What You Need to Know About Changes to the STAR Program
Blog Published: 05/09/2017
By Debbie Zaller, CPA, CISSP, PCI QSA, Principal, Schellman & Co., LLCThe CSA recently announced that the STAR Program will now allow a one-time, first-year only, Type 1 STAR Attestation report. What is a Type 1 versus Type 2 examination and what are the benefits for starting with a Type 1 ex...
Mind the Gap
Blog Published: 05/05/2017
By Matt Piercy, Vice President and General Manager EMEA, ZscalerThe sheer number of IT departments that are not acknowledging the numerous security gaps for cyber-attackers to exploit is astonishing. The problem is that many of those within the industry believe they have their security posture un...
Cloud Security Alliance Announces Third Annual Federal Summit
Press Release Published: 05/03/2017
Program to Feature Experts from DHS, HHS, and GSA on the State and Future of Cloud Security in Government and Industry, IoT and More Washington, DC – May 2, 2017 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) today announced the line-up of featured speakers and discussions for its third annual Cloud Securi...
Cloud Security Alliance Hosts 28th ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27 Meetings
Press Release Published: 05/01/2017
NEW ZEALAND – April 25, 2017 – 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, today announced that it has successfully hosted the 28th ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27 Plenar...
How to Choose a Sandbox
Blog Published: 04/24/2017
Grab a shovel and start digging through the detailsBy Mathias Wilder, Area Director and General Manager/EMEA Central, ZscalerBusinesses have become painfully aware that conventional approaches — virus signature scanning and URL filtering — are no longer sufficient in the fight against cyberthreat...
Self-Driving Information Security
Blog Published: 04/21/2017
By Jim Reavis, Co-founder and CEO, Cloud Security AllianceThe prospects of autonomous self-driving vehicles becoming a pervasive presence on our roadways seems more likely everyday. From the big automakers to Tesla to Google to Uber, a wide range of companies are investing a tremendous amount of ...
Cloud Security Alliance Hosts Successful APAC Summit 2017
Press Release Published: 04/17/2017
Singapore – April 13, 2017 – 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, today announced that it successfully hosted its 6th annual CSA APAC Summit in Singapo...
There May Be a Shark Circling Your Data
Blog Published: 04/17/2017
By Jacob Serpa, Product Marketing Manager, BitglassIn today's business environment, cybersecurity remains a topic of great importance. As more companies migrate to the cloud, security concerns continue to evolve. While BYOD (bring your own device) affords employees more flexibility as they work f...
The Cure for Infectious Malware
Blog Published: 04/10/2017
By Chantelle Patel, Marketing Manager, BitglassOrganizations have seen rapid growth in cloud adoption over the last few years which in turn have introduced new threats and increased the risk of data leakage. Among the most prominent threats are malware and ransomware – long a problem on endpoints...
Why You Need a CASB for GDPR Compliance
Blog Published: 04/04/2017
By Rich Campagna, Senior Vice President/Products & Marketing, BitglassWith enforcement of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is just over a year away in May, 2018, your planning efforts should already be well underway. Adoption of cloud applications across the EU continues at ...
CSA to Host Inaugural Summit in Boston
Press Release Published: 04/03/2017
First Annual Boston Event to Focus on Cloud Revolution and Accelerating Business BOSTON, MA – April 3, 2017 – 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, tod...
CASB Is Eating the IDaaS Market
Blog Published: 03/31/2017
By Rich Campagna, Senior Vice President/Products & Marketing, BitglassIn the past 6-9 months, I've noticed a trend amongst Bitglass customers where more and more of them are opting to use the identity capabilities built into our Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) in lieu of a dedicated Iden...
Brexit or Bust: What Does It Mean for Data?
Blog Published: 03/23/2017
By Nic Scott, Managing Director/UK, Code 42What’s the latest on Brexit? When the UK government triggers Article 50, it will signal the start of the official two-year countdown until the UK leaves the European Union. According to UK Prime Minister Theresa May, this is still on track to happen at s...
Odds Are in Quantum Encryption’s Favor
Blog Published: 03/22/2017
By Jane Melia, Vice President of Strategic Business Development , QuintessenceLabs and Co-chair, CSA Quantum-safe Security Working Group[caption id="attachment_3386" align="alignleft" width="227"] Image credit: Jeff Kubina[/caption]No kinds of organizations have tighter security than the average ...
CSA Launches 2 New Research Working Groups with Huawei - Call for Participation
Press Release Published: 03/15/2017
In our mission to build a more secure Cloud ecosystem, the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) is commencing on working on 2 new research working groups together with our executive member Huawei. Cloud Component Specifications WG Looking at the current environment, there are several internationally re...
Observations on CSA Summit at RSA – Part 1
Blog Published: 03/15/2017
By Katie Lewin, Federal Director, Cloud Security AllianceCSA Summit at RSA was a day-long session on Securing the Converged Cloud organized around presentations and panels from leading vendors such as Centrify, Veracode, Microsoft, and Netskope, as well as a talk on “Effective Cybersecurity” by R...
Preparing for the Quantum Future: Setting Global Security Standards to Make Us Quantum-Safe
Blog Published: 03/13/2017
By Frank Guanco, Quantum-Safe Security Working Group, Cloud Security AllianceRecently there has been an increase in the perceived threat of the quantum computer to modern cryptographic standards in widespread use. During the last year, security agencies such as the United States Government Nation...
Call for Participation: SaaS Governance Working Group
Press Release Published: 03/13/2017
The Cloud Security Alliance would like to invite you to participate in the SaaS Governance Working Group. The SaaS Governance working group aims to benefit all parties in the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) ecosystem by supporting a common understanding of SaaS related risks from the perspectives of...
Market & Technology Readiness (MTRLs)
Blog Published: 03/09/2017
By Frank Khan Sullivan, Vice President/Marketing, Strategic BlueThere is a need to communicate a project’s maturity to a non-technical audience. The Market & Technology Readiness Level Framework [PDF] aims to provide decision makers with a holistic view of a project’s maturity in a simple way...
Prepare for Windows 10 Migration the Gartner Way
Blog Published: 03/08/2017
By Jeremy Zoss, Managing Editor, Code42It’s 2017, which means there’s a good chance your company is preparing to migrate to Windows 10. The operating system may have launched back in 2015, but this is the year that Gartner predicts enterprise adoption of the operating system will truly take off, ...
