Special Publication 500 -293 US Government Cloud Computing Technology Roadmap Volume I High -Priority Requirements to Further USG Agency Cloud Computing Adoption Lee Badger, David Bernstein, Robert Bohn, Frederic de Vaulx, Mike Hogan, Michaela Iorga, Jian Mao, John Messina, Kevin Mills, Eric Simmon, Annie Sokol, Jin Tong, Fred Whiteside and Dawn Leaf This publication is available free of charge from: http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.500 -293 This page left intentionally blank U.S. Department of Commerce Penny Pritzker, Secretary National Institute of Standards and Technology Willie May , Acting Under Secretary for Standards and Technology and Acting Director NIST Special Publication 500 -293 US Government Cloud Computing Technology Roadmap Volume I High-Priority Requirements to Further USG Agency Cloud Computing Adoption Lee Badger, David Bernstein, Robert Bohn, Frederic de Vaulx, Mike Hogan, Michaela Iorga, Jian Mao, John Messina, Kevin Mills, Eric Simmon, Annie Sokol, Jin Tong, Fred Whiteside and Dawn Leaf Cloud Computing Program Information Technology Laboratory National Institute of Standards and Technology Gaithersburg, MD 20899 This publication is available free of charge from: http:dx.doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.500 -293 October 2014 Information Technology Laboratory US Government Cloud Computing Technology Roadmap Volume I Reports on Computer Systems Technology The Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NI ST) promotes the U.S. economy and public welfare by providing technical leadership for the nation’s measurement and standards infrastructure. ITL develops tests, test methods, reference data, proof of concept implementations, and technical analysis to adva nce the development and productive use of information technology. This Special Publication 500-series reports on ITL’s research, guidance, and outreach efforts in Information Technology and its collaborative activities with industry, government, and academ ic organizations. This publication is available free of charge from: http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.500 -293 National Institute of Standards and Technology Special Publication 500 -293 Natl. Inst. Stand. Technol. Spec. Publ. 500 -293, 40 pages (October 2014) Certain commercial entities, equipment, or materials may be identified in this document in order to describe an experimental procedure or conce pt adequately. Such identification is not intended to imply recommendation or endorsement by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, nor is it intended to imply that the entities, materials, or equipment are necessarily the best available for the purpose. US Government Cloud Computing Technology Roadmap, Volume I iii US Government Cloud Computing Technology Roadmap, Volume I iv Acknowledgments The authors, David Bernstein, Jian Mao, and Jin Tong, of Knowcean Consulting Inc orporated (under contract through the Federal Integrated Product Team , Space & Naval Warfare [SPAWAR ] Systems Center Atlantic ), Frederic de Vaulx of Prometheus Computing LLC (under contract ), Fred Whiteside of the Department of Commerce, and Lee Badger, Robert Bohn, Mike Hogan, Michaela Iorga, John Messina, Kevin Mills, Eric Simmon, Annie Sokol, and Dawn Leaf of the National Institute of Stand ards and Technology (NIST), gratefully acknowledge and appreciate the broad contributions from members of the NIST Clo ud Computing US Government Target Business Use Case, Reference Architecture and Taxonomy, Standards Acceleration to Jumpstart the Adoption of Cloud Computing (SAJACC), Security, and Standards working g roups. We especially acknowledge Lisa Carnahan, Romayne Hines , Mary Saunders