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Cloud Security Alliance Emphasizes Accountability and Transparency with Consensus Assessment Initiative Questionnaire (CAIQ) v4

Published: 06/07/2021

New features allow for a deeper understanding of Shared Security Responsibility Model, increase value for cloud service providers and customersSEATTLE – June 7, 2021 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining standards, certifications, and best pra...

Cloud Security Alliance Announces CxO Trust Initiative to Elevate Cloud and Cybersecurity Knowledge Among Executives

Published: 05/18/2021

Exclusive global community, publicly available research and education are features of programSEATTLE – May 18, 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 env...

Cloud Security Alliance Enterprise Architecture Reference Guide v2 Harmonizes Business, Security, and Technology

Published: 05/18/2021

Guide provides a roadmap to a modern, identity-aware cloud infrastructure SEATTLE – May 18, 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 ann...

Cloud Security Alliance’s New Cloud Incident Response Framework Serves as Transparent, Common Blueprint Through Which to Share Best Practices

Published: 05/04/2021

SEATTLE – May 4, 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 the publication of the Cloud Incident Response (CIR) Framework, a ne...

Cloud Security Alliance Shines Light on Excellence in Cloud Provider Security

Published: 04/22/2021

Trusted Cloud Provider program allows organizations to demonstrate commitment to holistic securitySEATTLE – April 22, 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 en...

General James Mattis to Headline Cloud Security Alliance CISO Summit at RSA Conference 2021

Published: 04/21/2021

Virtual summit to explore critical strategies enterprises must have in place to succeedSEATTLE – April 21, 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 Guidance for Crypto-Asset Exchange Security

Published: 04/13/2021

Document outlines effective exchange security to help educate users, policymakers, cybersecurity professionals on secure crypto-exchangesSEATTLE – April 13, 2021 – The Cloud Security Alliance® (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining and raising awareness of best practices to...

Cloud Security Alliance Announces Rolling Call for Participation, Content for Virtual and In-person Global Events

Published: 04/01/2021

Subject matter experts invited to share expertise with cyber, cloud communitiesSEATTLE – April 1, 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, today ann...

Cloud Security Alliance Releases Latest Survey Report on State of Cloud Security Concerns, Challenges, and Incidents

Published: 03/30/2021

Survey finds that 58% of respondents are concerned about security in the cloud, while misconfigurations are one of the leading causes of breaches and outages, as public cloud adoption doubles over past two yearsSEATTLE – March 30, 2021 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading orga...

Cloud Security Alliance and ISACA Announce Availability of Industry's First Cloud Auditing Credential, the Certificate of Cloud Auditing Knowledge (CCAK)

Published: 03/22/2021

CCAK demonstrates the knowledge and skills needed to address the nuanced challenges in auditing cloud environmentsSEATTLE – March 22, 2021 – The Cloud Security Alliance® (CSA) and ISACA® today announced the launch of Certificate of Cloud Auditing Knowledge™ (CCAK™), the industry’s first global, v...

Cloud Security Alliance Releases Additional Mappings, Update to Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) v4

Published: 03/15/2021

Updates allow for streamlined transition to, compliance with CCM v4 and ISO standardsSEATTLE – March 15, 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, to...

Cloud Security Alliance Announces 2021 CSA Research Fellows

Published: 02/04/2021

Award honors volunteers for significant accomplishments, contributions to CSA researchSEATTLE – Feb. 4, 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 environmen...

Cloud Security Alliance’s New Internet of Things (IoT) Security Controls Framework Allows for Easier Evaluation, Implementation of Security Controls within IoT Architectures

Published: 01/28/2021

Updated Framework simplifies categorization of controls into new set of domains, minimizes control allocation to components within an IoT architectureSEATTLE – Jan. 28, 2021 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining standards, certifications and b...

Cloud Security Alliance’s New Cloud Controls Matrix v4 Adds New Log and Monitoring Domain and More Than 60 New Cloud Security Controls

Published: 01/21/2021

Represents significant increase in requirements resulting from new cloud technologiesSEATTLE – Jan. 21, 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 environmen...

Cloud Security Alliance Releases Cloud-Based, Intelligent Ecosystems - Redefining Intelligence & Driving to Autonomous Security Operations

Published: 12/10/2020

Document calls out five unique security challenges that can lead to adversaries' successSEATTLE – Dec. 10, 2020 –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, t...

Cloud Security Alliance Opens Registration for CloudBytes Connect: From the SOC to the Boardroom

Published: 11/19/2020

Attendees can earn up to seven CPE credits while learning about C-Level cloud priorities, current threats, and state-of-the-art best practicesSEATTLE – Nov. 19, 2020 –The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining and raising awareness of best practices ...

Cloud Security Alliance, Tiro Security Partner to Offer Complimentary Cloud Certification Exam to Cybersecurity Women, Minorities in nextCISO Program

Published: 11/17/2020

Program to help minorities advance career path to CISOSEATTLE – Nov. 17, 2020 –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, today announced that it has partner...

Cloud Security Alliance Releases Key Management in Cloud Services: Understanding Encryption's Desired Outcomes and Limitations

Published: 11/09/2020

Document illustrates use of four key management patterns with cloud services, provides usage recommendations for managing data privacy, security expectationsSEATTLE – Nov. 9, 2020 –The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining and raising awareness of b...

Cloud Security Alliance Announces Recipients of 2020 Ron Knode Service Awards

Published: 10/07/2020

Volunteers recognized for dedication, efforts to furthering cloud security best practicesSEATTLE – Oct. 7, 2020 –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, t...

CSA Security Trust Assurance and Risk (STAR) Registry Reaches Significant Milestone with 1,000 Entries

Published: 09/30/2020

Registry is world’s largest repository of cloud provider security testimonialsSEATTLE – Sept. 30, 2020 –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, announced ...

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