Core Elements Impacting Cloud Adoption in the Government of Saudi Arabia

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is taking rapid steps towards digital transformation in the field of government services. Cloud computing adoption may be the next step that supports this digital transformation to providing many features and reducing costs. Therefore, this paper will present multiple factors that may make it difficult to move to the cloud by conducting several interviews and questionnaires with government sector workers, those with technical experience, and that too to take caution and develop suitable solutions in advance. This paper also presents some recommendations and suggestions useful to consider when adopting the cloud in the public sector.