Cloud Security Alliance Announces Keynote Line Up and Breakout Sessions for Congress 2014
Press Release Published: 07/31/2014
CSA and International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) join forces to offer comprehensive data protection program San Jose, CA – July 31, 2014 - The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) today announced the keynote line up and notable new breakout sessions for the upcoming CSA Congress and In...
When Sharing Goes Bad
Blog Published: 07/31/2014
By Krishna Narayanaswamy, Chief Scientist, NetskopeAmong the many benefits cloud apps bring is the ability to collaborate. Key to collaboration is sharing data, findings, reports, videos, and other information assets. Whether you’re sharing the latest sales presentation, a link to a customer vide...
CLOUD SECURITY INNOVATORS – Q+A WITH JEFF BLAIR, CISO, CAA
Blog Published: 07/31/2014
By Brandon Cook, Director of Product Marketing, Skyhigh NetworksWe are thrilled to feature a Q+A session with Jeff Blair, CISO of Creative Artists Agency (CAA) in this month’s installment of the Cloud Security Innovators blog series. Jeff works for CAA, which represents the world’s biggest athlet...
Survey Opportunity: Cloud Usage: Risks and Opportunities
Press Release Published: 07/29/2014
From research on big data/security to detecting cloud incidents, the Cloud Security Alliance provides a wealth of data and advice on cloud security topics from its expert research and deep bench of information technology authorities. With this proposed survey, which will be circulated to IT and...
Cloud Security Alliance Publishes Guidelines for CSA STAR Attestation
Press Release Published: 07/28/2014
Full specification for CPAs conducting independent cloud provider assessments using the AICPA SOC 2SM engagements plus CSA Cloud Controls Matrix Seattle, WA – July 29, 2014 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) and American Institute of CPAs (AICPA), today announced the release of official guidel...
Survey Finds BYOD Devices Cluttered with Mobile Apps
Blog Published: 07/21/2014
By Hormazd Romer, Senior Director of Product Marketing, AccellionHow many mobile apps are installed on BYOD devices? The answer varies from employee to employee, but broadly speaking, the answer seems to be, “lots.”IBM company Fiberlink recently surveyed mobile workers and tallied the mobiles app...
Has Cloud Adoption Plateaued?
Blog Published: 07/18/2014
By Brandon Cook, Director of Product Marketing, Skyhigh NetworksStatisticians are always interested when they see data that diverges from a general pattern. This is exactly what happened when we dug into the latest cloud usage data from Q2 in the recent Cloud Adoption and Risk Report (CARR).To th...
Take the New Cloud Security Alliance Survey: Cloud Risks and Opportunities
Blog Published: 07/17/2014
By Krishna Narayanaswamy, Chief Scientist, Netskope The Cloud Security Alliance is conducting a survey of global IT and security professionals on their organizations' usage of and perceived risk in enterprise cloud apps.Netskope, along with one of our identity management partners, Okta, are spons...
Cloud Security Alliance Releases New Cloud Controls Matrix v3.0.1 and Consensus Assessments Initiative Questionnaire v3.0.1
Press Release Published: 07/16/2014
Two De Facto Industry Standards Now Aligned with One-to-One Mapping to Allow for Smarter Decisions by Cloud Consumers and More Transparency for Cloud Providers Seattle, WA – July 16, 2014 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) today announced the release of significant updates to two de facto ind...
12 MUST-KNOW STATISTICS ON CLOUD USAGE IN THE ENTERPRISE
Blog Published: 07/11/2014
By Kamal Shah, VP of Products and Marketing, Skyhigh Networks @kdshahIn our professional lives, we all seek to make more data-driven decisions. We know that logical choices made with complete information yield better results than those based on conjecture or suspicion. To that end, Skyhigh today ...
CCM & CAIQ v3.0.1 Version Update Soft Launch
Press Release Published: 07/11/2014
We are very excited to announce the soft launch of the Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) and Consensus Assessments Initiative Questionnaire (CAIQ) v.3.0.1. We invite you to download both documents during this early review period: Download CCM Here Download CAIQ Here What's New in CCM v3.0.1 T...
Securing the Cloud
Blog Published: 07/10/2014
By Robert Clauff, Security Engineer, SolutionaryMore and more organizations are moving to the “CLOUD." It seems as though you can't read an article about IT or turn on the TV without seeing someting about the increasingly ubiquitous cloud. Of course, the cloud is more than just an IT buzzword, it...
Upcoming Webinar: Triaging the Cloud - 5 Steps to Putting the Cloud Controls Matrix to Work to Safely Enable Cloud Services in Your Enterprise
Press Release Published: 07/05/2014
Join Cloud Security Alliance Chief Operating Officer, John Howie, Pandora Director of Information Security, Doug Meier, and Netskope Chief Scientist, Krishna Narayanaswamy, for a practical discussion and set of next steps to making the CCM work for you and triaging the apps you discover. Register...
Survey Opportunity: Security as a Service Categories
Press Release Published: 07/05/2014
The Security as a Service (SecaaS) working group within the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) has been created to provide leadership and direction on how the cloud can be used to deliver security services to cloud, on premises and hybrid environments. In our framework for defining a Security as a Se...
CLOUD SECURITY CUP: USA VS. EUROPE (SPOILER – IT’S NOT A 0-0 DRAW)
Blog Published: 07/03/2014
By Brandon Cook, Skyhigh NetworksWith the World Cup in full swing, one cannot help but compare the US to our neighbors around the world. The event begs it. We see our skills, our style, our strategy and our fans all juxtaposed with more established soccer powers from around the globe.And, I have ...
New Study Highlights the Risks of Bring Your Own Cloud
Blog Published: 07/02/2014
By Hormazd Romer, Senior Director, Product Marketing, AccellionA new study by the Ponemon Institute, The Insider Threat of Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC), analyzes the risks of enterprise employees using cloud services without the permission or oversight of the IT department—a practice that the stud...
Seeking Data Privacy Experts to participate in a Data Protection Heat Index Research Initiative
Press Release Published: 06/30/2014
The Cloud Security Alliance research team would like to invite global data privacy experts to participate in a brief survey that is intended to measure attitudes towards data protection areas that tie into technology solutions that enable the exchange of information across the cloud. Within the ...
Volunteer Spotlight: Sean Cordero
Press Release Published: 06/30/2014
Mr. Sean Cordero, CISSP, CISA. CRISC, CISM, is the chair of the Cloud Security Alliance’s Cloud Controls Matrix where he works alongside other industry thought leaders to drive the development of security standards for cloud computing. Prior to establishing his company, Cloud Watchmen, Inc., M...
Are Cloud Services Taking on a Life of Their Own?
Blog Published: 06/30/2014
By Nina Seth, Senior Product Marketing Manager, AccellionA new report from SkyHigh Networks – a company that tracks the use of cloud services for corporate customers – found that cloud services are growing exponentially within enterprises. The findings in the report were based on traffic generate...
Cloud Security Alliance Expands CCSK Training Program
Press Release Published: 06/25/2014
CSA selects HP as Master Training Partner for China and Japan Seattle, WA – June 17, 2014 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) today announced that in recognition of the success and growth of the CSA Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK) Certification training program conducted by HP, t...
