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Take the Helix Nebula Open Survey

Published: 09/03/2013

The goal of the following survey is to help the Helix Nebula consortium understand what is the general perception of the Helix Nebula initiative and to help us improve the way we inform people about its work. The completion of this survey takes no longer than 4 minutes. Take the survey now! We...

Cloud Security Alliance Announces Additional Keynotes and Sessions for EMEA Congress 2013

Published: 08/28/2013

Edinburgh, Scotland – Aug 28, 2013 - MIS Training Institute and the Cloud Security Alliance are pleased to announce additional speakers and sessions for this year’s EMEA Congress, to be held in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 25th - 26th September 2013. The Congress this year will cover the latest techn...

Watch New CloudBytes Webinar Online: Measuring and Mitigating Risk for Cloud Services

Published: 08/08/2013

CSA has released its latest CloudBytes educational webinar, "Measuring and Mitigating Risk for Cloud Services." Hosted by Grant Shirk, Group Enterprise Product Marketing Manager for Enterprise at Box, and Kamal Shah, Vice President of Products and Marketing at Skyhigh Networks, this unique video ...

CSA CloudBytes: Cloud Compliance for Financial Services (Tuesday 8/13, 8am Pacific)

Published: 08/07/2013

Don't miss this free event! On Wednesday, July 13th at 8:00am (PDT), the CSA and the new Financial Working Group will be hosting a webinar on: Cloud Compliance for Financial Services In today’s world, financial service businesses rely on communication technology that enable rapid and secure sh...

CSA CloudBytes Town Hall: NSA/PRISM Lessons Learned (Monday 8/12, 8am Pacific)

Published: 08/06/2013

The ongoing disclosure of the extent of the PRISM program has raised major privacy and confidentiality concerns for customers of cloud-based services. A recent CSA survey of 500 respondents found that 56% of non-US residents were less likely to use US-based cloud providers, in light of recent re...

Cloud Security Alliance Furthers Global Transparency Efforts To Serve Association’s Rapid Growth

Published: 07/23/2013

CSA Security, Trust and Assurance Registry (STAR) Now Hosts Over 30 Entries from Major Cloud Providers; CSA Unveils Results of Survey on Government Access to Information Seattle, WA – July 23, 2013 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) today announced a number of milestones in its continued effo...

CSA Seeks Input For Open Peer Review: Big Data Analytics for Security Intelligence Document

Published: 07/22/2013

The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Big Data Working Group would like to invite you to review and comment on a preliminary draft of the "Big Data Analytics for Security Intelligence" document. This document describes how the incorporation of Big Data is changing security analytics by providing new ...

Cloud Security Alliance Silicon Valley Chapter to Hold 2nd Annual Innovation Conference

Published: 06/27/2013

Industry Experts to Lead Proactive and Deliberate Debates on Cloud Technology San Francisco, CA – June 27, 2013 - The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Silicon Valley Chapter today announced new speaker and conference details for its upcoming Innovation Conference 2013 to be held on July 18, 2013 at...

Cloud Security Alliance Establishes Incident Management and Forensics Working Group

Published: 06/27/2013

CSA’s Newest Working Group Releases First White Paper on Conducting Forensic Investigation in Cloud Environments Seattle, WA – June 27 2013 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) today announced the formation of the Incident Management and Forensics Working Group, a new CSA Working Group that w...

Tech Trailblazers Awards Announces New Mentoring Partnership With Cloud Security Alliance

Published: 06/27/2013

Global enterprise technology awards strengthens ties with leading cloud security industry association London, UK – June 27 2013 – The global Tech Trailblazers Awards (Twitter: @techtrailblaze) for enterprise information technology startups today revealed a new mentoring program for award winners...

Official CSA Snowden/NSA/Patriot Act Survey

Published: 06/26/2013

We are hoping to generate a rational and valuable global dialogue, and will make this survey public. Please take the time to answer it. It is a few short questions, you can take as little or as much time as you see fit. During June of 2013, news of a whistleblower, US government contractor Eric ...

Cloud Security Alliance Announces Keynote Presentations and Sessions for 4th Annual CSA Congress

Published: 06/26/2013

Enterprise Leaders and Recognized Cloud Experts to Lead to Industry's Premier Gathering for IT Security Professionals Seattle, WA – June 26, 2013 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) today announced the first keynote presentations, conference sessions and workshops for the 4th annual CSA Congre...

Cloud Security Alliance APAC Issues Call for Papers for CISO Forum 2013

Published: 06/25/2013

CSA APAC seeks proposals from practitioners, researchers, and academics on a broad range of cloud security topics CSA CONGRESS ASIA PACIFIC – Singapore – June 25, 2013– The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), a not-for-profit organization with a mission to promote the use of best practices for provid...

2nd Cloud Security Alliance Asia Pacific Chief Information Security Officer Summit 2013 Call for Presentations

Published: 06/22/2013

Proposal Submission Deadline: 26 July 2013 The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) is pleased to announce this call for speakers to present at the prestigious 2nd Cloud Security Alliance Asia Pacific Chief Information Security Officer Summit 2013 (here forth referred as “CSA APAC CISO Summit 2013”), h...

CSA Releases the Expanded Top Ten Big Data Security & Privacy Challenges

Published: 06/17/2013

Big Data remains one of the most talked about technology trends in 2013. But lost among all the excitement about the potential of Big Data are the very real security and privacy challenges that threaten to slow this momentum. Security and privacy issues are magnified by the three V’s of big data:...

CSA Seeks Input For Open Peer Review: Cloud Trust Protocol Work Group Charter

Published: 06/12/2013

The Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Trust Protocol (CTP) Working Group would like to invite you to review and comment on their updated work group charter. The CTP work group is chartered to research the areas of continuous monitoring/auditing for cloud assurance and transparency certification. The ...

Cloud Security Alliance Seeking Co-chairs for the Cloud Trust Protocol Working Group

Published: 06/12/2013

The CSA Cloud Trust Protocol (CTP) Working Group is seeking new co-chairs to lead research in the areas of continuous monitoring/auditing for cloud assurance and transparency certification. These (2) volunteer positions have a 1-year term commitment. The co-chair works in collaboration with the C...

Cloud Security Alliance Announces Keynotes For EMEA Congress 2013

Published: 06/10/2013

Edinburgh, Scotland – June 10, 2013 - MIS Training Institute and the Cloud Security Alliance are pleased to announce the initial lineup of speakers, including esteemed keynotes, for this year’s EMEA Congress, to be held in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 25th - 26th September 2013. The Congress this yea...

CSA CloudBytes: HIPAA Omnibus Rule (Thursday 6/13, 12pm Pacific)

Published: 06/06/2013

Don't miss this free event! On June 13th at 12:00pm (PDT), the CSA Health Information Working Group will be hosting a webinar on: The HIPAA Omnibus Rule The speakers will provide a detailed overview of the provisions of the HIPAA Omnibus Rule, which became effective March 26, 2013, with transi...

White Paper Analysing Cloud Vulnerability Incidents from 2008-2012 released by the CSA Cloud Vulnerabilities Working Group

Published: 05/31/2013

A white paper studying cloud computing outages reported by the media over a four year period has been released by the newly-established CSA Cloud Vulnerabilities Working Group. The team from the Cyber Security Lab, University of Waikato, in New Zealand, and School of Mechanical & Aerospace En...

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