Cloud Broker
What is Cloud Broker?
An entity that manages the use, performance, and delivery of cloud services, negotiating relationships between cloud providers and consumers.
Frameworks that govern cloud broker
What the standards actually require on cloud broker
Requirements naming cloud broker across this standard, quoted from the control text.
FFIEC IT Examination Handbook1 control
Management chooses among private, community, public and hybrid cloud deployment models with their differing ownership, management and location, may use more than one provider to reduce single-provider reliance and augment continuity and resilience, may rely on...
ffiec-it-examination-handbook::AIO-VII.A.3 · VII.A.3 Cloud Deployment Models (Architecture, Infrastructure, and Operations) →Questions people ask about cloud broker
What is Cloud Broker?
An entity that manages the use, performance, and delivery of cloud services, negotiating relationships between cloud providers and consumers.
Why is Cloud Broker important for compliance?
Cloud Broker is a key concept in Cloud Security. Understanding cloud broker helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 1,016 frameworks with 316K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Cloud Broker?
Cloud Broker appears in the requirement text of FFIEC IT Examination Handbook. Across these standards we have identified 1 control that names it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Cloud Broker?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how cloud broker applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 1,016 frameworks.
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