk concepts
 and 

cloud computing risk factors
 associated with cloud adoption. As a software as a service (SaaS) company considering an infrastructure as a service (IaaS) cloud service provider for your hosting needs, consider 

third party outsourcing issues
 and the generally accepted best practices for cloud adoption and review relevant 

cloud risk case studies
. You should also consider 

best practices for cloud adoption
.

As part of the 

risk management process
, identify and describe other 

types of risk
, such as risks associated with having a 

service-level agreement (SLA)
. An example of a potential risk could be if your company is obligated to protect personal information, and then the cloud provider that you use suffers a security breach exposing that personal information.

Here, identify and describe other types of risks or potential liability issues that apply to BallotOnline and discuss them with your colleagues in the Discussion: Risk forum.

You will incorporate your research into your final report.

In order to identify guidelines applicable to your company’s industry, you must have an understanding of the different types of risk management guidelines that exist and are frequently applicable in cloud environments.

There are several cybersecurity standards applicable to cloud computing environments such as the 
NIST Cybersecurity Framework,  
ISO standards, and US federal government standards (DoD/FIPS), as well as several major sets of 
risk guidelines for dealing with the risks involved. Also, there are organizations such as the 
Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) that recommend best practices for managing risks.

Review the different guidelines and determine which are most appropriate for BallotOnline. For example, NIST has responsibility for developing a number of 
elections industry guidelines within the United States.

Identify why those guidelines are most appropriate and compile these items into a brief (one page or less) recommendation and justification of your choice. Your recommendation will also be incorporated into your final report in the final step.

Submit your recommendation for review using the steps described below.

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Now that you have identified the guidelines most applicable to your organization, it is time to discuss privacy protections that may apply.

BallotOnline is now a global organization and may need to contend with several sets of 
privacy laws since these laws vary from country to country.

Sophia has recommended that you focus on European Union (EU) privacy requirements for now, including the 
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), since those are considered to be the most challenging for compliance. Many companies opt to host data for their European customers entirely within facilities in the European Union, and the companies implement restrictions to prevent data for EU citizens from crossing borders into non-EU zones. This is the approach that you have been asked to take and where you should focus your efforts. Note that some cloud providers, such as Amazon, have received special approval from EU authorities to permit data transfer outside of the EU.

Research EU privacy requirements, identify the requirements that apply to your project and why they apply, and compile your recommendations for complying with these requirements. These will be incorporated into your final report.

Before moving on to the next step, discuss the material with your colleagues in the Discussion: Privacy Issues.