CSA Launches Updated TCI Reference Architecture Research Website
Press Release Published: 01/28/2013
The Cloud Security Alliance Trusted Cloud Initiative Working Group has updated its Reference Architecture research website to include simplified architecture definition results, as well as an interactive application that allows users to learn about the applicability of the TCI reference architect...
Call For Speakers for Cloud Security Alliance Congress Asia Pacific
Press Release Published: 01/24/2013
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) is pleased to announce this call for speakers to present at the inaugural Cloud Security Alliance Congress Asia Pacific 2013, held in Singapore from 14th to 17th May 2013. The CSA Congresses continue to be the industry’s premier gathering for IT security profess...
CSA Seeks Input for Open Peer Review: Provider Forensic Support Whitepaper
Press Release Published: 01/23/2013
CSA's Telecom Working Group and Incident Management & Forensics Working Group would like to invite you to review and comment on the Provider Forensic Support in Public Multi-Tenant Cloud Environments whitepaper. This whitepaper will help define the processes for conducting forensic investigat...
Cloud Security Alliance Recommends the Cloud Security Readiness Tool
Press Release Published: 01/17/2013
Offers Enterprises a Simple Way to Evaluate IT Potential and Learn how to Adopt Cloud Services Seattle, WA – January 17, 2013 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) recommends the Cloud Security Readiness Tool (CSRT), a free tool from Microsoft designed to help organizations review and understand ...
Cloud Security Alliance Summit 2013 at RSA Conference to Emphasize National Security, Mobile and Hybrid Clouds
Press Release Published: 01/16/2013
Mark Weatherford from the Department of Homeland Security Featured as Opening Keynote San Francisco, CA – January 16, 2013 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) today announced the preliminary agenda for its annual CSA Summit 2013 being held at the RSA Conference on Monday, February 25th. This y...
CSA Seeks Input For Open Peer Review: Privacy Level Agreement Document
Press Release Published: 01/14/2013
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Privacy Level Agreement (PLA) Working Group would like to invite you to review and comment on the Privacy Level Agreement document. The PLA project initiative is creating an outline to be used to achieve compliance with applicable data protection transparency and...
Assurance for Tomorrow’s Cloud
Blog Published: 11/27/2012
Cloud computing, and Big Data are natural bedfellows. Add to that mix, Critical infrastructure, and consumers and all of a sudden the need for greater assurance only increases. We will soon witness convergence of these technological advancements on a monumental scale, with previously disconnect...
Cloud Security Alliance Releases Security Guidance for Critical Areas of Mobile Computing
Press Release Published: 11/08/2012
CSA Mobile Working Group Report Aims to Provide Industry with Mobile Security Best Practices CSA Congress 2012 – ORLANDO, FL – November 8, 2012 –The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) today released version 1.0 of the “Security Guidance for Critical Areas of Mobile Computing” which provides an as...
CSA Big Data Working Group Releases Top 10 Big Data Security and Privacy Challenges Report
Press Release Published: 11/07/2012
Group’s First Research Provides Eye Opening Insight into a Wide Diversity of Big Data Challenges Facing Enterprises CSA CONGRESS 2012 – ORLANDO, FL. - November 7, 2012 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Big Data Working Group today issued its first report identifying 10 new and fundamentall...
Cloud Security Alliance Announces First Annual Ron Knode Service Award Winners
Press Release Published: 11/07/2012
Six Individual CSA Volunteers Selected to Honor the Legacy of Late CSA Member and Volunteer Contributor Ron Knode Orlando, FL - November 7, 2012 –The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) today announced the recipients of its first Ron Knode Service Award, a new annual award sponsored by the CSA recogni...
Department of Homeland Security to Keynote at Upcoming CSA Annual Congress Program
Press Release Published: 11/02/2012
Experts from DHS, Huawei Technologies, U.S. Cyber Consequences Unit, Verizon and Others Join Together for a Powerful Keynote Roundtable to Address Critical Infrastructure, National Security and the Cloud Seattle, WA – November 2, 2012 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) today announced the addit...
The Battle of the Titans: What it all means for IT managers caught in the middle
Blog Published: 10/31/2012
Adapt, accept and manage: a BYOD mantra for corporate ITRIM and Apple: two firms with more contrasting current fortunes you could not wish to imagine. The once high-flying Canadian BlackBerry-maker, for so long the darling of IT managers and beloved of time-starved execs the world over, has lost ...
EMEA Congress Recap
Press Release Published: 10/31/2012
The inaugural EMEA Congress in Amsterdam was an unqualified success, with hundreds of security visionaries in attendance and featuring presentations from some of the leading voices from across the cloud security landscape. What follows are just a sample of the discussions and some of the key take...
CSA Releases Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Guidance
Press Release Published: 10/29/2012
New Security-as-a-Service Implementation Report Provide Guidance for Deployment of Cloud-based SIEM October 29, 2012 –The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) today released the Security Information and Event Management (SEIM) guidance document - as part of its Security as a Service (SecaaS) Imple...
The High Costs of Securing Identities: How to Fix the Problem Using the Cloud
Blog Published: 10/26/2012
Authored by: Dan Dagnall, Chief Technology Strategist at Fischer International Identity Identity Management is well down the path of a mature market space. But I believe there is still one final, fundamental disconnect which is driving up your cost of deploying and maintaining an ide...
CSA Seeks Input on a Mobile App Store Security Initiative Policy Guideline Document
Press Release Published: 10/25/2012
The Cloud Security Alliance Mobile Working Group would like to invite you to review and comment on their Mobile App Store Security Initiative Policy Guideline document that was created by their Initiative 5 sub-group. This initiative will cover public and private app stores, how they handle apps,...
CSA Seeks Input on a Mobile Authentication Document
Press Release Published: 10/19/2012
The Cloud Security Alliance Mobile Working Group would like to invite you to review and comment on the Mobile Authentication Document that was created by their Initiative 4 Authentication Sub-group. Authentication with mobile devices takes many forms and this initiative helps lay out the differen...
CSA Seeks Input on a Mobile BYOD Document
Press Release Published: 10/19/2012
The Cloud Security Alliance Mobile Working Group would like to invite you to review and comment on the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Document that was created by their Initiative 3 BYOD Sub-group. BYOD is a growing trend in the enterprise and brings with it new challenges including a new look at p...
Late-Breaking Speakers and Sessions Complete the CSA Annual Congress Program
Press Release Published: 10/17/2012
DC Veteran Experts and New Sessions on National Security, Incident Response and Information Sharing in the Cloud Complete the Program for the Industry's Premier Gathering for IT Security Professionals Seattle, WA – October 17, 2012 **– The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) today announced the ad...
Context + Analytics = Good Security
Blog Published: 10/17/2012
Data [dey-tuh] noun: individual facts or statisticsInformation [in-fer-mey-shuhn] noun: knowledge concerning a particular fact or circumstanceWhen does data become consumable information? When we correctly manage security, we integrate security devices into our infrastructure in a manner designed...
