Projects – Page 2

Cloud Security Certification Schemes Workgroup

“The Cloud Security Certification Schemes” workgroup, set up and supported by the European Commission, is being chaired by users and providers. Objective is to assess for CSP’s and users the benefits of being certified. Activities cover inventory of schemes, validation/mapping, basic requirements and security controls for a certification scheme, stakeholder analysis, technical standards, accreditation of certification bodies.

Cloud Data Portability and Switching Provider Workgroup

EuroCIO will take the lead with CISPE (Cloud Infrastructure Services Europe) respectively from the IT Demand/Supply side on developing IaaS Code of Conduct (CoC); Enel representatives with 3 other organizations (Scope Europe, etc.) will cover SaaS CoC on porting data and switching cloud service providers (CSP) This could be in the form of developing model contract clauses for services agreements between CSP and cloud users. This will be done with other contributors/experts; This European workgroup is being established as a result of the discussions at Dec 12, 2017 European Commission DSM (Digital Single Market) workshop with facilitators Arthur’s Legal and IDC (work will be sued as starting base).

Data Protection Code of Conducts Workgroups

The two "Data Protection Code of Conducts" projects supported by European Commission and resulting from the C-SIG - Cloud Select Industry Group - over the last years with contribution by EuroCIO to:

The Data Protection Code of Conduct for Cloud Services Providers covering SaaS, PaaS, IaaS with no approval /positive opinion yet from WP29; SCOPE Europe is the independent code monitoring body coordinating this activity since mid 2017; we are following up with their progress.
The CISPE workgroup (Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers Europe

The “Open Cloud Foundation”

This initiative has been kicked off in December 2017 and aims at providing the meta-framework with standards and best practices to ensure Cloud openness by bringing together providers, customers, research organizations and regulatory bodies at international level (beyond Europe). The “Open Cloud Foundation” will operate an observatory of industry practices against this framework and will use every available lever to help the industry to commit on this topic, all together. The EuroCIO is involved rather as observer, and will review deliverables of this initiative with their users and members (via SRC, NB Coordination Workgroup).

Digital Opportunity Scheme

This initiative will provide cross-border traineeships in ICT Sector for up to 6,000 students and recent graduates in 2018-2020, with the aim to reduce the digital skills gap and help companies that have difficulties finding people with the needed ICT skills. The primary background on the study was the forecast produced by empirica which showed three scenarios for IT skills shortfalls in Europe – the worst case scenario was over 700,000 unfilled jobs in the 3 - 5 years coming up Focus is on national forces and development of curricula and training in digital skills for young people; analyze what skills can be provided in an internship for graduates with ICT or without ICT background, which requirements for students, etc. Erasmus project evaluation has been done and Erasmus+ initiative is being launched

EuroCIO contribution to european projects