myTrustedCloud: trusted cloud infrastructure for security-critical computation and data management

Cloud Computing provides an infrastructure to utilise and share both computational and data resources whilst allowing a pay-per-use model. It is useful to cost-effectively manage hardware investment or to maximise its utilisation. Cloud Computing also offers transitory access to scalable amounts of computational resources, something that is especially important due to the time and financial constraints of many user communities. The typical use cases for public clouds involve non-business critical applications, particularly where issues around security of utilization of applications or deposited data within shared public services are binding requisites. In this poster, a use case is presented illustrating how the integration of Trusted Computing technologies into an available Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) platform -- Eucalyptus -- allows the security-critical energy industry to exploit the flexibility and potential economic benefits of Cloud Computing for their business-critical applications.