Trends in Cloud Computing

of " Secure Journey to the Cloud-a Matter of Control, " provides an answer to this question for politicians, administrators, and others dealing with or responsible for implementing cloud solutions in the public sector. Everything will change in the years ahead in the field of ICT-based operational management. Civil servants will no longer have computers under their desks, customer-facing counters in government offices will become superfluous or be digitized, data centers will be merged and ICT departments of public authorities and executive agencies will be fully or partly abolished. At the same time, increasing amounts of data stored by public authorities will be made available to citizens and businesses for reuse. Influenced by social media developments , citizens and businesses will demand that the government provides its services through the same channels. This must all take place in a government-guaranteed secure environment. It is high time for a fresh look at the organization and use of ICT in and by public authorities; and an associated security policy. The necessity of the latter, is clearly demonstrated by the recent developments relating to WikiLeaks and particularly the successful denial-of-service attacks on the websites of various public authorities. Cloud suppliers could have thwarted these attacks if cloud computing had already been implemented. Cloud computing can only be successfully adopted if traffic can flow securely along the digital highway. Security is, therefore, often a key area of concern in discussions on cloud computing. It is essential that security is well organized in the interest of society as a whole. The question is what actions the government should take in the field of security to guarantee the proper introduction of cloud computing. This paper on the theme