PAKISTAN CLOUD FIRST POLICY
Table of Contents
Definitions and Abbreviations ........................................................................................................................ 3
1.1
Cloud Computing .................................................................................................................................. 3
1.2
Cloud Service Provider (CSP)............................................................................................................... 3
1.3
Public Sector Entities (PSE) .................................................................................................................. 3
1.4
Government data ................................................................................................................................... 3
1.5
Interoperability ...................................................................................................................................... 3
1.6
New ICT Investment ............................................................................................................................. 3
1.7
Open Data ............................................................................................................................................. 3
1.8
Service Level Agreement (SLA) ........................................................................................................... 3
1.9
Abbreviations ........................................................................................................................................ 4
Background..................................................................................................................................................... 5
Vision ............................................................................................................................................................. 6
Scope and Adoption........................................................................................................................................ 7
Objectives ....................................................................................................................................................... 7
Current State of Cloud Computing in Pakistan ............................................................................................... 7
6.1
Current ICT Infrastructure landscape .................................................................................................... 7
6.2
Human Resources ................................................................................................................................. 7
6.3
Cloud Opportunities in Pakistan ........................................................................................................... 8
Cloud Deployment Models ............................................................................................................................. 8
7.1
Public Cloud .......................................................................................................................................... 8
7.2
Government Cloud ................................................................................................................................ 8
7.3
Private Cloud......................................................................................................................................... 8
7.4
Hybrid Cloud......................................................................................................................................... 8
Data Sovereignty and Data Flows .................................................................................................................. 8
Policy Deliverables ......................................................................................................................................... 9
Cloud Office .......................................................................................................................................... 9
9.1
9.1.1
Organizational Hierarchy of the Cloud Office ................................................................................. 10
9.2
Accreditation of Cloud Service Providers for Government Data ........................................................ 10
9.3
Registration of Cloud Service Providers ............................................................................................. 11
9.4
ICT Audits ......................................................................................................................................... 11
9.5
Cloud Acquisition Office .................................................................................................................... 11
9.6
Restrictions on Investments in Fragmented ICT infrastructure ........................................................... 11
9.7
Data Classification .............................................................................................................................. 11
9.8
Security Framework ............................................................................................................................ 12
Procurement............................................................................................................................................. 12
10.1
Centralized Procurement ..................................................................................................................... 13
10.2
Contracts with CSP ............................................................................................................................. 14
10.2.1
Service Level Agreements (SLA)............................................................................................... 14
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