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Searching for Blockchain Co-Chair

Published: 02/27/2017

CSA is searching for another co-chair to help lead the Blockchain / Distributed Ledger working group who is preferably from the financial side. Being a co-chair of the work group presents great opportunities such as networking and interacting closely with volunteers representing some of the top m...

Cloud Security Alliance Establishes New Third-Party Consultancy Program to Ensure Best Practices in Secure Cloud Implementation

Published: 02/13/2017

CSA Names Optiv As First Certified Provider for New Program SAN FRANCISCO, CA – February 13, 2017 – RSA Conference 2017 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining and raising awareness of best practices to help ensure a secure cloud computing envi...

Cloud Security Alliance Releases New Software Defined Perimeter for Infrastructure-as-a-Service Research

Published: 02/13/2017

New Report Outlines How SDP Can Be Applied to Infrastructure-as-a-Service Environments, Including Requirements, Benefits and Key Use Cases SAN FRANCISCO, CA – February 13, 2017 – RSA Conference 2017 - The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining and r...

Cloud Security Alliance Announces General Availability of STARWatch Cloud Security Management Application

Published: 02/13/2017

Compliance Management SaaS Application Formally Launches Boasting More than 250 Active Users SAN FRANCISCO – February 13, 2017 – RSA Conference 2017 - The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining and raising awareness of best practices to help ensure ...

Reviewers Needed: Security Guidance for Critical Areas of Mobile Computing

Published: 01/25/2017

Dear Colleagues, The Mobile Working Group is updating the document entitled "Security Guidance for Critical Areas of Mobile Computing" last published in 2012. To streamline the updating process, we are opening a peer review of the 2012 document. We are looking for SMEs to provide feedback on the...

CSA’s Mobile Working Group Seeking New Co-Chair

Published: 01/25/2017

The Cloud Security Alliance’s Mobile Working Group is seeking new co-chairs to develop and maintain a research portfolio providing capabilities to lead the crystallization of best practices for mobile security, help industry and government on adoption of best practices, establish liaisons with ot...

Open Peer Review: Cloud Component Specifications Working Group Charter

Published: 01/13/2017

The Cloud Security Alliance would like to invite you to review and comment on a proposed Cloud Component Specifications Working Group Charter. The working group aims to look at security of Cloud computing at a component level - e.g. hypervisor, virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) platforms, clou...

Open Peer Review: Cloud Security Services Management Working Group Charter

Published: 01/13/2017

The Cloud Security Alliance would like to invite you to review and comment on the proposed Cloud Security Services Management Working Group Charter. It is well acknowledged that collaboration and coordination among all stakeholders are critical to secure the cloud platform, therefore there is a ...

Securing the Converged Cloud Takes Center Stage at the Cloud Security Alliance’s Annual CSA Summit at RSA Conference 2017

Published: 01/13/2017

General Keith Alexander of IronNet Cybersecurity and Robert Herjavec of Herjavec Group to Keynote at this Year’s Event. Registration Now Open. San Francisco, CA – January 13, 2017 – RSA Conference 2017 -- The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining a...

Behavox on course for Level 2 STAR Attestation from the Cloud Security Alliance

Published: 12/29/2016

Rigorous Third Party Independent Assessment To Validate Company’s Security Posture SEATTLE, WA – December 28, 2016 - The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining and raising awareness of best practices to help ensure a secure cloud computing environme...

CSA’s Big Data Working Group seeking new Co-chairs to develop and maintain Research Portfolio

Published: 12/23/2016

The Cloud Security Alliance’s Big Data Working Group is seeking new co-chairs to develop and maintain a research portfolio providing capabilities to lead the crystallization of best practices for security and privacy in big data, help industry and government on adoption of best practices, establi...

Call for Participation: Contribute to CSA Security Guidance v4.0 Peer Review

Published: 12/21/2016

Closing Date: Jan 13th, 2017 The Cloud Security Alliance would like to invite you to review and comment on 12 Domains of the CSA's Security Guidance for Critical Areas of Focus in Cloud Computing. This document acts as a practical, actionable roadmap to individuals looking to safely and securely...

New Survey: Public Cloud Workloads

Published: 12/10/2016

Public Cloud Workloads Survey Time: 15-20 minutes Closing Date: Jan 9th, 2017 Prizes: 5 CCSK Tokens Go to Survey Abstract: Despite a wide range of commercial software applications, many enterprises still have unique requirements they fulfill with custom, internally developed applications. For ...

Cybersecurity in President Trump's America: The first 100 days | Katie Lewin - Federal Director of Cloud Security Alliance Weighs In

Published: 11/30/2016

It could take months to know what the Trump administration's cybersecurity policy will be. Cyber-defense experts weigh in with advice and best practices for securing your company today. November 28, 2016, 10:15 AM PST From Katie Lewin - Federal Director, Cloud Security Alliance Historically wh...

Cloud Security Alliance Releases Report on State of Cloud Adoption in India

Published: 11/23/2016

Findings Come on the Heels of Successful CSA APAC Congress in Bengaluru Bengaluru, India – November 22, 2016 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining and raising awareness of best practices to help ensure a secure cloud computing environment, su...

Cloud Security Alliance Launches Crowdfunded Cloud Security Management Solution

Published: 11/15/2016

STARWatch SaaS Application Empowers Organizations to Manage Compliance & Risks Using CSA Standards and Best Practices SAN FRANCISCO - November 15, 2016 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining and raising awareness of best practices to help ...

CSA'S IOT SECURITY REPORT

Published: 11/03/2016

OCTOBER 28, 2016 via RESEARCHandMARKETS, The World's Largest Market Research Store Last week’s DDoS attack was the largest of its kind in history, and shows how easy Internet of Things devices can be compromised and used to conduct massive cyber-attacks. The attack has caused serious concern am...

Cloud Security Alliance Releases Chinese Financial Services Report with Ernst & Young China

Published: 11/02/2016

Beijing, CHINA – November 1, 2016 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining and raising awareness of best practices to help ensure a secure cloud computing environment, and Ernst & Young (EY) China, today released the results of a joint survey...

CSA Internet of Things Working Group Releases Industry’s First Guidance for Securing IoT Product Ecosystem

Published: 10/07/2016

‘Designing and Developing Secure IoT Products’ Provides Actionable and Useful Guidance to Raise the Overall Security of IoT Products San Jose, CA – CSA Congress 2016 – October 7, 2016 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) today released a new detailed and hefty guidance report titled Future-proofi...

Cloud Security Alliance EMEA to Host Fifth Annual Congress

Published: 10/07/2016

Agenda and Keynote Speakers Announced for Premiere European Cloud Security Event MADRID, SPAIN – October 7, 2016 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining and raising awareness of best practices to help ensure a secure cloud computing environment...

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