SecureCloud 2012
Frankfurt am Main, 9 May 2012
The
European Cloud
Computing Strategy
Carl-Christian Buhr
http://bit.ly/cc_buhr, @ccbuhr
http://slidesha.re/seccloud (All expressed views are those of the speaker.)

101 Actions
http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda
DAE
http://bit.ly/NeelieKroesEU,
@NeelieKroesEU

101 Actions
http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda
Advising on...
Cloud Computing
ICT Standardisation
ICT Research Policy
Micro-/Nanoelectronics
Photonics
etc.
http://bit.ly/cc_buhr,
@ccbuhr
http://bit.ly/NeelieKroesEU,
@NeelieKroesEU

Cloud Computing in the
Digital Agenda
“Europe should also […]
[reinforce] eInfrastructures
and […] should develop an
EU-wide strategy on 'cloud
computing' notably for
government and science. […]
The strategy should consider
economic, legal and
institutional aspects.”
A Digital Agenda for Europe (COM(2010)245, 19.05.2010),
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:52010DC0245(01):EN:NOT

The Commission acts...
“Now is the time to bring
it all together. […] This
goes beyond a policy
framework. I want to make
Europe not just ‘cloud-
friendly’ but ‘cloud-
active’.”
Neelie Kroes, 27 January 2011
http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda

Multiple roles...
...Policy Maker
Launches policy debates
Invites Member States to take action
Proposes EU legislation
Supports coordination
...Funding Agency
Research & Innovation projects
e.g. eGovernment building blocks
...Infrastructure Builder
Funds infrastructures
Connects Member State systems

Why?
• Economic potential for cloud
supply & especially demand sides
• Cloud computing will happen: to or
with us?
• Many policies impact cloud & vice
versa: horizontal view needed
http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda

When?
“[T]he deliverable is a document
combining analysis and a plan of
future actions. I want to have this
in place no later than 2012.”
Neelie Kroes, 27 January 2011
“Before the summer, I intend to
present a European Cloud Strategy...”
Neelie Kroes, 24 January 2012
http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda

What?
“First, the legal framework: users' rights,
data protection and privacy - including
the global aspects […].
Second, technical and commercial
fundamentals: boosting research efforts,
and focussing them on critical issues such
as security and reliability.
Neelie Kroes, 22 March 2011
http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda

And what not?
“our overall Cloud Computing strategy,
is not about building a European super-
Cloud, neither outright nor by forcing
the integration of existing public
Cloud infrastructures.”
Neelie Kroes, 26 January 2012
http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda

Process
1.Expert Reports (e.g. ENISA)
2.Digital Agenda (19/05/2010)
3.Announcement (27/01/2011)
4.Public online consultation (16/05-01/08/2011)
5.Hearings with users, SMEs, IT & telcos
(11/2011)
6.Industry working groups and recommendations
(11/2011)
•Cloud Computing Strategy (summer 2012)
8.Implementation...
http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda

Partners
European Parliament
Member States
http://europarl.europa.eu/
Council of
the European Union http://consilium.europa.eu/

Ex. 1: Public procurement
“I am inviting public authorities
and industry, Cloud buyers and
suppliers, to come together in a
European Cloud Partnership. In
the first phase, the Partnership
will come up with common
requirements for Cloud
procurement.”
Neelie Kroes, 26 January 2012
http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda

Ex. 2: Data Protection
“The challenge is to take our
fundamental rights to privacy and the
protection of personal data and make
them work in the digital era.”
Neelie Kroes, 30 January 2012
http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda

Ex. 3: Cloud Security
Adressed by/relevant for:
→ Cloud Partnership
→ Data Protection
→ Standardisation/Certification
& self-standing proposal on
internet security
http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda

Selected Pointers
The Digital Agenda for Europe
http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda
Cloud Computing @ Digital Agenda
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/cloudcomputing/index_en.htm
Public Consultation May-August 2011: Final Report
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/cloudcomputing/docs/ccconsultationfinalreport.pdf
Cloud Computing Industry Recommendations 2011
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/cloudcomputing/docs/industryrecommendations-ccstrategy-nov2011.pdf
Neelie Kroes Cloud Speeches
Davos 2011 (Announcement): http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/11/50
EP 2012 (Content Online): http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/12/30
Davos 2012 (Partnership): http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/12/38
Brussels 2012 (DP): http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/12/40
Neelie Kroes Blogs
Data Protection in the Cloud: http://blogs.ec.europa.eu/neelie-kroes/cloud-data-protection/
European Cloud Partnership: http://blogs.ec.europa.eu/neelie-kroes/european-cloud-partnership/
Contacts
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