The Many Benefits of a Cloud Access Security Broker

By Will Houcheime, Product Marketing Manager, Bitglass Today, organizations are finding that storing and processing their data in the cloud brings countless benefits. However, without the right tools (such as cloud access security brokers (CASBs), they can put themselves at risk. Organizations’ IT departments understand how vital cybersecurity is, but must be equipped with modern tools […]

CCSK Success Stories: From a Data Privacy Consultant

By the CSA Education Team This is the fourth part in a blog series on cloud security training, in which we will be interviewing Satishkumar Tadapalli a certified and seasoned information security and data privacy consultant. Tadapalli has 12+ years of multi-functional IT experience in pre-sales, consulting, risk advisory and business analysis. He has rich […]

Prying Eyes Inside the Enterprise: Bitglass’ Insider Threat Report

By Jacob Serpa, Product Marketing Manager, Bitglass When words like cyberattack are used, they typically conjure up images of malicious, external threats. While hackers, malware, and other outside entities pose a risk to enterprise security, they are not the only threats that need to be remediated.  Insider threats, which involve either malicious or careless insiders, are another significant […]

CSA STAR – The Answer to Less Complexity, Higher Level of Compliance, Data Governance, Reduced Risk and More Cost-Effective Management of Your Security and Privacy System

By John DiMaria, Assurance Investigatory Fellow, Cloud Security Alliance We just launched a major refresh of the CSA STAR (Security, Trust and Assurance Risk) program, and if you were at the CSA Summit at RSA, you got preview of what’s in store. So let me put things in a bit more context regarding the evolution […]

Healthcare Breaches and the Rise of Hacking and IT Incidents

By Jacob Serpa, Product Marketing Manager, Bitglass In the course of their day-to-day operations, healthcare organizations handle an extensive amount of highly sensitive data. From Social Security numbers to medical record numbers and beyond, it is imperative that these personal details are properly secured.  Each year, Bitglass conducts an analysis and uncovers how well healthcare organizations are […]

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 […]

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 […]