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 Se...
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 the ...
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., M...
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, t...
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 new...
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 grou...
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 wor...
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 classificati...
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 co...
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, a...
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 with m...
Cloud Security Alliance Releases Update to Software Defined Perimeter (SDP)
Published: 05/01/2014
Version 1.0 of Implementation Specification Released Along with SDP Hackathon Results Report London – Infosecurity Europe – May 1, 2014 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), a not-for-profit organization which promotes the use of best practices for providing security assurance within cloud co...
Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Announces EMC Has Joined CSA as an Executive Corporate Member
Published: 05/01/2014
Longstanding Member to Help CSA Promote Best Practices and Standards in EMEA London – Infosecurity Europe – April 29, 2014 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) today announced that EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) has joined the CSA as an executive corporate member and has become a member of the CSA ...
Featured Research: CIRRUS
Published: 04/24/2014
Stakeholders in cloud computing have varying expectations and requirements related to security in the cloud. Consumers of cloud products are concerned with data portability and cloud interoperability, which ensures privacy and security when migrating data from one cloud to another.Security concer...
CSA Seeks Input on Cloud Data Protection Cert
Published: 04/24/2014
The Cloud Security Alliance invites you to review the Cloud Data Protection Cert, a new candidate project proposed for inclusion in the CSA Research Portfolio. The Cloud Data Protection Cert will be a web-based tool that presents cloud providers and cloud consumers with a tiered data-sensitivity...
Volunteer Spotlight: David Lingenfelter
Published: 04/24/2014
David Lingenfelter is a seasoned security professional with nearly 20 years of experience in risk management, information security, compliance and policy development. He is responsible for oversight of all security and compliance aspects of Fiberlink, an IBM company, including physical, applicati...
CSA Responds to President Obama's “Big Data” Initiative Request for Information
Published: 04/24/2014
On January 17, 2014, President Obama called for senior government officials to lead a comprehensive review of the ways in which “big data” will affect how Americans live and work, and the implications of collecting, analyzing and using such data for privacy, the economy, and public policy. The Pr...
CSA Seeks Input on Open Peer Review: CAIQ v3.0.1
Published: 04/09/2014
CSA has kicked off the Consensus Assessment Initiative Questionnaire (CAIQ) v3.0.1 open peer review period, to be held now through May 8, 2014. Please consider participating in this peer review by leaving your comments on the CAIQ v3.0.1. This updated version of the CAIQ realigns the quest...
CSA Seeks Input on Open Peer Review: CCM v3.0.1
Published: 04/09/2014
Cloud Security Alliance announces an open peer review period for the Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) v3.0.1, now through May 8, 2014. We invite you to submit your feedback by leaving comments on the CCM v3.0.1. The CCM v3.0.1 release will include new or updated mappings to the following securi...
Cloud Security Alliance Announces Launch Of Privacy Level Agreement (PLA) V.2 Working Group
Published: 04/03/2014
PLA v.2 to Provide Powerful Transparency and Voluntary Disclosure Mechanism to Support European Cloud Service Providers Edinburgh (UK), Amsterdam (NL) and Seattle, WA – April 3, 2014 – SecureCloud 2014 - The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) today announced the launch of version 2 of its Privacy Lev...
