Table 1.

Overview of the GakuNin Cloud Checklist, V5.1.

	Check item	#Detailed check items	Overview
A	Outline of product/service	4	Name of proposed product/service, Product/Service outline
B	Operation results	2	Number of subscribing parties, Service start date
C	Contract application	8	Payment, Licensing system
D	Authentication	3	Authentication with SAML (Shibboleth support), multi-factor authentication
E	Reliability	4	Record of service availability, Planned service outages
F	Support	5	Support desk, Notification for important information
G	Network and communications	9	SINET connection, Communications security
H	Administrative functions	12	Operation status list display, Usage statistics
I	Software environment	4	Supported operating systems, Examples of applications, Operating platforms
J	Scalability	5	Maximum number of servers, Adding resources
K	Data center	7	Physical security, Data center locations
L	Security	11	Incident response, Security measures
M	Data management	9	Data redundancy, Logs
N	Backups	6	Backup services, Restoring from backups
O	Cloud provider reliability	6	Privacy policy, Outsourcing to third parties
P	Contract conditions	6	Clarification of the scope of responsibility, Governing law
Q	Data handling	3	Data intellectual property rights/right to use data, Data deletion
R	Resource continuity	4	Data migration support at the termination of a contract, Server image migration
S	Third-party certification	4	Business continuity, Security