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Published 04/22/2021

Cloud Security Alliance Shines Light on Excellence in Cloud Provider Security

Cloud Security Alliance Shines Light on Excellence in Cloud Provider Security

Trusted Cloud Provider program allows organizations to demonstrate commitment to holistic security

SEATTLE April 22, 2021 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining and raising awareness of best practices to help ensure a secure cloud computing environment, is pleased to announce the first cohort of Cloud Security Alliance Trusted Cloud Providers. Built upon existing CSA programs, the Trusted Cloud Provider trustmark (which will be displayed on each organization’s Security, Trust, Assurance & Risk (STAR) registry) will assist consumers in identifying cloud providers that demonstrate their commitment to holistic security and are aligned with their individual security requirements. More than 50 providers, including Qualys and Atlassian, have already been pre-qualified.

“I am so proud of what the Cloud Security Alliance has built over the years, and the Trusted Cloud Provider designation reflects this. It aligns with CSA's principles of making organizations stronger and more secure, and encouraging professionals to increase their knowledge of leading-edge security topics — all of which supports the community at-large,” said Jim Reavis, co-founder and CEO, Cloud Security Alliance. “For companies looking to be holistic in demonstrating proper security practices, the Trusted Cloud Provider designation is the pinnacle.”

To become a CSA Trusted Cloud Provider, organizations must:

“As an early champion of the Cloud Security Alliance, we are pleased to see them build upon their leadership with the new Trusted Cloud Provider designation that helps customers identify solutions aligned with CSA best practices for secure cloud computing,” said Sumedh Thakar, interim CEO and chief product officer at Qualys. “We are proud to be among the first companies to be a CSA Trusted Cloud Provider for our cloud-native Qualys Cloud Platform, which helps make businesses more secure by providing visibility across hybrid-IT environments for a single view from prevention to detection and response.”

"We have been a long-time supporter of the Cloud Security Alliance and the research and guidance it provides as part of its efforts to enhance security across the cloud community. We quickly realized the importance of registering our popular cloud products such as Jira and Confluence as CSA STAR-certified and feel that being an early adopter of the new Trusted Cloud Provider designation is a natural progression," said Adrian Ludwig, Chief Information Security Officer, Atlassian. "Given the rapid pace of cloud adoption, it's vital that business can quickly identify those cloud providers whose security practices align with theirs."

The inaugural Trusted Cloud Providers will be announced at CSA’s premier annual conference, SECtember (Seattle, Sept 13-17, 2021). Enterprises interested in achieving the Trusted Cloud Providers designation should begin the process now in order to be included in the inaugural group. To learn more or get started, please contact [email protected].

About Cloud Security Alliance
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) is the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining and raising awareness of best practices to help ensure a secure cloud computing environment. CSA harnesses the subject matter expertise of industry practitioners, associations, governments, and its corporate and individual members to offer cloud security-specific research, education, training, certification, events, and products. CSA's activities, knowledge, and extensive network benefit the entire community impacted by cloud — from providers and customers to governments, entrepreneurs, and the assurance industry — and provide a forum through which different parties can work together to create and maintain a trusted cloud ecosystem. For further information, visit us at www.cloudsecurityalliance.org, and follow us on Twitter @cloudsa.

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About Cloud Security Alliance

The Cloud Security Alliance is a not-for-profit organization with a mission to promote the use of best practices for providing security assurance within Cloud Computing, and to provide education on the uses of Cloud Computing to help secure all other forms of computing. The Cloud Security Alliance is led by a broad coalition of industry practitioners, corporations, associations and other key stakeholders. For further information, follow us on Twitter @cloudsa.

For press inquiries, email Zenobia Godschalk of ZAG Communications or reach her by phone at 650.269.8315.