DMTF’s Cloud Auditing Data Federation (CADF) Working Group recently released the Data Format and Interface Definitions Specification as a Work-In-Progress.

This specification provides a clear and extensible event model that specifies how cloud providers can produce and share consistent audit event, log and report information regardless of their infrastructure or deployment model. The specification further offers standard mechanisms for cloud customers to self-audit the security and compliance of their cloud-hosted applications and data, including relevant information about the provider’s operational software and underlying hardware infrastructure.

Adoption of this specification and other open standards will help to instill greater trust in cloud providers’ ability to provide the level of service their customers expect and fulfill the promise of an open cloud marketplace. To view the Work-In-Progress specification, click here.