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Cloud Security Alliance Announces Annual Ron Knode Service Award Winners

Press Release Published: 12/04/2013

Six Outstanding Individual CSA Volunteers Selected to Honor the Legacy of Late CSA Member and Volunteer Contributor Ron Knode Orlando, FL – CSA CONGRESS 2013 - December 5, 2013 –The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) today announced the recipients of its second annual Ron Knode Service Award, an a...

SAFECode and the Cloud Security Alliance Release Guidance for the Secure Development of Cloud Applications

Press Release Published: 12/05/2013

New Paper Outlines Practical Software Security Recommendations to Address Threats Specific to Cloud Computing Orlando, Fla. – Cloud Security Alliance Congress – Dec. 5, 2013 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), a not-for-profit organization which promotes the use of best practices for providi...

Cloud Security Alliance Releases Software Defined Perimeter (SDP) Framework Details

Press Release Published: 12/05/2013

New White Paper Outlines Best Practices to Deploy an SDP to Protect Application Infrastructure from Network-based Attacks Orlando, FL – CSA Congress 2013 – December 5, 2013 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), a not-for-profit organization which promotes the use of best practices for prov...

Announcing the Consensus Assessments Initiative Questionnaire (CAIQ) V.3 Open Review Period

Press Release Published: 12/09/2013

At CSA Congress 2013 this week we are announcing the open review period of the Consensus Assessments Initiative Questionnaire (CAIQ) v.3 and we hope you will take a few moments and provide your input to this very important initiative. Lack of security control transparency is a leading inhibit...

New Conference for Privacy and Security Professionals to Share, Connect and Learn

Press Release Published: 01/16/2014

IAPP and CSA announce new strategic alliance. Portsmouth, NH – January 16, 2014 – Today, the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), the largest organization of privacy professionals in the world, announced a new strategic alliance with the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), a ...

Cloud Security Alliance SecureCloud 2014 Conference Keynote Speakers to Address Cryptography, Confidentiality and Large Enterprise User Security

Press Release Published: 01/22/2014

Edinburgh (UK), Amsterdam (NL) and Seattle, WA – January 22, 2013 – The Cloud Security Alliance today announced the keynote speaker line-up for the upcoming SecureCloud 2014 conference taking place April 1-2, 2014 at the Amsterdam RAI Convention Centre in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Five powerful...

Cloud Security Alliance Opens Call for Speakers for CSA Congress 2014

Press Release Published: 01/27/2014

Organization Also Seeks Volunteers for Conference Track Committees Seattle, WA – January 27, 2014 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), a not-for-profit organization with a mission to promote the use of best practices for providing security assurance within Cloud Computing, today issued a Call...

Mobile Working Group 2014 Kick-Off Call

Press Release Published: 01/27/2014

Our goal will be to redefine the working group scope for mobile technologies in the cloud and continue to develop content in our current initiatives. We will be looking for contributors to further refine and develop material in: Mobile Authentication BYOD Guidance Application Security...

CSA Announces SecureCloud 2014 Conference Opening Keynote, Neelie Kroes, Vice President of the European Commission

Press Release Published: 02/11/2014

Edinburgh (UK), Amsterdam (NL) and Seattle, WA – February 11, 2014 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) today announced that the esteemed Neelie Kroes, Vice President of the European Commission, will give the opening keynote at the SecureCloud 2014 conference taking place April 1-2, 2014 at the...

Invitation to CSA CloudBytes: CSA STAR Certification

Press Release Published: 02/12/2014

Don't miss your chance to join experts and learn more about the CSA STAR Certification. REGISTER HERE NOW! On Thursday, February 20th at 11:00am (Pacific Time), you are invited to attend this free CSA CloudBytes webinar. CSA STAR Certification; Increasing Transparency and Trust in the Cloud C...

CSA Board of Directors Member Alan Boehme to Deliver Closing Keynote at CSA Summit at RSA, on the Software Defined Perimeter

Press Release Published: 02/13/2014

SDP Workshop and Open Hackathon on an SDP Designed Network To Follow San Francisco, CA – February 13, 2014 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) today announced the closing keynote for its annual CSA Summit 2014, scheduled for Monday, February 24 from 9 am – 1 pm PT. Technology convergence...

Cloud Security Alliance Presents Industry Leadership Award To Professor Udo Helmbrecht Of Enisa

Press Release Published: 02/24/2014

Leader of European Union’s Cyber Security Agency Honored San Francisco, CA – RSA CONFERENCE - February 24, 2014 –The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) has named Prof Udo Helmbrecht, Executive Director of the European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA), as the 2014 recipie...

Software Defined Perimeter (SDP) Yet To Be Hacked; CSA Ups the Ante on Virtual Hackathon

Press Release Published: 02/26/2014

Winner Now To Receive Full Pass to BlackHat, in Addition to DEF CON San Francisco, CA – February 26, 2014 - The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) today announced that it has upped the ante, as no one has yet been able to hack the Software Defined Perimeter (SDP) network since the contest began on...

SecureCloud 2014 Late-Breaking Keynote Addition Richard A. Clarke, former US National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Counter-terrorism

Press Release Published: 03/17/2014

Edinburgh (UK), Amsterdam (NL) and Seattle, WA – March 17, 2014 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) today announced that Richard A. Clarke, Chairman and CEO of Good Harbor and Member of President Obama’s Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technology has been added as a keynote pr...

Cloud Security Alliance Opens Call for Presentations for EMEA Congress 2014

Press Release Published: 03/17/2014

**Rome, Italy – March 17, 2014 - **The Cloud Security Alliance and MIS Training Institute have opened the call for papers for the 2014 EMEA Congress, to be held November 19-20th at the Parco dei Principi in Rome. CSA EMEA Congress is Europe’s premier cloud security event - an information-hub f...

CSA Seeks Input For Open Peer Review: Big Data Taxonomy

Press Release Published: 03/19/2014

The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Big Data Working Group (BDWG) would like to invite you to review and comment on a preliminary draft of the "Big Data Taxonomy" document. In this document, we propose a seven-dimensional taxonomy for big data. The main objective of this taxonomy is to help dec...

Phillip Redman to speak at the next Cloud Security Alliance Mobile Working Group meeting on March, 27 @ 9am PT

Press Release Published: 03/19/2014

Speaker: Phillip Redman – Vice President, Citrix Mobile Solutions and Strategy Join us to learn Phillip's views on the enterprise mobility space and to get a chance to interact with one of the most respected thought leaders in this space. About: Phillip Redman is vice president of mobile so...

CSA Announces the Newly Created Research Lifecycle

Press Release Published: 03/19/2014

The Cloud Security Alliance research team announces the newly created Research Lifecycle, a comprehensive, step-by-step guide that sets up a series of standard procedures for the generation of a CSA research product. It is our goal to streamline the research process, making it easier for volun...

Featured Research: Software Defined Perimeter Initiative

Press Release Published: 03/19/2014

The cloud, and the Internet as we know it today, is an unlikely outcome from the DARPA research conducted decades ago. Through a combination of standards, innovation, and a culture of openness, we have built a remarkable foundation for our ever-changing society, as well as the global economy. ...

Volunteer Spotlight: Evelyn de Souza

Press Release Published: 03/19/2014

Evelyn de Souza is a Data Privacy and Compliance Leader at Cisco Systems, where she focuses on developing blueprints and holistic solutions to help organizations embrace the cloud securely and ensure data privacy in an agile manner. She currently serves as the co-chair of the CSA Cloud Control...

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