Certification
SCS provides a certification framework with various scopes.
Becoming certified
In order to obtain a certification for a certain scope, the corresponding scope standard must be adhered to. This is tested at regular intervals, and the results of these tests will be made available publicly. There are various types of certifications, which are described below.
Certification of infrastructure
Cloud service providers can obtain a certification for their infrastructure offerings.
The standard SCS-0004 describes the certification of infrastructure offerings in depth.
Certification of integrators
Implementation partners and cloud service providers can obtain a certification recognizing their technical knowledge and experience to provide technical support to other organizations using SCS.
The standard SCS-0007 describes the integrator certification in depth.
Compliant cloud environments
Certified SCS-compatible IaaS
These environments are officially certified by the SCS certification assessment body according to SCS-0004. They are regularly tested against the certificate scope SCS-compatible IaaS.
| Name | Description | Operator | SCS-compatible IaaS | HealthMon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud&Heat IaaS | Public cloud for customers (1 SCS region) | Cloud&Heat Technologies GmbH | ✅ v5.1 | n/a |
| CNDS | Public cloud for customers (2 SCS regions) | artcodix GmbH | ✅ v5.1 | HM |
| REGIO.cloud | Public cloud for customers (1 SCS region) | OSISM GmbH | ✅ v5.1 | HM |
| ScaleUp Open Cloud | Public cloud for customers (1 SCS region) | ScaleUp Technologies GmbH & Co. KG | ✅ v5.1 | HM |
Certified SCS-compatible KaaS
These environments are officially certified by the SCS certification assessment body according to SCS-0004. They are regularly tested against the certificate scope SCS-compatible KaaS.
| Name | Description | Operator | SCS-compatible KaaS |
|---|---|---|---|
| noris Sovereign Cloud (nSC) | Public KaaS cloud based on Gardener (1 SCS configuration) | noris network AG | ✅* v1 |
| ScaleUp Open Cloud | Public KaaS cloud based on Gardener (1 SCS configuration) | ScaleUp Technologies GmbH & Co. KG | ✅ v1 |
| Syself Autopilot | KaaS offering based on ClusterStacks (1 SCS configuration) | Syself GmbH | ✅ v1 |
Non-certified environments
These environments are not officially certified. Operators voluntarily list them to demonstrate their compliance.
| Name | Description | Operator | SCS-compatible IaaS | HealthMon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| aov.cloud | Community cloud for customers (1 SCS region) | aov IT.Services GmbH | ✅ v5.1 | HM |
| CC@RRZE | Community Compute Cloud (CC) for FAU and Bavaria (1 SCS region) | Erlangen National High Performance Computing Center (NHR@FAU) & Regionales Rechenzentrum Erlangen (RRZE) | ✅ v5.1 | (soon) |
| noris Sovereign Cloud (nSC) | Public cloud for customers (1 SCS region) | noris network AG | ✅ v5.1 | HM |
| pluscloud open | Public cloud for customers (4 SCS regions) | plusserver GmbH | 🛑 – | HM1 HM2 HM3 HM4 |
| scs2 | Dev/Test/Demo environment (2nd gen) provided for SCS & GAIA-X context (1 SCS region) | plusserver GmbH | 🛑 – | HM |
| syseleven | Public OpenStack Cloud (2 SCS regions) | SysEleven GmbH | 🛑 – | (soon) |