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Top Threats to Cloud Computing Plus: Industry Insights
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Top Threats to Cloud Computing Plus: Industry Insights

Release Date: 10/20/2017

Working Group: Top Threats

Abstract: The Top Threats to Cloud Computing Plus: Industry Insights serves as a validation of the relevance of security issues discussed in the earlier document as wells as provides references and overviews of these incidents. In total, 21 anecdotes and examples are featured in the document. The references and overview of each anecdote and example are written with the help of publicly available information.
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Acknowledgements

Vic Hargrave
Vic Hargrave
Senior Cyber Analyst/Engineer

Vic Hargrave

Senior Cyber Analyst/Engineer

Vic Hargrave has 20 years of experience in cybersecurity working for Everfox, Forcepoint Federal, Trend Micro, and VMware developing a broad range of security solutions including user-entity behavior analytics, threat management, and content filtering. Vic specializes in behavior analytics and insider threat risk. He has co-authored several publications with the Top Treat Working Group and is active in the CSA AI Technology and Risk Worki...

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Jon-Michael Brook
Jon-Michael Brook

Jon-Michael Brook

Jon-Michael C. Brook is a certified, 25-year practitioner of cybersecurity, cloud, and privacy. He is the principal contributor to certification sites for privacy and cloud security, and has published books on privacy. Jon-Michael received numerous awards and recognition during his time with Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, Symantec, and Starbucks. He holds patents and trade secrets in intrusion detection, GUI design, and semantic data redaction...

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Michael Roza
Michael Roza
Risk, Audit, Control and Compliance Professional at EVC

Michael Roza

Risk, Audit, Control and Compliance Professional at EVC

Since 2012, Michael Roza has been a pivotal member of the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) family. He has contributed to over 125 projects, as a Lead Author or Author/Contributor and many more as a Reviewer/Editor.
Michael's extensive contributions encompass critical areas including Artificial Intelligence, Zero Trust/Software Defined Perimeter, Internet of Things, Top Threats, Cloud Control Matrix, DevSecOps, and Key Management. H...

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