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Tactic: Lock-in
Tactic sort:
Dark Tactic
Type: Unsustainable Pattern
Category: cloud-computing
Tags:
Title
Lock-in
Description
Vendor lock-in is economically unsustainable for cloud users because the difficulty to change cloud provider diminish their bargaining power, prevent them from reacting if the provider fails to provide the agreed service or even threaten their business assets in case of data breach or cyberattack on the cloud provider side.
Participant
cloud-user, cloud-provider
Related artifact
Cloud technology used
Context
Choice of technology
Feature
Termination of the service
Tactic intent
Locking the cloud user in a specific technology, hence hindering the change for a different cloud provider
Intent measure
Cloud-provider changeability
Countermeasure
Standardization of cloud APIs and solutions that increase portability and interoperability
Source
*The Dark Side of Cloud and Edge Computing* by Klervie Toczé, Maël Madon, Muriel Garcia and Patricia Lago (DOI: https://doi.org/10.21428/bf6fb269.9422c084)Graphical representation
![]( /AwesomeAndDarkTactics/assets/diagrams/models-lock-in.png)