Decision support framework for data residency compliance in cloud

摘要

Enterprises are availing the benefits of cloud computing in terms of distributed resources, quick deployment, cost effectiveness, scalability, uninterrupted services and hence, are hosting services on cloud. However, these services require transfer of customer data across borders which could violate local, national, or international regulations or even could lead to unintended access of data. Data Residency (DaR) is one such regulation that deals with the location and movement of data across geographies and jurisdictions, and protection against unintended access. Data regulations are enforced by countries. Some countries have stringent regulations, while some have conditional regulations. These regulations could vary according to the data type. Hence, each organization operating in multi-geographies and serving customers across the borders needs to comply with DaR regulations. In this work, we present a model-driven framework that aims to provide decision support for the enterprise to assist in selection of cloud data centers for hosting web-services and placement of customer data, such that they are DaR complaint.