Cybersecurity Governance in Cloud Environments - supplementary material

Appendix A presents the complete corpus of 62 peer-reviewed studies alongside their individual contributions and thematic relevance to cloud cybersecurity governance. Appendix B documents the Boolean search strings applied across six major academic databases in accordance with PRISMA 2020 guidelines.

Appendix C offers a structured comparative analysis of predominant governance frameworks and standards identified across the review period (2020–2026), mapping their scope and alignment with cloud specific security requirements. Appendix D positions the present review against prior published works by systematically comparing scope, methodological rigor, and theoretical contributions. Appendix E provides a complete methodological classification of all 62 included studies by research design and approach.