Business-driven management of infrastructure-level risks in Cloud providers

► We present a state of the art of risk management and assessment methods, and Cloud-related risks. ► We introduce a semi-quantitative BLO-driven risk assessment to drive risk management in the Cloud. ► We present the business-driven management of infrastructure risks in PaaS providers as a use case. ► We demonstrate that a Cloud provider can maximize its profit and client satisfaction by treating risks.