It serves also as an overview of all roles within the StarAudit eco system. The detailed role-description and the rights and responsibilities can be found in other documents (for instance, the specific contract for each role).
- StarAudit: Certification scheme and a knowledge-platform.
- CS: Cloud Service. The provider‘s SaaS, PaaS or IaaS product.
- CSP: Cloud Services Provider. A company/organisation which offers a Cloud Service.
- CSC: Cloud Services Customer. A company which plans to use or is using Cloud Services.
- StarAudit-ACH: StarAudit – Accredited Chapter Organisation.A company or organisation which is fully authorised by ECE to be the exclusive representative office in a specified country.
- StarAudit-AAO: StarAudit – Accredited Audit Organisation. A company which is accredited by ECE to offer certification services, and later auditing services to a CSP according to StarAudit specifications
- StarAudit-AA: StarAudit - Accredited Auditor. A person who carries out the StarAudit audits. Must be associated to an Audit Organisation (AAO) and be trained by a senior Auditor.
- StarAudit-sAA: StarAudit – Senior Accredited Auditor. An accredited auditor, who has several years of audit experience allowed to conduct training courses for individuals who want to be accredited as an StarAudit-AA.
- StarAudit-AEB: StarAudit - Accredited Embassy. An organisation which is accredited by ECE to act as a regional promotional agency. The Embassy is a main point of contact for CSPs and CSCs interested in StarAudit services as well as accredited StarAudit partners.
- StarAudit-AB: StarAudit – Ambassador. A person who is accredited by ECE to promote StarAudit and who refers an Auditing, Consulting or Training Organisation that is interesting in becoming a new StarAudit partner.
- StarAudit-ATO: StarAudit – Accredited Training Organisation. A company or organisation which is accredited by ECE to carry out StarAudit trainings and provide training certificates like e.g. StarAudit-Foundation Professional
- StarAudit-AT: StarAudit - Accredited Trainer. A person who carries out StarAudit training tasks at a CSPs or CSCs. Must be trained by a senior Trainer.
- StarAudit-sAT: StarAudit – Senior Accredited Trainer. An accredited trainer who is allowed to conduct training courses for individuals who want to be accredited as an StarAudit-AT.
- StarAudit-ACO: StarAudit – Accredited Consulting Organisation. A company or organisation which is accredited by ECE to carry out StarAudit compliant consulting services, facilitate self-assessments, offer compliance checks and use StarAudit tools for vendor selection.
- StarAudit-AC: StarAudit - Accredited Consultant .A person who carries out StarAudit consulting tasks at a CSP or a CSC. E.g. supports to achieve the StarAudit certification, assists at StarAudit self-assessments or compares Cloud-service offers. Must be trained by a senior Consultant.
- StarAudit-sAC: StarAudit – Senior Accredited Consultant. An accredited consultant who is allowed to conduct StarAudit training courses for individuals who want to be accredited as StarAudit-ACs.
- StarAudit-ACADEMY: StarAudit - Academy. An online platform to perform the tests and training, which are obligatory, for individuals to achieve an accreditation status
- StarAudit-Assessments: StarAudit – Assessments.Online tools that are used by CSPs, CSCs and StarAudit auditors, trainers and consultants to perform several StarAudit related tasks such as, Self-Assessment, Compliance-Check, Vendor-Comparison, Checklist-development as well as Auditing related work. The result of the self-assessment of a CSP himself can be published on the StarAudit website and is a clear statement of the CSP’s sincerity and transparency. The Assessment Tool is not an alternative to a 3rd party audit.
- StarAudit Foundation (FD): A person who wants to achieve a basic know-how regardingCloud Certification and Cloud Quality Controls
- StarAudit Professional (PF): A person who want to support cloud certification and cloud quality related tasks (e.g. in the procurement department) within their own organisation
- StarAudit internal Auditor (IA): A person who wants to support the preparation and the execution of an audit process within their own organisation.