What is the Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM)?
Blog Published: 10/16/2020
What is the Cloud Controls Matrix?The CSA Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) is a cybersecurity control framework for cloud computing. It is a spreadsheet that lists 16 domains covering all key aspects of cloud technology. Each domain is broken up into 133 control objectives. It can be used as a tool to...
How to Address the Security Risks of Cloud OS
Blog Published: 10/15/2020
Written by: Xiaoyu Ge, co-chair of the Cloud Component Specifications Working GroupFrom a user perspective, the cloud is a service. However, for cloud service providers, integrators, and channel partners who construct or build the cloud, it is a system that may comprise many separate components. ...
AWS Cloud Security Report 2020 for Management: Managing the Rapid Shift to Cloud
Blog Published: 10/14/2020
By CloudPassageNew cloud technologies, including infrastructure as code, containers, and machine learning help organizations increase efficiency and scalability, but also introduce the potential for new security vulnerabilities. As more companies rapidly migrate toward flexible cloud solutions th...
Thinking Like a Cloud Hacker: Part 1
Blog Published: 10/13/2020
Originally Published September 30, 2020 on Fugue’s websiteBy Josh Stella Co-Founder and CTO, FugueIn writing this, my objective is to examine some real world, published cloud exploits and examine both the motivations and techniques of the hackers responsible for them so that you can understand wh...
CCSK Success Stories: From a Security Consultant
Blog Published: 10/12/2020
This is part of a blog series interviewing cybersecurity professionals who have earned their Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK). In these blogs we invite individuals to share some of the challenges they face in managing security for cloud computing and how they were able to leverage k...
Using CSA’s Implementation Guide for SAP to securely migrate and operate ERP applications in the cloud.
Blog Published: 10/09/2020
By Juan Perez-Etchegoyen, chair of the Enterprise Resource Planning working group, and CTO of Onapsis.With the increasingly growing adoption of cloud models across Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) applications, organizations need to increase the level of attention and controls provided to the ...
New 2020 Survey Report on Security Practices in HPC & HPC Cloud
Blog Published: 10/08/2020
Written by: Guan Sin Ong and Andrew HowardWith the current trend of HPC workloads and infrastructure increasingly becoming cloud-like (e.g., resource pooling, rapid elasticity, on-demand self-service), or interacting with the cloud (e.g., bursting), security will become a greater concern at an ac...
Cloud Security Alliance Announces Recipients of 2020 Ron Knode Service Awards
Press Release Published: 10/07/2020
Volunteers recognized for dedication, efforts to furthering cloud security best practicesSEATTLE – Oct. 7, 2020 –The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining and raising awareness of best practices to help ensure a secure cloud computing environment, t...
Complementing Your CSPM with Runtime Cloud Workload Protection
Blog Published: 10/07/2020
Written by IntezerThere are many solutions available for securing your cloud applications and workloads. Even after doing your due diligence and making an investment, it can take a long time to provide value. CISOs report Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) and other pre-runtie vulnerability...
Improving Data Security for SaaS Apps - 5 Key Questions every CISO needs to ask
Blog Published: 10/06/2020
By Matt Hines, VP of Marketing at CipherCloud & Neeraj Nayak, Sr. Product Marketing Manager at CipherCloud Summary: The rapid uptake of game-changing SaaS applications has been transforming the way organizations do business long before COVD-19 emerged and the remote workforce exploded overn...
AWS Security Best Practices: Cloud Security Report 2020 for InfoSec
Blog Published: 10/05/2020
By CloudPassageThis year, many companies have made a rapid shift to the cloud in response to the enduring COVID-19 pandemic. By adopting new IaaS and PaaS solutions or expanding their existing footprints in the cloud, companies are able to support a growing work-from-anywhere workforce. However, ...
No Free Rides With Your OAuth Tokens
Blog Published: 10/03/2020
By Ian Sharpe, Product Leader at AppOmni It’s just another typical Wednesday in May. You’ve received an email from one of your contacts, someone with whom you haven’t spoken to in years. They’ve shared a Google Docs with you. It seems a bit odd, but you’re curious, so you click on the “Open in D...
Shared Responsibility Model Automation: Automating Your Share Part 2
Blog Published: 09/30/2020
By CloudPassageIn Part 1 of our Shared Responsibility blog series, we provided a detailed overview to help you understand security in a public, hybrid or multi-cloud environment. We broke down the infrastructure stack, explained the responsibilities taken by the cloud service provider, and where ...
CSA Security Trust Assurance and Risk (STAR) Registry Reaches Significant Milestone with 1,000 Entries
Press Release Published: 09/30/2020
Registry is world’s largest repository of cloud provider security testimonialsSEATTLE – Sept. 30, 2020 –The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining and raising awareness of best practices to help ensure a secure cloud computing environment, announced ...
Registration Open for Cloud Security Alliance EMEA Congress 2020
Press Release Published: 09/29/2020
Virtual event to provide educational, practical advice on core topics critical to cloud ecosystemSEATTLE – Sept. 29, 2020 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining and raising awareness of best practices to help ensure a secure cloud computing env...
RECON (CVE-2020-6287) and its impact on Cloud Applications
Blog Published: 09/29/2020
By Shamun Mahmud, Sr. Research Analyst at Cloud Security AllianceKey takeawaysCloud adoption is growing when it comes to ERP ApplicationsERP Applications in the cloud can be vulnerable security issues and organizations need to apply the proper security controls and patches.IntroductionThe RECON v...
Attackers Abusing Legitimate Cloud Monitoring Tools to Conduct Cyber Attacks
Blog Published: 09/28/2020
By Nicole Fishbein, Malware Analyst and Reverse Engineer at IntezerTeamTNT is a cybercrime group that targets cloud environments including Docker and Kubernetes instances. The group has been previously documented using several tools including crypto-miners and Amazon Web Services (AWS) credential...
The Quantum Threat to Cyber Security — How to Prepare for Risk Mitigation
Blog Published: 09/27/2020
By Dr. Itan Barmes, Cryptography Expert, Deloitte Cyber Risk ServicesA “new” threat in the security landscapeThe cyber security landscape is becoming more complex with the regular introduction of new threat vectors. A cyber threat that is now gaining more attention is the potential ability of a l...
DevOps Security Automation: AWS Cloud Security Report 2020 for DevSecOps
Blog Published: 09/25/2020
By CloudPassageIn a DevOps environment, software and feature delivery happen in real time. Security, while critical to your company, cannot become a bottleneck. InfoSec and DevOps leadership are searching for the best ways to bridge the gap between their two organizations in order to better secur...
Building a Secure Amazon S3 Bucket
Blog Published: 09/23/2020
By Josh Stella, Co-Founder and CTO, FugueOriginally Published at fugue.co/blog on Sept 8, 2020Much has been said about Amazon S3 security on Amazon Web Services (AWS) in the press and technical publications, and much of it is oversimplified and of limited practical use. Amazon S3 is an incredibly...
