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Quantitative Reasoning about Cloud Security Using Service Level Agreements. / Luna, J.; Taha, A.; Trapero, R. et al.
In: IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing, Vol. 5, No. 3, 01.07.2017, p. 457-471.

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Luna, J, Taha, A, Trapero, R & Suri, N 2017, 'Quantitative Reasoning about Cloud Security Using Service Level Agreements', IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 457-471. https://doi.org/10.1109/TCC.2015.2469659

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Luna, J., Taha, A., Trapero, R., & Suri, N. (2017). Quantitative Reasoning about Cloud Security Using Service Level Agreements. IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing, 5(3), 457-471. https://doi.org/10.1109/TCC.2015.2469659

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Luna J, Taha A, Trapero R, Suri N. Quantitative Reasoning about Cloud Security Using Service Level Agreements. IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing. 2017 Jul 1;5(3):457-471. Epub 2015 Aug 27. doi: 10.1109/TCC.2015.2469659

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Luna, J. ; Taha, A. ; Trapero, R. et al. / Quantitative Reasoning about Cloud Security Using Service Level Agreements. In: IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing. 2017 ; Vol. 5, No. 3. pp. 457-471.

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