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...
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 C...
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 con...
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-sensitiv...
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, applic...
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...
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 qu...
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 sec...
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 ...
Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Announces SAP Has Joined CSA as an Executive Corporate Member
Published: 04/02/2014
Newest Member to Help CSA Promote Best Practices and Standards in EMEA Amsterdam, Netherlands (SecureCloud 2014) - April 2, 2014 - Today at SecureCloud 2014, the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) today announced that SAP (NYSE: SAP) has joined the CSA as an executive corporate member and will bec...
SIT Partners The Cloud Security Alliance In Landmark Agreement
Published: 04/01/2014
1. The Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) to collaborate on education and research efforts in cloud security. The CSA is a not-for-profit organization that promotes best practices in providing security assuran...
On behalf of the CDPC Leadership Team: Open Review Period - Cloud Data Protection Cert Candidate Project
Published: 03/31/2014
We would like to invite Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) members as well as the cloud and security community to participate in the open review period for a new candidate project that we are proposing for contribution to the CSA Research Portfolio. In addition, we are considering contributing thi...
First Research Newsletter Now Available
Published: 03/20/2014
The CSA Research team is excited to announce that the first monthly Research Update is available here. If you would like to receive future Research Updates please sign up here.
Featured Research: CUMULUS
Published: 03/19/2014
Cloud technology offers a powerful approach for the provision of infrastructure, platform and software services without incurring the considerable costs of owning, operating and maintaining the computational infrastructures required for this purpose.These features also introduce new challenges...
Volunteer Spotlight: Evelyn de Souza
Published: 03/19/2014
Evelyn de Souza is a Data Privacy and Compliance Leader at Cisco Systems, where she focuses on developing blueprints and holistic solutions to help organizations embrace the cloud securely and ensure data privacy in an agile manner. She currently serves as the co-chair of the CSA Cloud Control...
Featured Research: Software Defined Perimeter Initiative
Published: 03/19/2014
The cloud, and the Internet as we know it today, is an unlikely outcome from the DARPA research conducted decades ago. Through a combination of standards, innovation, and a culture of openness, we have built a remarkable foundation for our ever-changing society, as well as the global economy. ...
CSA Announces the Newly Created Research Lifecycle
Published: 03/19/2014
The Cloud Security Alliance research team announces the newly created Research Lifecycle, a comprehensive, step-by-step guide that sets up a series of standard procedures for the generation of a CSA research product. It is our goal to streamline the research process, making it easier for volun...
Phillip Redman to speak at the next Cloud Security Alliance Mobile Working Group meeting on March, 27 @ 9am PT
Published: 03/19/2014
Speaker: Phillip Redman – Vice President, Citrix Mobile Solutions and Strategy Join us to learn Phillip's views on the enterprise mobility space and to get a chance to interact with one of the most respected thought leaders in this space. About: Phillip Redman is vice president of mobile so...
CSA Seeks Input For Open Peer Review: Big Data Taxonomy
Published: 03/19/2014
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Big Data Working Group (BDWG) would like to invite you to review and comment on a preliminary draft of the "Big Data Taxonomy" document. In this document, we propose a seven-dimensional taxonomy for big data. The main objective of this taxonomy is to help dec...
Cloud Security Alliance Opens Call for Presentations for EMEA Congress 2014
Published: 03/17/2014
**Rome, Italy – March 17, 2014 - **The Cloud Security Alliance and MIS Training Institute have opened the call for papers for the 2014 EMEA Congress, to be held November 19-20th at the Parco dei Principi in Rome. CSA EMEA Congress is Europe’s premier cloud security event - an information-hub f...
