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 ...
Cloud Security Alliance to Launch Australia Chapter at AusCERT2012
Press Release Published: 05/14/2012
CSA Continues to Strengthen Presence in Asia-Pacific with New Chapter; Inaugural Meeting Open to All at AusCERT2012 Queensland’s Gold Coast, May 14, 2012 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) will officially launch its Australia Chapter at the AusCERT2012 conference, being held May 15th-18th on Q...
SecureCloud 2012 in Frankfurt: Global Leaders Address Top Emerging Issues on Cloud Security and Privacy
Press Release Published: 05/09/2012
Co-hosted by the CSA, ENISA, ISACA, CASED, and the Fraunhofer Institute SIT, the Industry’s Only European Conference on Cloud Security Will Highlight Mobile and Policy Aspects of Cloud Computing Security Frankfurt, Germany – May 9, 2012 – How will changes in European data protection regulati...
CSA Announces Open Certification Framework for Cloud Providers
Press Release Published: 05/09/2012
Frankfurt, Germany – May 9, 2012 – At the opening of the SecureCloud 2012 conference, the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) today announced the CSA Open Certification Framework, an industry initiative to allow global, trusted certification of cloud providers. The CSA Open Certification Framework is a...
Big Data Working Group Kick-Off Call
Press Release Published: 05/04/2012
Cloud Security Alliance is launching a kick-off call for the Big Data Working Group on May 23rd, 14:00pm PST (GMT-7), open to all individuals interested in addressing scalable techniques for data-centric security and privacy problems. We want to generate discussion around our charter and other a...
Mobile Track and Federal/International Track Submissions Sought for Congress 2012
Press Release Published: 05/02/2012
We received quite a few submissions this year, but we are still looking for additional submissions for the Mobile Track and Federal/International Track. We are extending the deadline to May 11th for the Mobile and Federal/International Tracks only. The submission details are as follows: All se...
Cloud Market Maturity
Blog Published: 05/02/2012
by Henry St. Andre, CCSK | Trust Office Director | inContactThe Cloud Security Alliance, in conjunction with ISACA will be initiating a new working group to perform research on what it means to have Market Maturity in the Cloud. This is a very interesting subject for me. I have been working in ...
Outsourcing B2B Integration: The Forgotten Option
Blog Published: 05/01/2012
Business continuity remains a major concern for enterprises as they move more mission-critical processes to the cloud. Outsourcing B2B integration while ensuring cloud security in order to effectively integrate business processes is challenging at best and ambiguous for certain. All too often, ...
Inaugural CSA EMEA Congress in Amsterdam
Press Release Published: 04/30/2012
Building on the success of the CSA Congresses held in the USA in 2010 and 2011, MIS Training and the Cloud Security Alliance have partnered to host the inaugural Cloud Security Alliance EMEA Congress in Amsterdam, September 25-26th, 2012. The inaugural Cloud Security Alliance EMEA Congress will ...
Configuration Compliance in the Cloud
Blog Published: 04/25/2012
By David Meltzer As a member solution provider in the Cloud Security Alliance, paying careful attention to risk and planning for improvement is second nature for my own companies’ security services. As a consumer of many start-up cloud services built completely outside the security industry, how...
CSA Seeks Input on the CTP Reference Architecture Model
Press Release Published: 04/21/2012
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) CloudTrust Protocol (CTP) would like to invite you to review and comment on the CTP Reference Architecture Model. The CloudTrust Protocol (CTP) was invented to restore to the enterprise the ability to confirm that “whatever is claimed to be happening in the clou...
Cyber Security & Privacy EU Forum 2012, April 24th & 25th, Berlin
Press Release Published: 04/16/2012
REGISTER NOW ( http://cspforum2012.eventbrite.com/ ) Effectsplus ( http://www.effectsplus.eu/ ) in coordination with the Trust and Security Unit of DG INFSO are organizing the Cyber Security & Privacy EU Forum 2012 “CSP EU Forum 2012”. This event is a European conference on Cyber Security...
CSA Extends Deadline for Congress 12' Abstract Submissions
Press Release Published: 04/16/2012
The Cloud Security Alliance has extended the deadline for CSA Congress 12' abstract submissions. We have received some great submissions so far, but would like to see more. The NEW deadline for submission is April 27,2012. Visit the following site for CFP details: https://cloudsecurityalliance...
Top Threats to Cloud Computing Kick-Off Call
Press Release Published: 04/13/2012
Join us on our Kick-Off Call as we look for volunteers to participate in updating the CSA Top Threats to Cloud Computing document. The purpose of this document, Top Threats to Cloud Computing, is to provide needed context to assist organizations in making educated risk management decisions r...
Cloud Security Requires All Hands on Deck
Blog Published: 04/12/2012
Andrew Wild, CSO at Qualys, discusses how security postures and attitudes need to change as more and more IT functionality moves to the cloud It’s clear there are many compelling reasons, both financial and productivity-related, for enterprises to move IT functionality into the cloud, so it’s not...
CSA Seeks Input on the Big Data Working Group Charter
Press Release Published: 04/12/2012
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Big Data Working Group (BDWG) would like to invite you to review and comment on the work group Charter. The Big Data Working Group (BDWG) will be identifying scalable techniques for data-centric security and privacy problems. BDWG’s investigation is expected to ...
Kudos to Microsoft! 3 Offerings Now on the STAR Registry
Blog Published: 04/11/2012
We at the CSA want to offer a hearty congratulations to the team at Microsoft, for their leadership in completing and publishing STAR assessments for their products. As of today, Office 365, Windows Azure and Dynamics all have STAR assessments completed and published.We applaud Microsoft for lead...
Inaugural CSA Summit Hong Kong & Macau
Press Release Published: 04/10/2012
The Hong Kong & Macau chapter is having their inaugural CSA Summit on 17 May 2012. To be held in Hong Kong’s Cyberport, this day-long Summit will be graced by the HK SAR’s government CIO, Mr Daniel Lai and will our very own Jim Reavis to provide the keynote. Mr Tim Grance, senior computer sci...
