Hackathon On! Cloud Security Alliance Challenges Hackers to Break its Software Defined Perimeter (SDP) at CSA Congress 2014
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 announce...
Cloud Security Alliance Sets Research Agenda for Upcoming CSA Congress 2014
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 upcomin...
CSA Congress Pre-Conference Working Group Session
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 ...
Cloud Security Alliance Announces Keynote Line Up and Breakout Sessions for Congress 2014
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...
Survey Opportunity: Cloud Usage: Risks and Opportunities
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 ...
Cloud Security Alliance Publishes Guidelines for CSA STAR Attestation
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 gui...
Cloud Security Alliance Releases New Cloud Controls Matrix v3.0.1 and Consensus Assessments Initiative Questionnaire v3.0.1
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 ...
CCM & CAIQ v3.0.1 Version Update Soft Launch
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 ...
Upcoming Webinar: Triaging the Cloud - 5 Steps to Putting the Cloud Controls Matrix to Work to Safely Enable Cloud Services in Your Enterprise
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. Regis...
Survey Opportunity: Security as a Service Categories
Published: 07/05/2014
The Security as a Service (SecaaS) working group within the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) has been created to provide leadership and direction on how the cloud can be used to deliver security services to cloud, on premises and hybrid environments. In our framework for defining a Security as a...
Seeking Data Privacy Experts to participate in a Data Protection Heat Index Research Initiative
Published: 06/30/2014
The Cloud Security Alliance research team would like to invite global data privacy experts to participate in a brief survey that is intended to measure attitudes towards data protection areas that tie into technology solutions that enable the exchange of information across the cloud. Within t...
Volunteer Spotlight: Sean Cordero
Published: 06/30/2014
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. Prior to establishing his company, Cloud Watchmen, Inc....
Cloud Security Alliance Expands CCSK Training Program
Published: 06/25/2014
CSA selects HP as Master Training Partner for China and Japan Seattle, WA – June 17, 2014 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) today announced that in recognition of the success and growth of the CSA Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK) Certification training program conducted by HP...
Security as a Service (SecaaS) Working Group 2014 Kick-Off Call
Published: 06/16/2014
The Security as a Service (SecaaS) Working Group will be kicking off their latest research efforts on: Monday June 16th at 9:00am PDT (GMT-7) (Meeting details are below) The latest developments will be towards an updated "Defined Categories of Service v2.0" and includes: Proposals for ...
Virtualization Working Group 2014 Kick-Off Call
Published: 06/13/2014
The Cloud Security Alliance Virtualization Working Group is seeking volunteers to participate in developing and maintaining a research portfolio providing capabilities to assist the cloud provider industry in research of the combined virtualized operating systems and future technologies. The g...
Join CSA at Black Hat 2014 – Registration Discounts for Members
Published: 05/27/2014
We invite CSA members to join us at Black Hat 2014 taking place August 2-7 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Black Hat USA is the show that sets the benchmark for all other security conferences. As Black Hat returns for its 17th year to Las Vegas, it will bring together the brightest in the ...
CSA APAC Update
Published: 05/21/2014
1) Cloud Vulnerabilities Working Group Founded by the CSA APAC region in May 2013, the CSA Cloud Vulnerabilities Working Group (CVWG) is a global work group chartered to conduct research in the area of cloud computing vulnerabilities, with the goals of understanding and educating the classific...
Volunteer Spotlight: Henry St Andre
Published: 05/21/2014
Henry St. Andre’s work in the IT and telecom industries dates back to the divestiture of AT&T and the creation of the competitive long distance industry. Henry spent those years in operations managing network operation centers. In 2003, Henry went to work for inContact, a cloud provider of...
Cloud Security Alliance Opens Registration for CSA Congress 2014
Published: 05/19/2014
Special Pricing Offered for Early Registration to Event Covering All Aspects of Privacy and Cloud Security Seattle, WA – May 19, 2014 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) today announced the opening of registration for its annual CSA Congress 2014 scheduled to take place September 17-19, 2014...
Cloud Security Alliance Announces China Representative Office, Forms Strategic Partnership With China Government-Academia-Industry Partners, And Expands Its Chinese Corporate Members.
Published: 05/19/2014
CSA Makes Strong Long-Term Commitments in China Beijing – May 19, 2014 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) today held a special event to announce the establishment of the new CSA China Representative Office in Beijing. The CSA also signed a total of seven strategic partnership agreements wit...
