Take the CSA Top Threats to Mobile Computing Survey
Press Release Published: 07/11/2012
The Cloud Security Alliance's Mobile Working Group requests your participation in the inaugural "Top Threats to Mobile Computing" survey. Due to the rapid adoption of mobile computing, and immediate connection to cloud computing, the CSA is creating a “Top Threats to Mobile Computing” in addition...
Cloud Security Best Practices: Sharing Lessons Learned
Blog Published: 07/10/2012
By Frank Simorjay, Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Microsoft Trustworthy ComputingCompliance regulations and frameworks can be difficult to comprehend and even harder to explain to management when it’s time to invest in mastering IT governance. TheCloud Security Alliance (CSA) has taken steps to h...
Think beyond securing the edge of the enterprise. It's time to secure the "edge of the Cloud"
Blog Published: 07/09/2012
By Ed King, VP Product Marketing, VordelEveryone is familiar with the notion of securing the edge of the enterprise. With the growing adoption of cloud technologies, IT must now also think about securing the "edge of the Cloud". The edge of the Cloud is the perimeter around any Cloud environmen...
CSA Seeks Input on "Mobile Device Management: Key Components" whitepaper
Press Release Published: 07/07/2012
With the growth in the number of applications, content, and data being accessed through a variety of devices, Mobile Device Management (MDM) is vital to managing the mobile enterprise. MDM is about much more than device management alone—it includes system-centric functionality to secure and manag...
Cloud Security Alliance, Esther Dyson and Amrita University Co-Chair ‘Startup Pitchfest’ at SecureIT
Press Release Published: 07/02/2012
Pitchfest to be Co-located with First International Conference on Security of Internet of Things, Keynoted by CSA’s Executive Director Jim Reavis Kerala, India, July 2, 2012 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), as part of the CSA Innovation Initiative, along with Esther Dyson and Amrita Uni...
CNIL (French Data Protection Authority) Recommendations on the use of Cloud Computing Services
Press Release Published: 06/29/2012
The following blog entry on "CNIL on Cloud Computing" was written by the external legal counsel of the CSA, Ms. Francoise Gilbert of the IT Law Group. We repost it here with her permission. It can be viewed in its original form at: http://www.francoisegilbert.com/2012/06/cnil-on-cloud-computing/ ...
CNIL (French Data Protection Authority) recommendations on the use of cloud computing services
Blog Published: 06/28/2012
On June 25, CNIL – the French Data Protection Authority – published its recommendation on the use of cloud computing services. This recommendation is the result of a research project on cloud issues, which started in the Fall of 2011 with a consultation with industry. The documents released by CN...
CSA Launches PhD Studentship Programme in Europe CSA Calls for University Participation in PhD and Postgraduate Studentship Programme for Security and Privacy in Cloud Computing
Press Release Published: 06/28/2012
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND – June 28, 2012 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) today announced a PhD studentship programme in the context of its Education and Training activities. CSA will partner with universities and research centers in Europe to recruit talented PhD researchers in the area of cloud s...
CSA Seeks Input on Top Threats to Mobile Computing Document
Press Release Published: 06/27/2012
The Cloud Security Alliance's Mobile Working Group requests your review and survey participation for the first "Top Threats to Mobile Computing". Currently the CSA has a working group dedicated to tracking and reporting on the top X threats to the cloud. That project is currently working on rev...
Free Your Data & the Apps Will Follow – But what About Security?
Blog Published: 06/22/2012
About AuthorMark O’Neill is CTO of Vordel, a company which enables companies to connect to mobile and cloud Application Programming Interfaces (API) represent such an important technology trend, that new business models are evolving on top of them, and this has led to the term “The API economy”. ...
Outline of BCR for Processors Published by Article 29 Working Party
Press Release Published: 06/20/2012
On June 19th, the Article 29 Working Party, which is composed of Data Protection Authorities from the member states of the European Union, released an important opinion on the use of a legal means to move personal data outside of the border of the EU, called Binding Corporate Rules (BCRs). The gu...
Brochure Now Available for the Cloud Security Alliance EMEA Congress in Amsterdam
Press Release Published: 06/20/2012
The Cloud Security Alliance is delighted to announce that the brochure for the Cloud Security Alliance EMEA Congress 2012, 25th -26th September, Amsterdam is now available to download from www.cloudsecuritycongress.com. The agenda is packed full of keynotes and case studies from the leading exper...
Outline of BCR for Processors Published by Article 29 Working Party (EU)
Blog Published: 06/20/2012
http://www.francoisegilbert.com/2012/06/outline-of-bcr-for-processors-published-by-article-29-working-party/Outline of BCR for Processors Published by Article 29 Working Party On June 19, 2012, the Article 29 Working Party adopted a Working Paper (WP 195) on Binding Corporate Rules (BCR) for pro...
CSA Remembers Ron Knode 1946-2012
Press Release Published: 06/06/2012
A Cherished Member of our CommunityRon Knode, noted information security expert and member of the Cloud Security Alliance family, passed away on May 31, 2012. Ron was an innovative thinker and the author of the CloudTrust Protocol. Ron was a cherished member of CSA, with endless energy and humor ...
Participate in the CSA Website Usability Survey
Press Release Published: 05/22/2012
The Cloud Security Alliance invites you to participate in its website usability survey, a short questionnaire about your experience with the CSA site. The survey will be available for a 2-week period, from May 22 to June 5, 2012. The survey asks your reasons for visiting the CSA site, the pages y...
Cloud Security Alliance Expands Leadership Team With its First Chief Operating Officer
Press Release Published: 05/21/2012
John Howie to Support Organization’s Expanding Member, Research and Event Initiatives SEATTLE, WA – May 21, 2012 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) announced today the appointment of information and communications technology veteran John Howie to the position of Chief Operating Officer (COO). H...
CSA Launches Hong Kong and Macau Chapter at "Building Trust in Cloud Computing" Summit 2012
Press Release Published: 05/17/2012
Summit Highlighted by Opening Address from Mr. Daniel Lai, BBS, JP, Government CIO, and Keynotes by Jim Reavis, Co-founder and Executive Director of CSA, and Tim Grance, Senior Computer Scientist at NIST Hong Kong, May 18, 2012 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) yesterday officially launched it...
Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore and Cloud Security Alliance Launch Joint Initiative to Create Trusted Cloud Ecosystem in Singapore
Press Release Published: 05/15/2012
Singapore, May 15, 2012 – Today at CloudAsia 2012, the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) and the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) will launch a joint initiative to create a trusted cloud eco-system in Singapore, bringing together the key stakeholders in the Cloud to accelerate Singap...
Are Network Perimeters the Berlin Walls of Cloud IdM?
Blog Published: 05/14/2012
A single enterprise wide identity and access management (IAM) platform is a noble but unattainable goal. The network perimeter is now a metaphorical “Berlin Wall” between the two identity platform domains of Cloud and On-Premise. It is time for enterprises to formalize a strategy of integrating t...
CSA and ISACA Issue Joint Survey on Cloud Maturity - Now Open for Responses
Press Release Published: 05/14/2012
Cloud Market Maturity Task Force is the First Collaborative Project Between CSA and ISACA Rolling Meadows, IL – May 14, 2012 – Today, the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) and ISACA announced the availability of a new survey on cloud market maturity, part of the first collaborative project between ...
