This workshop will explain, from a practical point of view, the legal and regulatory barriers to the development of cloud services. The discussions will encompass
? Existing sources of law from a national and international perspective, in the context of various, differentiating cloud definitions, cloud service models and different subject matter of such services
? Future regulations such as, the General Data Protection Regulation and its impact on the cloud regulatory framework
? Issues related to cloud standardization and the extent to which standardization may support the legal framework related to the cloud environment
? Service procurement issues including the contents of cloud contracts, Service Level contracts and the enforcement of such contracts.
? Risks connected with cloud contracts from the perspective of cloud vendors, including state and local government vendors, private vendors, cloud service providers and brokers as well as auditors
? Issues involved in auditing cloud services