Dyre need to secure what matters
Blog Published: 09/08/2014
By Rajneesh Chopra, VP of Product Management, NetskopeWith the iCloud hack in the backdrop raising issues around authentication, another problem has come to the fore - this one affecting Salesforce and going by the name Dyre (alternatively Dyreza). More details are available here - http://goo.gl/...
In-house Counsel Should Take BYOD Risks Seriously
Blog Published: 09/03/2014
By Nina Seth, Senior Product Marketing Manager, AccellionIn many organizations, decisions about mobile technology are made primarily or exclusively by the IT and IT security departments working together.All too often, there’s one department that’s left out of these discussions: the organization’...
Hackathon On! Cloud Security Alliance Challenges Hackers to Break its Software Defined Perimeter (SDP) at CSA Congress 2014
Press Release Published: 08/27/2014
Successful Breach of SDP Protected Public Cloud Will Earn a Prize of $10,000 San Jose, CA – August 27, 2014 - The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), a not-for-profit organization which promotes the use of best practices for providing security assurance within cloud computing, today announced i...
Cloud Security Alliance Sets Research Agenda for Upcoming CSA Congress 2014
Press Release Published: 08/15/2014
New Research from Antibot and Big Data Working Groups along with New Surveys to be Featured at this Year’s Event San Jose, CA – August 15, 2014 - The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) today revealed new research, surveys and volunteer opportunities to be announced during the course of its upcoming C...
SOC 2 Examinations: Prepare for Success
Blog Published: 08/15/2014
By Stephen Halbrook, Manager, BrightLineIs your organization ready for a SOC 2 examination? Here are five steps to help successfully prepare for one: Validate the nature of the request. Does your client base understand the various SOC reporting options and what they are asking of your organizati...
CSA Congress Pre-Conference Working Group Session
Press Release Published: 08/13/2014
CSA is excited to host the first combined CSA Congress and IAPP Privacy Academy in San Jose on Sept. 15-19th. We are reaching out to CSA members to find out who will be attending so that we could potentially host working group sessions on Tuesday the 16th before the main conference. Please add...
THE 20 TOTALLY MOST POPULAR CLOUD SERVICES IN TODAY’S ENTERPRISE
Blog Published: 08/04/2014
By Brandon Cook, Director of Product Marketing, Skyhigh NetworksCIOs, CISOs, analysts, journalists, and employees alike are always curious about which cloud services are…like…the most popular and frequently used in the enterprise. This type of information is useful in that it indicates employee d...
Cloud Security Alliance Announces Keynote Line Up and Breakout Sessions for Congress 2014
Press Release Published: 07/31/2014
CSA and International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) join forces to offer comprehensive data protection program San Jose, CA – July 31, 2014 - The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) today announced the keynote line up and notable new breakout sessions for the upcoming CSA Congress and In...
When Sharing Goes Bad
Blog Published: 07/31/2014
By Krishna Narayanaswamy, Chief Scientist, NetskopeAmong the many benefits cloud apps bring is the ability to collaborate. Key to collaboration is sharing data, findings, reports, videos, and other information assets. Whether you’re sharing the latest sales presentation, a link to a customer vide...
CLOUD SECURITY INNOVATORS – Q+A WITH JEFF BLAIR, CISO, CAA
Blog Published: 07/31/2014
By Brandon Cook, Director of Product Marketing, Skyhigh NetworksWe are thrilled to feature a Q+A session with Jeff Blair, CISO of Creative Artists Agency (CAA) in this month’s installment of the Cloud Security Innovators blog series. Jeff works for CAA, which represents the world’s biggest athlet...
Survey Opportunity: Cloud Usage: Risks and Opportunities
Press Release Published: 07/29/2014
From research on big data/security to detecting cloud incidents, the Cloud Security Alliance provides a wealth of data and advice on cloud security topics from its expert research and deep bench of information technology authorities. With this proposed survey, which will be circulated to IT and...
Cloud Security Alliance Publishes Guidelines for CSA STAR Attestation
Press Release Published: 07/28/2014
Full specification for CPAs conducting independent cloud provider assessments using the AICPA SOC 2SM engagements plus CSA Cloud Controls Matrix Seattle, WA – July 29, 2014 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) and American Institute of CPAs (AICPA), today announced the release of official guidel...
Survey Finds BYOD Devices Cluttered with Mobile Apps
Blog Published: 07/21/2014
By Hormazd Romer, Senior Director of Product Marketing, AccellionHow many mobile apps are installed on BYOD devices? The answer varies from employee to employee, but broadly speaking, the answer seems to be, “lots.”IBM company Fiberlink recently surveyed mobile workers and tallied the mobiles app...
Has Cloud Adoption Plateaued?
Blog Published: 07/18/2014
By Brandon Cook, Director of Product Marketing, Skyhigh NetworksStatisticians are always interested when they see data that diverges from a general pattern. This is exactly what happened when we dug into the latest cloud usage data from Q2 in the recent Cloud Adoption and Risk Report (CARR).To th...
Take the New Cloud Security Alliance Survey: Cloud Risks and Opportunities
Blog Published: 07/17/2014
By Krishna Narayanaswamy, Chief Scientist, Netskope The Cloud Security Alliance is conducting a survey of global IT and security professionals on their organizations' usage of and perceived risk in enterprise cloud apps.Netskope, along with one of our identity management partners, Okta, are spons...
Cloud Security Alliance Releases New Cloud Controls Matrix v3.0.1 and Consensus Assessments Initiative Questionnaire v3.0.1
Press Release Published: 07/16/2014
Two De Facto Industry Standards Now Aligned with One-to-One Mapping to Allow for Smarter Decisions by Cloud Consumers and More Transparency for Cloud Providers Seattle, WA – July 16, 2014 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) today announced the release of significant updates to two de facto ind...
12 MUST-KNOW STATISTICS ON CLOUD USAGE IN THE ENTERPRISE
Blog Published: 07/11/2014
By Kamal Shah, VP of Products and Marketing, Skyhigh Networks @kdshahIn our professional lives, we all seek to make more data-driven decisions. We know that logical choices made with complete information yield better results than those based on conjecture or suspicion. To that end, Skyhigh today ...
CCM & CAIQ v3.0.1 Version Update Soft Launch
Press Release Published: 07/11/2014
We are very excited to announce the soft launch of the Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) and Consensus Assessments Initiative Questionnaire (CAIQ) v.3.0.1. We invite you to download both documents during this early review period: Download CCM Here Download CAIQ Here What's New in CCM v3.0.1 T...
Securing the Cloud
Blog Published: 07/10/2014
By Robert Clauff, Security Engineer, SolutionaryMore and more organizations are moving to the “CLOUD." It seems as though you can't read an article about IT or turn on the TV without seeing someting about the increasingly ubiquitous cloud. Of course, the cloud is more than just an IT buzzword, it...
Upcoming Webinar: Triaging the Cloud - 5 Steps to Putting the Cloud Controls Matrix to Work to Safely Enable Cloud Services in Your Enterprise
Press Release Published: 07/05/2014
Join Cloud Security Alliance Chief Operating Officer, John Howie, Pandora Director of Information Security, Doug Meier, and Netskope Chief Scientist, Krishna Narayanaswamy, for a practical discussion and set of next steps to making the CCM work for you and triaging the apps you discover. Register...
