Key Words - Final

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Across
  1. 3. This is a catch-all term used to describe the continual expansion of different types of services that can be delivered by the cloud.
  2. 5. (6,5) A combination of private, community or public clouds. This model requires more management than the other models but can offer greater flexibility for the organisation.
  3. 6. (6,5) Services are provided by third party organisations and are available to any individual or organisation. They remove the cost barrier faced by start-up organisations when they want to use enterprise-grade software and solutions.
  4. 10. (6,4-2) This is a situation where an organisation has to use a technology or service from a particular vendor to avoid incurring significant costs tif they were to use an alternative product/service.
  5. 11. This cloud service provides at a developmental level for application development and hosting. Organisations tend not to care about the underlying infrastructure, being more concerned about having the resources available to allow them to focus on the services needed for their business.
  6. 13. (7,11) is used to create future benefit to the organisation through the purchase of assets (e.g. servers, devices, software etc). This is a one-off cost that means that the organisation would own the asset outright.
  7. 15. Part of the CIA Trias, and ensures that data needs to be protected from unauthorised changes i.e data is trustworthy and free from tampering.
  8. 16. In cloud computing is an integration of the three main service models i.e. SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS.
  9. 17. Policies, processes, and measures that are used to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of systems.
  10. 18. (9,6) Are for the use of a group of related organisations which is often hosted by one of the members (similar to a private cloud) but accessed remotely by the other members (similar to a public cloud).
Down
  1. 1. (9,11) is the day-to-day expenses that relate to the cost of doing business. For example, utilities, consumables, and subscriptions.
  2. 2. This cloud service represents cloud resources provided at its base levels i.e. storage, database, servers, networking etc. This gives the organisation the most flexibility but requires more management and technical ability.
  3. 4. (7,6,9) Is a contract between customers and a service provider. This agreement defines the levels of service, culpability, and any penalties.
  4. 7. (6,5) This is an SaaS storage service delivered by Google.
  5. 8. This represents the capability of being able to grow or decrease a resource’s usage based on the need.
  6. 9. This is an event that impacts the organisation’s service where confidentiality, integrity or availability has been compromised.
  7. 12. (7,5) Is created, owned, and managed by a single organisation usually in their own data centre. This is often comparable to traditional IT systems.
  8. 13. Is an adherence to the relevant legislation, policies, and standards.
  9. 14. In regards to data, this concerns the requirements of secrecy when personal identifiable information is collected and stored.
  10. 16. This service provides complete applications to the cloud service consumer. Organisations and individuals can utilise these services with limited or no technical ability. However, customisations are either limited or not possible at all.