CCSK vs CCSP: An Unbiased Comparison
Blog Published: 04/24/2018
Updated on 7/15/24 to reflect the current versions of the CCSK and CCSP. By Graham Thompson, CCSK, CCSP, CISSP, Authorized Trainer, Intrinsec Security. IntroductionCCSK vs CCSP–I’m commonly asked two questions whenever someone discovers I’m an instructor for both the Cloud Security Alliance CCSK...
National Technology Security Coalition (NTSC) and Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Partner to Improve Cloud Computing Security
Press Release Published: 04/23/2018
ATLANTA, GA (April 23, 2018) – The National Technology Security Coalition (NTSC) and the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) announced a partnership to advance cloud computing security at the RSA Conference’s CSA Summit on Monday, April 16. Pete Chronis, CISO of Turner and an NTSC Board Member, announc...
GDPR Is Coming: Will the Industry Be Ready?
Blog Published: 04/20/2018
By Jervis Hui, Senior Product Marketing Manager, NetskopeWith the impending May 25, 2018, date for GDPR compliance coming up, Netskope worked with the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) to survey IT and security professionals for a recently released report covering GDPR preparation and challenges. Acc...
Imagine a Day Without Safe Cryptography
Blog Published: 04/19/2018
By Jeffrey Ritter, Visiting Fellow, Kellogg College, University of OxfordEvery security professional, at one time or another (or at many times), confronts executive opposition to changing technology. We all know that every innovation in technology requires adaptations in the security services, in...
Cloud Security Alliance's Newest Research Report Examines a Day Without Safe Cryptography
Press Release Published: 04/19/2018
What would happen to our daily lives if our most commonly used methods of encryption were to suddenly disappear? SEATTLE, WA and SAN FRANCISCO, CA – RSA Conference Booth #1039 - April 19, 2018 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining and raising...
GDPR Preparation and Challenges Survey Report Explores Overall Industry Preparedness in Achieving Compliance
Press Release Published: 04/17/2018
Eighty-three percent of companies lack confidence in their ability to meet May 25 deadline SEATTLE, WA and SAN FRANCISCO, CA – RSA Conference Booth #1039 - April 17, 2018 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining and raising awareness of best pra...
Building a Foundation for Successful Cyber Threat Intelligence Exchange: A New Guide from CSA
Blog Published: 04/16/2018
By Brian Kelly, Co-chair/Cloud Cyber Incident Sharing Center (CISC) Working Group, and CSO/RackspaceNo organization is immune from cyber attack. Malicious actors collaborate with skill and agility, moving from target to target at a breakneck pace. With new attacks spreading from dozens of compani...
Cloud Security Alliance Releases New Research: Building a Foundation for Successful Cyber Threat Intelligence Exchange
Press Release Published: 04/16/2018
Paper offers key considerations for corporations seeking to collaborate on security incidents impacting the cloud environment SEATTLE, WA and SAN FRANCISCO, CA – RSA Conference Booth #1039 - April 16, 2018 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to definin...
Cloud Security Alliance Global Enterprise Advisory Board Publishes State of Cloud Security 2018
Press Release Published: 04/16/2018
Report outlines what must happen to speed the secure cloud adoption process between the enterprises, cloud service providers, and regulators.SEATTLE, WA and SAN FRANCISCO, CA – RSA Conference Booth #1039 - April 16, 2018 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedica...
Speeding the Secure Cloud Adoption Process
Blog Published: 04/16/2018
By Vinay Patel, Chair, CSA Global Enterprise Advisory Board, and Managing Director, CitigroupInnovators and early adopters have been using cloud for years, taking advantage of the quicker deployment, greater scalability, and cost saving of services. The growth of cloud computing continues to acce...
Cloud Security and Compliance Is a Shared Responsibility
Blog Published: 04/12/2018
By Gail Coury, Chief Information Security Officer, Oracle CloudOrganizations around the world are ramping up to comply with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which will be enforced beginning on May 25, 2018, and each must have the right people, processes and technolo...
The Early Bird Gets the Virus
Blog Published: 04/09/2018
By Kevin Lee, Systems QA Engineer, BitglassMost people have heard of the proverb, "The early bird gets the worm." The part that many haven't heard is the followup, "But the second mouse gets the cheese." The latter proverb makes a lot of sense when you apply it to the current state of virus and m...
Five Reasons to Reserve Your Seat at the CCSK Plus Hands-on Course at RSAC 2018
Blog Published: 04/05/2018
By Ryan Bergsma, Training Program Director, Cloud Security AllianceThe IT job market is tough and it’s even tougher to stand out from the pack, whether it’s to your current boss or a prospective one. There is one thing, though, that can put you head and shoulders above the rest—achieving your Cer...
CSA Cloud Security Congress 2018 to Be Held in Orlando
Press Release Published: 04/04/2018
Call for speakers is now open for the industry’s leading cloud security event SEATTLE, WA – April 4, 2018 – 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, i...
Australia's First OAIC Breach Forecasts Grim GDPR Outcome
Blog Published: 04/04/2018
By Rich Campagna, Chief Marketing Officer, BitglassThe first breach under the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner's (OAIC) Privacy Amendment Bill was made public on March 16. While this breach means bad press for the offending party, shipping company Svitzer Australia, more frighten...
CSA Summit at RSA Conference 2018 Turns Its Focus to Enterprise Grade Security: Will you be there?
Blog Published: 04/03/2018
By J.R. Santos, Executive Vice President of Research, Cloud Security AllianceToday’s enterprise cloud adoption has moved well beyond the early adopters to encompass a wide range of mission-critical business functions. As financial services, government and other industries with regulatory mandate...
The "Ronald Reagan" Attack Allows Hackers to Bypass Gmail's Anti-phishing Security
Blog Published: 04/02/2018
By Yoav Nathaniel, Customer Success Manager, AvananWe started tracking a new method hackers use to bypass Gmail's SPF check for spear-phishing. The hackers send from an external server, the user sees an internal user (For example, your CEO) and Gmail's SPF-check, designed to indicate the validit...
AWS Cloud: Proactive Security and Forensic Readiness – Part 3
Blog Published: 03/27/2018
Part 3: Data protection in AWSBy Neha Thethi, Information Security Analyst, BH Consulting This is the third in a five-part blog series that provides a checklist for proactive security and forensic readiness in the AWS cloud environment. This post relates to protecting data within AWS. Data protec...
34 Cloud Security Terms You Should Know
Blog Published: 03/23/2018
By Dylan Press, Director of Marketing, AvananWe hope you use this as a reference not only for yourself but for your team and in training your organization. Print this out and pin it outside your cubicle.How can you properly research a cloud security solution if you don't understand what you are r...
Are Healthcare Breaches Down Because of CASBs?
Blog Published: 03/19/2018
By Salim Hafid, Product Marketing Manager, Bitglass Bitglass just released its fourth annual Healthcare Breach Report, which dives into healthcare breaches over 2017 and compares the rate of breach over previous years. A big surprise this year was the precipitous drop in the volume of breaches an...
