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 ...
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 ...
