Special Publication 800-145
The NIST Definition of Cloud
Computing
Recommendations of the National Institute
of Standards and Technology
Peter Mell
Timothy Grance
, NIST Special Publication 800-145 The NIST Definition of Cloud Computing
Peter Mell
Timothy Grance
C O M P U T E R S E C U R I T Y
Computer Security Division
Information Technology Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8930
September 2011
U.S. Department of Commerce
Rebecca M. Blank, Acting Secretary
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Patrick D. Gallagher, Under Secretary for Standards and
Technology and Director
The NIST Definition of Cloud
Computing
Recommendations of the National Institute
of Standards and Technology
Peter Mell
Timothy Grance
, NIST Special Publication 800-145 The NIST Definition of Cloud Computing
Peter Mell
Timothy Grance
C O M P U T E R S E C U R I T Y
Computer Security Division
Information Technology Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8930
September 2011
U.S. Department of Commerce
Rebecca M. Blank, Acting Secretary
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Patrick D. Gallagher, Under Secretary for Standards and
Technology and Director
