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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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HSM-as-a-Service Use Cases, Considerations, & Best Practices
HSM-as-a-Service Use Cases, Considerations, & Best Practices
Enhance your digital security with our cutting-edge HSM-as-a-Service (HSMaaS). This cloud-based solution offers certified, tamper-responsive hardware for managing cryptographic operations and keys, ensuring your organization's infrastructure is protected by the highest security standards. Ideal for increased control over key management.
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The State of AI and Security Survey Report
The State of AI and Security Survey Report
Explore the transformative role of AI in cybersecurity as revealed in a new survey by Google Cloud & CSA. With 63% of pros seeing AI's potential for improved threat detection, and 55% of organizations planning to implement generative AI solutions in 2024, the future of digital defense is here. Dive into the insights now.
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Data Resiliency Survey 2024
Data Resiliency Survey 2024
Participate in this brief survey to help us understand industry readiness for resilience requirements, strategies currently being deployed to identify best practices, and to identify areas of need to address resiliency in cloud architecture. 
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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.

Future Cloud

Look beyond the challenges of the current cloud security ecosystem and leverage CSA to help your organization solve tomorrow’s problems, today. Explore innovative technologies and strategies, such as the Zero Trust Advancement Center, Y2Q - the quantum countdown, or our Global Security Base, that will help shape the future of cloud and cybersecurity.

Save the Date

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

More Than Half of Organizations Plan to Adopt Artificial Intelligence (AI) Solutions in Coming Year, According to Report from Cloud Security Alliance and Google Cloud

April 03, 2024

 

Cloud Security Alliance Artificial Intelligence (AI) Webinar Series Will Address Pivotal Cloud Computing Topics in Leadup to AI Summit at RSA

April 02, 2024

 

Google Cloud’s CISO Phil Venables and Mandiant CEO Kevin Mandia to Headline Cloud Security Alliance AI Summit at 2024 RSA Conference

March 26, 2024

 

Latest DevSecOps Guidance from Cloud Security Alliance and SAFECode Emphasizes Value of Collaboration, Integration in DevSecOps Landscape

February 21, 2024

 

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Industry Insights

Building a SOC for Compliance

Building a SOC for Compliance

April 11, 2024

 
Ensuring Trust and Compliance: The Importance of Accredited Auditors for ISO 27001

Ensuring Trust and Compliance: The Importance of Accredited Auditors for ISO 27001

April 11, 2024

 
The Secret to Supercharging LLMs: It's Not Answers, It's Questions

The Secret to Supercharging LLMs: It's Not Answers, It's Questions

April 10, 2024

 
Securing Non-Human Identities: Lessons from the Cloudflare Breach

Securing Non-Human Identities: Lessons from the Cloudflare Breach

April 10, 2024

 

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Upcoming CSA Events

Black Hat Asia 2024
Black Hat Asia 2024

April 16 - April 19 | Marina Bay Sands, Singapore

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CSA Dutch Chapter Discussion on Enterprise Security Architecture
CSA Dutch Chapter Discussion on Enterprise Security Architec...

April 18 | Trend Micro, Herikerbergweg 92, Amsterdam

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Mitigate Risk in the Age of AI
Mitigate Risk in the Age of AI

April 18 | 3300 Paramount Pkwy, Morrisville, North Carolina, US, 27560

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Applying AI to Defend, Detect, and Respond
Applying AI to Defend, Detect, and Respond

April 22 | Microsoft Technology Center Aon Center 200 E. Randolph Suite 200. Chicago, IL 60601

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