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Registration Opens for the Cloud Security Alliance Research Summit at RSA Conference 2022

Published: 12/07/2021

This year’s event will provide the latest updates in new and existing research projects, providing critical tools and guidance for the cloud-adopting communitySEATTLE – Dec. 7, 2021 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining standards, certificatio...

Cloud Security Alliance Issues Guidance to Help Organizations Optimize Business Outcomes When Using Cloud-native Key Management Services with External Key Origin

Published: 12/02/2021

Paper offers recommendations for choosing, planning, and deploying cloud-native key management systems when organizations want to or must import key materialSEATTLE – Dec. 2, 2021 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining standards, certifications...

New Guidance From Cloud Security Alliance Aims to Help Cloud Service Customers Better Evaluate Service Level Agreements

Published: 11/30/2021

Document defines the roles and responsibilities of well-recognized, currently available security services across eight categoriesSEATTLE – Nov. 30, 2021 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining standards, certifications, and best practices to hel...

CSA Security Trust Assurance and Risk (STAR) Registry Reaches Notable Landmark with 1,500 Entries

Published: 11/22/2021

Significant milestone further validates value and relevance of programSEATTLE – Nov. 22, 2021 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining standards, certifications, and best practices to help ensure a secure cloud computing environment, today announ...

Cloud Security Alliance’s Flagship Cloud Security Assessment and Guidance Documents Are Now Available in Five Additional Languages

Published: 11/18/2021

Cloud Controls Matrix (CCMv4), Consensus Assessments Initiative Questionnaire (CAIQ) are now available to a wider global audienceSEATTLE – Nov. 18, 2021 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining standards, certifications, and best practices to hel...

New Cloud Security Alliance Guidance Provides Framework for Protecting Critical Healthcare Systems While Taking Risk to Patient Safety Into Account

Published: 11/09/2021

Paper from IoT Working Group highlights the importance of not treating medical device incident response as a one-size-fits-allSEATTLE – Nov. 9, 2021 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining standards, certifications, and best practices to help en...

Roberto Baldoni, Director General of the Italian National Cybersecurity Agency, and McAfee’s Raj Samani to Headline Cloud Security Alliance’s CISO Cloud Summit Italy 2021

Published: 10/28/2021

Event to offer two-day Certificate of Cloud Auditing Knowledge training sessionSEATTLE and MILAN, ITALY – Oct. 28, 2021 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining standards, certifications, and best practices to help ensure a secure cloud computing...

Cloud Security Alliance Releases the Continuous Audit Metrics Catalog

Published: 10/20/2021

Paper is first to establish a foundation for continuous auditing of cloud services by defining a catalog of relevant security metrics and measurement processes that can be largely automatedSEATTLE – Oct. 20, 2021 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to d...

Latest Document From Cloud Security Alliance Outlines Tasks Every Organization Should Be Performing Now to Prepare for Post-Quantum World

Published: 10/19/2021

Paper reviews cybersecurity challenges and recommended steps to reduce risks likely to result from quantum information sciencesSEATTLE – Oct. 19, 2021 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining standards, certifications, and best practices to help ...

Cloud Security Alliance Announces Partnership with The Demo Forum

Published: 09/28/2021

SEATTLE – Sept. 28, 2021 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining standards, certifications, and best practices to help ensure a secure cloud computing environment, today announced a collaboration with The Demo Forum, an analyst-hosted, video int...

Latest Paper from Cloud Security Alliance Examines Top 10 Blockchain Attacks, Vulnerabilities, and Weaknesses

Published: 09/28/2021

In the last five years, 43 exchanges have been publicly hacked, and more than 49 Decentralized Finance protocols have been exploited, resulting in a loss of more than $2.8 billionSEATTLE – Sept. 28, 2021 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining s...

Cloud Security Alliance Announces Recipients of 2021 Ron Knode Service Awards

Published: 09/24/2021

Volunteers recognized for dedication, efforts to furthering cloud security best practicesSEATTLE – Sept. 24, 2021 –The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining and raising awareness of best practices to help ensure a secure cloud computing environment,...

Cloud Security Alliance Releases New Guidance For Healthcare Delivery Organizations That Provides Measurable Approach to Detecting and Defending Against Ransomware Attacks

Published: 09/16/2021

With 560 ransomware attacks on healthcare providers in 2020, HDOs must architect their cloud for failure to better protect patient dataBELLEVUE, WA – SECtember – Sept. 16, 2021 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining standards, certifications, a...

Sallie Mae CSO Jerry Archer Receives Cloud Security Alliance’s 2021 Philippe Courtot Leadership Award

Published: 09/16/2021

Archer honored for tireless commitment to innovation, peer collaboration, and leading-edge information technologyBELLEVUE, WA – SECtember – Sept. 16, 2021 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining standards, certifications and best practices to he...

Cloud Security Alliance Releases New Guidelines Providing Insight Into Effectively Using Its Industry-Leading Security Assessment, Assurance Tools

Published: 09/15/2021

Documents provide best practices in using and implementing the Cloud Controls Matrix and Security, Trust, Assurance and Risk (STAR) programBELLEVUE, WA – SECtember – Sept. 15, 2021 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining and raising awareness of...

Latest Research from Cloud Security Alliance Offers Guidance on Designing Serverless Architecture, Adopting Cloud-Native Key Management Systems

Published: 09/14/2021

Documents offer road maps to those looking to implement new systems within their organizationsBELLEVUE, WA – SECtember – Sept. 14, 2021 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining standards, certifications, and best practices to help ensure a secure...

Cloud Security Alliance Announces CSA Continuous, a 24-Hour, Rolling Global Virtual Event Featuring World-Class Speakers

Published: 09/14/2021

Attendees will learn from real-world cloud security implementation experiences and how to best leverage state-of-the-art cloud security architecturesSEATTLE – Sept. 14, 2021 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining standards, certifications, and ...

Cloud Security Alliance Federal Summit 2021 Live Event to Focus on Building Trust and Security in the New Normal

Published: 09/01/2021

New Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity will be among key topics of discussionSEATTLE – Sept. 1, 2021 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining standards, certifications, and best practices to help ensure a secure cloud computi...

Cloud Security Alliance Releases Guidance on Microservices Architectural Pattern for a Repeatable Approach to Architecting, Deploying Secure Systems

Published: 08/31/2021

Document designed to help application developers, architects develop a vendor-neutral reference architecture foundationSEATTLE – Aug. 31, 2021 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining and raising awareness of best practices to help ensure a secur...

Cloud Security Alliance Welcomes Inaugural Members of the CxO Trust Advisory Council

Published: 08/24/2021

Members will contribute to, advise on the overall strategy and roadmap of CxO Trust and CxO Working GroupSEATTLE – Aug. 24, 2021 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining standards, certifications, and best practices to help ensure a secure cloud ...

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