As defined by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computer resources (such as networks, servers, storage, applications and services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction (David Cowen, 2013). (http://www.iacpcybercenter.org/resource-center/what-is-cyber-crime/glossary/)
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