nist definitions of private and community clouds
- Formal definition of cloud computing by NIST home | Cloud Computing Types | Related Technologies National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is an agency under the purview of US Department of Commerce. NIST is responsible for defining standards in Science and Technology. The Computer Security Division of NISD has provided a formal definition of Cloud computing. This definition is considered an industry standard. The definition is present at http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/SNS/cloud-computing/ .