Abstract
The broker is foreseen to take an important role in the future Cloud ecosystem. A Cloud broker will simplify
the relationships between Cloud providers and customers, by aggregating, integrating and customizing services
in accordance to the customers’ needs. This paper demonstrates how security requirements can be a part of
the Cloud brokering model. We present CloudSurfer, which is a prototype implementation of an independent
Cloud broker that allows the customer to search for services that fulfill a set of security requirements. The
application has been evaluated by representatives from the software industry and academia, and is freely
available for further research.
the relationships between Cloud providers and customers, by aggregating, integrating and customizing services
in accordance to the customers’ needs. This paper demonstrates how security requirements can be a part of
the Cloud brokering model. We present CloudSurfer, which is a prototype implementation of an independent
Cloud broker that allows the customer to search for services that fulfill a set of security requirements. The
application has been evaluated by representatives from the software industry and academia, and is freely
available for further research.
