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    6.30.2014
CSA Research Update
 
 
 
 
Welcome to the CSA Research Update!
A monthly research review, and your source for the most up-to-date news on cloud computing security.
 
 
 
 
 
 

Research News

The latest news about CSA research initiatives and publications.

 
 
CSA Seeks Data Privacy Experts  

CSA Seeks Data Privacy Experts to Participate in a Data Protection Heat Index Research Initiative

​Within the past few weeks ​we have received some great responses​, but ​we are still in need of additional ​experts to contribute to this 5​-10​ minute survey.

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Featured Research

CSA boasts a rapidly expanding suite of research initiatives, including 25 active work groups. We've highlighted two below.

 
 
 

Hong Kong SME Cloud Adoption and Security Readiness Survey

The Internet Society Hong Kong and Cloud Security Alliance, with the sponsorship from Microsoft, jointly conducted the first Hong Kong SMEs Cloud Readiness Survey.

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SPECS - Secure Provisioning of Cloud Services based on SLA management

A new project from CSA Europe that provides comprehensible and enforceable security assurance by CSP’s is a critical factor to deploy trustworthy Cloud ecosystems.

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Education

Cloud Security Alliance seeks to educate and inform both users and providers of cloud services.

CloudBytes

CSA Cloud STAR Certification
With John DiMaria, Open Certification Framework Co-chair and CloudTrust Protocol Co-Chair

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Sean Cordero

Get to know your CSA community! Our dedicated volunteers make up the backbone of CSA Research.

Sean Cordero

Mr. Sean Cordero, CISSP, CISA. CRISC, CISM, is the chair of the Cloud Security Alliance’s Cloud Controls Matrix where he works alongside other industry thought leaders to drive the development of security standards for cloud computing.

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Top Downloads

Here are some of our most downloaded documents in the CSA research portfolio. Browse our full collection here.

 
         
 
 

Research Lifecycle


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Security Guidance for Critical Areas of Mobile Computing

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SecaaS Category 1 // Identity and Access Management

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Enterprise Architecture v2.0

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Featured Downloads

A few highlights from the hundreds of CSA research documents available here.

 
         
 
 

Mapping the Forensic Standard ISO/IEC 27037 to Cloud Computing

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Big Data Analytics for Security Intelligence


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Privacy Level Agreement (PLA) Outline for the Sale of Cloud Services in the European Union

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Cloud Computing Vulnerability Incidents: A Statistical Overview

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Events

We look forward to meeting you at one of CSA's premier events.

 
  ASEAN Summit    
 
 

ASEAN CSA Summit 2014

June 3-4th, 2014

Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Thailand Chapter is proud to present “ASEAN CSA Summit 2014”. The ASEAN CSA Summit 2014, co-hosted together with the ASEAN OWASP Summit 2014.

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CSA Congress 2014

September 16-19, 2014

By bringing together the IAPP’s Privacy Academy and the CSA Congress this fall, we’ve broadened the educational and networking opportunities available for both IAPP and CSA members.

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