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Welcome to the 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.

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Cloud Adversarial Vectors, Exploits, and Threats
Cloud Adversarial Vectors, Exploits, and Threats
The industry needs a threat-informed framework that addresses the unique and emerging risks of cloud environments, with detailed security guidance to ensure meaningful implementation of detection and mitigation capabilities. CSA and the MITRE Corporation have established the Cloud Adversarial, Vectors, Exploits, and Threats (CAVEaT™) collaboration to bring this guidance to the cloud security practitioner. Explore today’s available frameworks with relevance to cloud systems, including CVE, CWE, MITRE ATT&CK, and CAPEC.
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The CCZT is now available!
The CCZT is now available!
The industry’s first authoritative Zero Trust training and credential, the Certificate of Competence in Zero Trust (CCZT), is now available! Recognizing that organizations have different maturity levels for their security program and may be challenged to find skilled staff critical to the development and implementation of a Zero Trust strategy, CSA created the CCZT to help security professionals build knowledge to drive the definition, implementation and management of Zero Trust.
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Become a CSA Corporate Member
Become a CSA Corporate Member
Align your organization with the trusted leader in cloud security and access the knowledge and connections needed to navigate the cloud. 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 diverse parties can work together to create and maintain a trusted cloud ecosystem. Learn more about how to get involved with CSA as an organization or as an individual.
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Cloud Assurance

Improve the security and compliance posture of your organization and leverage the controls inside of cloud assurance to build stronger value in your business systems. CSA provides tools and guidance that help entire industries and countries build their own cloud assurance ecosystem. Publish your organization on the STAR Registry, become CCAK certified, or demonstrate your commitment to holistic security by qualifying for Trusted Cloud Provider status.

Core Cloud

Regardless if you already have a well established cloud security program or are starting your cloud migration for the first time, CSA can help you enhance your security strategy. Tap into our substantial database of research and strategies needed for organizations to achieve comprehensive cloud security. Learn about cybersecurity threats from the latest Top Threats to Cloud Computing: Pandemic Eleven, close the skills gap by obtaining your CCSK certificate, and support the work CSA does by joining our community or becoming a corporate member.

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Join leading experts at the forefront of cloud security, providing deep insights into how organizations, industries and nations are protecting their most vital assets and systems in the cloud. Our interactive sessions will cover the hottest technology trends and vetted best practices that keep some of our most iconic brands secure.

September 9 - 13, 2024
Meydenbauer Center, Bellevue, WA

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CSA harnesses the subject matter expertise of industry practitioners, associations, governments, and its corporate and individual members to offer cloud security-specific research, education, certification, events and products.

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Press Releases

Cloud Security Alliance Launches the Industry’s First Authoritative Zero Trust Training and Credential, the Certificate of Competence in Zero Trust (CCZT)

November 15, 2023

 

Nonprofit Cyber Launches World More Than a Password Day

November 10, 2023

 

Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) Now Mapped to OpenCRE, Cloud Security Alliance Announces

September 28, 2023

 

Cloud Security Alliance Awards 2023 Philippe Courtot Leadership Award to Schellman CEO Avani Desai

September 21, 2023

 

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Industry Insights

Mastering Data Flow: Enhancing Security and Compliance in the Cloud

Mastering Data Flow: Enhancing Security and Compliance in the Cloud

December 01, 2023

 
What is Cloud Security: 15 Essential Cloud Security Terms

What is Cloud Security: 15 Essential Cloud Security Terms

December 01, 2023

 
Microsoft 365 and Azure AD: Addressing Misconfigurations and Access Risks

Microsoft 365 and Azure AD: Addressing Misconfigurations and Access Risks

November 30, 2023

 
Telehealth and HIPAA Compliance: What You Need to Know Now

Telehealth and HIPAA Compliance: What You Need to Know Now

November 30, 2023

 

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Upcoming CSA Events

How are Generative AI and machine learning Impacting workload and network security?
How are Generative AI and machine learning Impacting workloa...

December 12 | Dallas, TX

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11th Study of the State of the Art of Cloud Security
11th Study of the State of the Art of Cloud Security

December 12 | Lima, Perú

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CSA Bangalore Annual Summit 2023
CSA Bangalore Annual Summit 2023

December 13 | India

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AWS Security: Building Secure Cloud Applications
AWS Security: Building Secure Cloud Applications

December 15 | Online

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