The second category aims at the certification of hybrid cloud-edge environments for the financial sector. Main driver of this category definition is CaixaBank, which currently holds a large number of on-premise services and is trying to expand this into the field of public clouds, i.e. using SaaS or IaaS providers. However, due to regulation, there is a need for continuous certification in the sector. The application of EMERALD would ensure the real-time assessment of several cloud services, validating that they are compliant with the controls defined in a specific security framework.
OpenNebulaSystems, as a European specialist in managing hybrid cloud-edge environments, will lead this category and pilot.