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03/05/2019
Cloud Security Alliance Debuts Internet of Things (IoT) Controls Framework and Accompanying Guide
Framework introduces base-level security controls required to mitigate numerous risks associated with IoT systems SAN FRANCISCO – March 4, 2019 – RSA CONFERENCE 2019– The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining and raising awareness of best practic...
03/04/2019
Cloud Security Alliance Announces Decade of Vision Leadership Award Winners
CSA announced the recipients of its Decade of Vision Leadership award, given to the three founding CEOs, who provided the initial startup funding, plus consistent support, mentoring, and evangelism of the CSA mission on a global basis over the last 10 years. The awards were presented at the CSA Summit at RSA Conference.
03/04/2019
Cloud Security Alliance and Internet Security Conference Sign Memorandum of Understanding
As part of the agreement—and at the invitation of the Internet Security Conference (ISC), one of the most insightful high-profile events on network security in Asia-Pacific and worldwide—the CSA will host a CSA Summit co-located with the ISC event in Beijing on Aug. 21-22, 2019. Founded in 2013, the ISC has been successfully held for six years, during which time it has been well recognized, supported and participated by governments, think tanks, business executives, academia, industry influences and technical elites.
03/04/2019
Cloud Security Alliance Launches STAR Continuous, a Compliance Assessment Program for Cloud Service Providers
Chance to align security validation capabilities with cloud security compliance gives enterprises a competitive edge SAN FRANCISCO – March 4, 2019 – RSA CONFERENCE 2019 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining and raising awareness of best pra...
03/04/2019
Cloud Security Alliance Debuts the Knowledge Center, a Comprehensive E-Learning Platform
Offers individuals, enterprises high-quality flexible training to complement and enhance knowledge, schedules and budgets SAN FRANCISCO – March 4, 2019 – RSA CONFERENCE 2019 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining and raising awareness of bes...
03/01/2019
CSA and Whistic Unveil Streamlined Consensus Assessments Initiative Questionnaire (CAIQ)
The beta version of CAIQ-Lite released today represents every security control domain from the original questionnaire in a shorter, 73 question format. Citing the increased focus on cloud vendor security and the need for organizations worldwide to perform a significantly higher volume of assessments on a growing population of cloud vendors, Whistic and CSA worked together to develop a Lite version that focused more on accessibility and ease of use for both cloud vendors and the enterprises performing the vendor security risk assessments.
01/24/2019
Cloud Security Alliance Celebrates 10th Anniversary at CSA Summit at RSA Conference 2019
IBM, Starbucks, Turner CISOs to Give Keynote Addresses SEATTLE – RSA CONFERENCE 2019 - Jan. 24, 2019 –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, today a...
01/14/2019
New Cloud Security Alliance Study Finds Cybersecurity Incidents and Misconceptions Both Increase as Critical ERP Systems Migrate to Clouds
Seattle, WA – January 11, 2019 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining standards, certifications and best practices to help ensure a secure cloud computing environment, today released the findings from the first research survey on “Enterprise Re...
12/20/2018
Cloud Security Alliance, National Technology Security Coalition Release “Streamlining Vendor IT Security and Risk Assessments” Whitepaper
Report advocates for a new approach to how organizations manage risks, achieve assurance, and enable trust in the cloudSEATTLE – Dec. 20, 2018 –The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining and raising awareness of best practices to help ensure a secure...
12/11/2018
Cloud Security Alliance Announces 2018 Ron Knode Service Award Recipients
Volunteers recognized for dedication, efforts to furthering cloud security best practicesORLANDO – Dec. 11, 2018 –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...
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#CSASummit: Ten Years of Cloud Brought Risk, Regulations and Reliability
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Int’l cybersecurity organization eyes closer cooperation with China
Tread carefully on the cloud with ERP
The 12 Most Critical Risks for Serverless Applications 2019 Guide
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The Cloud Certifications State and Local Government Employees Need
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Pulse Secure Adds Software Defined Perimeter to Secure Access Platform
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Prioritizing security in a multi-cloud world
Microsoft launches bot service for healthcare sector
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Recent Blog Posts
12 Ways Cloud Upended IT Security (And What You Can Do About It)
By Andrew Wright, Co-founder & Vice President of Communications, Fugue The cloud represents the most disruptive trend in enterprise IT over the past decade, and security teams have not escaped turmoil during the transition. It’s understandable for security professionals to feel like they’ve lost some control in the cloud and feel frustrated while attempting to get […]
Better Vulnerability Management: How to Master Container Security in Three Steps
By Nate Dyer, Product Marketing Director, Tenable Application containers like Docker have exploded in popularity among IT and development teams across the world. Since its inception in 2013, Docker software has been downloaded 80 billion times and more than 3.5 million applications have been “dockerized” to run in containers. With all the enthusiasm and near-mainstream […]
Continuous Auditing – STAR Continuous – Increasing Trust and Integrity
By John DiMaria, Assurance Investigatory Fellow, Cloud Security Alliance As a SixSigma Black Belt I was brought up over the years with the philosophy of continual monitoring and improvement, moving from a reactive state to a preventive state. Actually, I wrote a white paper a couple of years ago on how SixSigma is applied to […]
Are Cryptographic Keys Safe in the Cloud?
By Istvan Lam, CEO, Tresorit By migrating data to the cloud, businesses can enjoy scalability, ease of use, enhanced collaboration and mobility, together with significant cost savings. The cloud can be especially appealing to subject-matter experts as they no longer have to invest in building and maintaining their own infrastructure. However, the cloud also brings challenges when it comes to information […]
Cornerstone Capabilities of Cloud Access Security Brokers
By Jacob Serpa, Marketing Manager, Bitglass Traditional security tools are not built to protect cloud data that is accessed from personal devices around the clock and around the world. With the rise of bring your own device (BYOD) and cloud-based tools like AWS, Office 365, and Salesforce, it can be challenging to figure out which technologies are needed to keep […]
Webinar: The Ever Changing Paradigm of Trust in the Cloud
By CSA Staff The CSA closed its 10th annual Summit at RSA on Monday, and the consensus was that the cloud has come to dominate the technology landscape and revolutionize the market, creating a tectonic shift in accepted practice. The advent of the cloud has been a huge advancement in technology. Today’s need for flexible […]
CSA Summit Recap Part 2: CSP & CISO Perspective
By Elisa Morrison, Marketing Intern, Cloud Security Alliance When CSA was started in 2009, Uber was just a German word for ‘Super’ and all CSA stood for was Community Supported Agriculture. Now in 2019, spending on cloud infrastructure has finally exceeded on-premises, and CSA is celebrating its 10th anniversary. For those who missed the Summit, […]
CSA Summit Recap Part 1: Enterprise Perspective
By Elisa Morrison, Marketing Intern, Cloud Security Alliance CSA’s 10th anniversary, coupled with the bestowal of the Decade of Excellence Awards gave a sense of accomplishment to this Summit that bodes well yet also challenges the CSA community to continue its pursuit of excellence. The common theme was the ‘Journey to the Cloud’ and emphasized […]
CCSK Success Stories: From an Information Systems Security Manager
By the CSA Education Team This is the third part in a blog series on Cloud Security Training. Today, we will be interviewing Paul McAleer. Paul is a Marine Corps veteran and currently works as an Information Systems Security Manager (ISSM) at Novetta Solutions, an advanced data analytics company headquartered in McLean, VA. He holds the […]
A Decade of Vision
By Jim Reavis, Co-founder and CEO, Cloud Security Alliance Developing a successful and sustainable organization is dependent upon a lot of factors: quality services, a market vision, focus, execution, timing and maybe a little luck. For Cloud Security Alliance, now celebrating our 10th anniversary, I would add one more factor—believers. While we have had a few […]
Certification
CCSK: Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge
The Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK) is designed to ensure that a broad range of professionals with a responsibility related to cloud computing have a demonstrated awareness of the security threats and best practices for securing the cloud.
Training
CSA Training
The Cloud Security Alliance offers training in the following three areas: CCSK training, PCI Cloud training, GRC Stack training.
Research Artifacts
Blockchain Demo
Lessons From the Cloud
Finally! Cloud Security for Unmanaged Devices…for All Apps
CSA STAR: The Leading Cloud Trust and Accountability Program
Taking Control of IoT
Case Study: Behind the Scenes of MGM Resorts’ Digital Transformation
From GDPR to California Privacy: Managing Cloud Vendor Risk
Securing your IT Transformation to the Cloud
Can you trust your eyes? Context as the basis for “Zero Trust” systems
Security Re-Defined: How Valvoline Went to the Cloud to Transform its Security Program and Accelerate Digital Transformation
CAIQ-Lite
Top Threats to Cloud Computing: Deep Dive
Cloud Security Alliance Code of Conduct for GDPR Compliance
Consensus Assessments Initiative Questionnaire v3.0.1 (9-1-17 Update)
Description: The CAIQ is based upon the CCM and provides a set of Yes/No questions a cloud consumer and cloud auditor may wish to ask of a cloud provider to ascertain their compliance to the Cloud Controls Matrix.
Cloud Controls Matrix v3.0.1
Description: The CCM, the only meta-framework of cloud-specific security controls, mapped to leading standards, best practices and regulations. CCM provides organizations with the needed structure, detail and clarity relating to information security tailored to cloud computing. CCM is currently considered a de-facto standard for cloud security assurance and compliance.
