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10.4.2.3 Resource test management

This set of functionalities is focused on ensuring that the various resources are working properly.
This includes the following functionalities:
1) resource test strategy and policy management. This functionality manages the rules that define the
strategies for conducting various resource tests;
2) resource test lifecycle management. This functionality manages the E2E lifecycle of a test of a
resource;
3) resource test command and control. This functionality provides access, commands, and controls the
resource testing environment;
4) resource test services. This functionality provides the means to access the testing capabilities.

10.4.3 Resource charging and accounting functionalities
This set of functionalities covers resource usage management of the services. This includes resource usage
collection and distribution.
10.4.3.1 Resource usage collection and distribution

This set of functionalities is used to channel usage events from the resources to various processes such as
billing, legal compliance, and service assurance. Usage event records are collected, processed, edited,
correlated, enriched, formatted and distributed to upstream functionalities.

10.4.4 Resource repositories functionalities
This covers a set of functionalities for the resource repositories of the services. These functionalities include
resource catalogue management and resource inventory management.

10.4.4.1 Resource catalogue management
This set of functionalities determines repositories of resource listing within the CSP and include the ability to
design, create, augment and map new entities and supporting data.

10.4.4.2 Resource inventory management
This set of functionalities manages information of all CSP resources available for the implementation of
services and products.

11 Security considerations
Security aspects for consideration within the cloud computing environment, including inter-cloud computing,
are addressed by security challenges for the CSPs as described in [ITU-T X.1601]. [ITU-T X.1601] analyses
security threats and challenges, and describes security capabilities that could mitigate these threats and meet
the security challenges.

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