Readings from the other desks

Readings from the other desks: cross-references to their editions for the same scope, not copies of them.

In preparation. This chapter is seeded with Nexus Standards’s reading printed in the GCRI edition; Nexus Standards replaces it with its own text when it writes the edition.
Contents
  1. ·Edition home
  2. 1Where standards are needed
  3. 2Adoption findings
  4. 3Domain and industry profiles
  5. 4Conformance and assurance
  6. 5Change scenarios
  7. 6Readings from the other desks
    1. 6.1 Standards and regulatory watch: the Nexus Standards reading in the GCRI edition
    2. 6.2 Readings from the other desks
    3. 6.3 Contribute to this chapter
  8. 7Standards work programme
  9. 8Crosswalks

6.1Standards and regulatory watch: the Nexus Standards reading in the GCRI edition

The instruments that shape the systems of Cloud, Edge and Distributed Computing, as printed in the Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI) Systems Evidence edition. Instruments and published guidance that shape the systems in this edition, by status on the retrieval date. The edition assesses no one’s compliance.

InstrumentBodyScopeStatusRelevance
NIST SP 800-145, 800-146 and 500-292 [25] [26] [27]NISTUS, used globallyPUBLISHED 2011 AND 2012cloud definition and architecture
ISO/IEC 22123-1 [42]ISO and IECglobalPUBLISHED · VOLUNTARYcloud vocabulary
ISO/IEC 30134-2 [41]ISO and IECglobalPUBLISHED · VOLUNTARYPUE definition
EU Data Act [15] [16] [37]European UnionEUIN FORCE · APPLIES FROM 2025switching and data access
DORA [17] [38]European UnionEU financial sectorIN FORCE · APPLIES FROM 2025ICT third-party oversight
Energy Efficiency Directive data centre reporting [19] [35] [36]European UnionEUIN FORCEenergy and water reporting
FedRAMP 20x [24]US GSAUS federalPROGRAMME ACTIVEcloud authorisation
ETSI MEC specifications [30]ETSIEuropePUBLISHED · VOLUNTARYedge computing
Cloud and AI Development Act [18]European CommissionEUPROPOSAL 2026capacity, permits, sovereignty
Green Data Centre Roadmap [43]Singapore IMDASingaporePUBLISHEDdata centre growth and efficiency

6.2Readings from the other desks

Cross-references to the other desks’ editions for the same subject, never copies of them.

DeskEditionStateIdentifier
Standards ProgressStandards Progress: Cloud, Edge and Distributed Computing 2026In preparationNR-NXS-XT-08-2026-BASELINE (reserved)
GCRI Systems EvidenceSystems Evidence: Cloud, Edge and Distributed Computing 2026Drafted, in stewardship reviewNR-XTECH-CLOUD-GLOBAL-2026-BASELINE-v1.0.0
GRF Public DeliberationOutside this desk’s remitNot in remit
GRA Capital ReadinessOutside this desk’s remitNot in remit
Academy CapabilityCapability: Cloud, Edge and Distributed Computing 2026In preparationNR-RA-XT-08-2026-BASELINE (reserved)
Index MeasurementOutside this desk’s remitNot in remit

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The print edition of the evidence this chapter cross-references: the GCRI Systems Evidence edition for Cloud, Edge and Distributed Computing.

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6.3Contribute to this chapter

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