Martin Gilje Jaatun, Siani Pearson, Frédéric Gittler, Ronald Leenes, to appear in Proceedings of IEEE CloudCom 2014

abstract
In order to be an accountable organisation, Cloud Providers need to commit to being responsible stewards of other people’s information. This implies demonstrating both willingness and capacity for such stewardship. This paper outlines the fundamental requirements that must be met by accountable organisations, and sketches what kind of tools, mechanisms and guidelines support this in practice.