Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Glossary -- Executive Summary -- Synthesis -- Defining cloud computing -- Defining security, privacy and trust -- Issues arising from the reviewed literature -- Risk control frameworks -- Operational challenges -- Implications from case studies -- Gap analysis -- Solving the challenges: observations and recommendations -- Conclusions -- Methodology -- Structure of the report -- Chapter1: Introduction -- Chpater 2: Definitions and drivers -- 2.1 Definitions of cloud computing -- 2.2 What's pushing cloud take-up? -- 2.3 The economics of cloud computing: implications for security -- 2.4 Concluding remarks -- Chapter 3: Understanding the implications for security, privacy and trust -- 3.1 Defining security, privacy and trust -- 3.2 Growing focus on security, privacy and trust concerns -- 3.3 Identifying key issues and possible enablers for security, trust and privacy in the cloud -- Chapter 4: Security, privacy and trust challenges stemming from the technological underpinnings of cloud computing -- 4.1 The linchpin of trust: the hypervisor -- 4.2 Can the distributed models of computation characteristic of grid technology adequately serve the availability and interoperability needs of cloud computing? -- 4.3 Current state-of-the-art web services may not be sufficient to establish interoperability for identity management in the cloud -- 4.4 Trustworthiness in service-orientated architectures (SOAs) -- 4.5 Will web application frameworks (APIs and SDKs) be credible in providing trust across distributed environments? -- 4.6 The fragility of current encryption approaches in the cloud context -- 4.7 Concluding remarks -- Chapter 5: Security, privacy and trust challenges inherent to the legal and regulatory aspects of cloud computing.

5.1 Horizontal perspective: applicable law and jurisdiction -- 5.2 Vertical issues: main applicable laws -- 5.3 The will of the parties: contractual provisions -- 5.4 Overcoming legal barriers: key tools -- 5.5 Concluding remarks -- Chapter 6: Putting it all together: key risks and operational challenges -- 6.1 Summary of legal and technical issues -- 6.2 Migrating to the cloud: the operational challenges -- Chapter 7: Case studies -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Initial classification of case studies -- 7.3 Observations on case studies in practice -- 7.4 Matrix of case study typology -- 7.5 Case Study 1: the Danish National IT and Telecom Agency -- 7.6 Case study 2: the City of Los Angeles -- 7.7 Case study 3: EU eHealth provider -- 7.8 Implications -- Chapter 8: Gap analysis -- Chapter 9: Solving the challenges: recommendations and actions -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Recommendations -- 9.3 Specific actions -- Chapter 10: Conclusions -- References -- Appendices.