Cyber supply chain risks in cloud computing - the effect of transparency on the risk assessment of SaaS applications

Thesis

While the cloud model has many economic and functional advantages, the increased external interactions of cloud applications have expanded the complexity of its architectures and reshaped its supply chain. Due to the variety of parties involved in cloud service delivery and the high degree of supplier autonomy, assessing cloud risks has become a challenge. Also, the widespread application of traditional frameworks to cloud risk assessment has several shortcomings, including the subjectivit...

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Authors: Akinrolabu, O

• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: Supplier Assessment; risk assessment; Quantitative risk assessment; systems thinking; Monte Carlo; cloud computing; Delphi
• Subjects: Cyber Security; Computer science