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Cloud Security Alliance To Establish New Legal Information Center

Published: 02/25/2013

CLIC Kicks Off at RSA Conference with Panel Event Co-Hosted with Box, Addressing Legal Complexities of Cloud Computing San Francisco, CA - February 25, 2012 (RSA Conference) –The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) today announced the formation of the Legal Information Center (CLIC), a new online res...

Cloud Security Alliance Warns Providers of ‘The Notorious Nine’ Cloud Computing Top Threats in 2013

Published: 02/25/2013

Organizations Must Make Educated Risk-Management Decisions Regarding Cloud Adoption Strategies RSA CONFERENCE – San Francisco, CA – February 25, 2013 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Top Threats Working Group today released The Notorious Nine: Cloud Computing Top Threats in 2013, a revised...

Cloud Security Alliance Releases First Guidelines for Cloud Service Providers Delivering Services in the European Union

Published: 02/25/2013

CSA Privacy Level Working Group Encourages Adoption Worldwide as a Powerful Self-regulatory Tool for Data Protection Transparency and accountability in the Cloud RSA CONFERENCE – San Francisco, CA – February 25, 2013 - The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Privacy Level Agreement (PLA) Working Grou...

CSA Continues Campaign To Improve Transparency And Assurance In The Cloud Market With Position Paper On AICPA Reporting Framework

Published: 02/25/2013

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Feb 25, 2013 - The Cloud Security Alliance today released a position paper on the American Institute of CPAs’ reporting framework, as a means of educating its members and providing guidance on selecting the most appropriate reporting option. The position paper is the latest st...

CSA Seeks Input For Open Peer Review: Expanded Top Ten Big Data Security and Privacy Challenges Report

Published: 02/25/2013

Big Data seems to be on the lips of every organization’s CXO these days. By exploiting Big Data, enterprises are able to gain valuable new insights into customer behavior via advanced analytics. However, what often gets lost amidst all the excitement are the very real and many security and privac...

CCSK Version 3 English Examination is Now Available

Published: 02/22/2013

CCSK Version 3 is now online and available at https://ccsk.cloudsecurityalliance.org/. The examination has been updated to include version 3 of our security guidance. According to our beta testers, version 3 offers a much improved test-taking experience. Here are the major changes to be aware of:...

Executive Briefing: US and Foreign Laws Regulating Government Access to Cloud Data on Feb 28, 2013

Published: 02/21/2013

The Cloud Security Alliance and Box.com are hosting a “by invitation only” executive briefing in San Francisco for users and vendors of cloud services, focusing on Government Access to Data Held in the Cloud, which will take place on Thursday February 28, 2013 from 8am to 11am at the Sir Francis ...

CSA Announces Working Group Sessions at RSA in San Francisco

Published: 02/12/2013

The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Summit 2013 is happening at RSA-US in San Francisco, CA, USA on February 25th, 2013. In addition to our main event, CSA is hosting sessions during the week for some of our active working groups. These are free events that will be held outside of the regular confe...

Cloud Security Alliance and Electronic Government Agency (EGA) of Thailand Partner to Drive Cloud Computing Adoption in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations

Published: 02/08/2013

Thailand through EGA to adopt CSA Open Certification Framework (STAR) as requirement for Cloud Service Providers in the Country Singapore, February 7, 2013 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) today announced that it has signed a formal partnership with the Electronic Government Agency (EGA) ...

CSA Seeks Input For Open Peer Review: Trusted Cloud Initiative Reference Architecture v2.0

Published: 02/06/2013

The Cloud Security Alliance's Trusted Cloud Initiative (TCI) would like to invite you to review and comment on the latest version of the reference architecture (v2.0). TCI helps cloud providers develop industry-recommended, secure and interoperable identity, access and compliance management confi...

CSA Cloud Bytes: HIPAA & The Cloud - A Vendor’s Perspective, Feb. 7 - 12:00pm PST

Published: 02/05/2013

As part of our mission to educate the industry on all matters related to the cloud, select CSA research working groups have launched a new educational webinar series called CSA Cloud Bytes. This month, the CSA Health Information Management Working Group is proud to host a CSA Cloud Bytes headlin...

James D. Robinson, Former American Express Chairman and CEO, Added to CSA Summit Keynote Lineup

Published: 01/29/2013

Venture Capitalist and Wall Street Legend to Deliver Closing Keynote at Summit at RSA San Francisco, CA – January 29, 2013 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) today announced the addition of James D. Robinson III as the closing keynote speaker at the annual CSA Summit 2013 being held at the RSA ...

CSA Launches Updated TCI Reference Architecture Research Website

Published: 01/28/2013

The Cloud Security Alliance Trusted Cloud Initiative Working Group has updated its Reference Architecture research website to include simplified architecture definition results, as well as an interactive application that allows users to learn about the applicability of the TCI reference architect...

Call For Speakers for Cloud Security Alliance Congress Asia Pacific

Published: 01/24/2013

The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) is pleased to announce this call for speakers to present at the inaugural Cloud Security Alliance Congress Asia Pacific 2013, held in Singapore from 14th to 17th May 2013. The CSA Congresses continue to be the industry’s premier gathering for IT security profess...

CSA Seeks Input for Open Peer Review: Provider Forensic Support Whitepaper

Published: 01/23/2013

CSA's Telecom Working Group and Incident Management & Forensics Working Group would like to invite you to review and comment on the Provider Forensic Support in Public Multi-Tenant Cloud Environments whitepaper. This whitepaper will help define the processes for conducting forensic investigat...

Cloud Security Alliance Recommends the Cloud Security Readiness Tool

Published: 01/17/2013

Offers Enterprises a Simple Way to Evaluate IT Potential and Learn how to Adopt Cloud Services Seattle, WA – January 17, 2013 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) recommends the Cloud Security Readiness Tool (CSRT), a free tool from Microsoft designed to help organizations review and understand ...

Cloud Security Alliance Summit 2013 at RSA Conference to Emphasize National Security, Mobile and Hybrid Clouds

Published: 01/16/2013

Mark Weatherford from the Department of Homeland Security Featured as Opening Keynote San Francisco, CA – January 16, 2013 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) today announced the preliminary agenda for its annual CSA Summit 2013 being held at the RSA Conference on Monday, February 25th. This y...

CSA Seeks Input For Open Peer Review: Privacy Level Agreement Document

Published: 01/14/2013

The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Privacy Level Agreement (PLA) Working Group would like to invite you to review and comment on the Privacy Level Agreement document. The PLA project initiative is creating an outline to be used to achieve compliance with applicable data protection transparency and...

Cloud Security Alliance Releases Security Guidance for Critical Areas of Mobile Computing

Published: 11/08/2012

CSA Mobile Working Group Report Aims to Provide Industry with Mobile Security Best Practices CSA Congress 2012 – ORLANDO, FL – November 8, 2012 –The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) today released version 1.0 of the “Security Guidance for Critical Areas of Mobile Computing” which provides an as...

CSA Big Data Working Group Releases Top 10 Big Data Security and Privacy Challenges Report

Published: 11/07/2012

Group’s First Research Provides Eye Opening Insight into a Wide Diversity of Big Data Challenges Facing Enterprises CSA CONGRESS 2012 – ORLANDO, FL. - November 7, 2012 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Big Data Working Group today issued its first report identifying 10 new and fundamentall...

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