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Best practices, guidance, frameworks and tools to help the industry secure the cloud. Read our research to get your questions around cloud security answered.
Research

CSA Research is created by the industry for the industry and is both vendor-neutral and consensus driven. Our research is created by subject matter experts who volunteer for our working groups. Each working group focuses on a unique topic or aspect of cloud security, from IoT, DevSecOps, Serverless and more, we have working groups for over 20 areas of cloud computing. You can view a list of all active research working groups. To find out more about how our research is created and the process we follow you can view the CSA Research Lifecycle.

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Securing Autonomous AI Agents

Securing Autonomous AI Agents

Release Date: 02/04/2026

Autonomous AI agents are being embedded across cloud, hybrid, and on-prem environments. However, most identity systems were built for humans, not for self-directed, API-driven agents operating continuously at runtime. This comprehensive survey report, commissioned by Strata, explores the current...
Stealth Mode SDP for Zero Trust Network Infrastructure

Stealth Mode SDP for Zero Trust Network Infrastructure

Release Date: 02/03/2026

Traditional TCP/IP networking was designed for openness, not adversarial environments. This default visibility has become a critical liability in an era of machine-speed attacks and AI-powered scanning. This publication from the CSA Zero Trust Working Group addresses this challenge by...
The Continuous Audit Metrics Catalog

The Continuous Audit Metrics Catalog

Release Date: 01/28/2026

Are traditional infosec assurance tools outdated? Many cloud customers think so. They see that technology changes quickly, and products are frequently evolving with continuous integration and deployment. Therefore, a certification obtained once a year after a third-party audit is not a...