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 | Guidance v4 Info Sheet This version, the first major update since 2011, is the culmination of over a year of dedicated research and public participation from the CSA community, wor... Request to download |
 | Guidelines for CPAs Providing CSA STAR Attestation v2 |
| CAIQ v3.1 Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) would like to present the next version of the Consensus Assessments Initiative Questionnaire (CAIQ) v3.1. The CAIQ offers a... Request to download |
| Mapping of 'The Guidelines' Security Recommendations to CCM This document contains the additional controls that serves to bridge the gap between CCM V3.0.1 and the controls within 'Guideline on Effectively Managing Se... Request to download |
 | Gap Analysis Report on Mapping CSA’s Cloud Controls Matrix to ‘Guideline on Effectively Managing Security Service in the Cloud’ The report summarizes the mapping of CCM v3.0.1 to 'Guideline on Effectively Managing Security Services in the Cloud' and provides gap analysis on the results. Request to download |
 | STAR Level and Scheme Requirements |
 | Six Pillars of DevSecOps In our current state of cyber security, there has been a large growth of application flaws that bypass the continuing addition of security frameworks to ensu... Request to download |
 | Top Threats to Cloud Computing: Egregious Eleven The report provides organizations with an up-to-date, expert-informed understanding of cloud security concerns in order to make educated risk-management deci... Request to download |
 | Cloud Controls Matrix v3.0.1 Description: The CCM, the only meta-framework of cloud-specific security controls, mapped to leading standards, best practices and regula... Request to download |
| CSA CCM v3.0.1 Addendum - NIST 800-53 Rev 4 Moderate This document is an addendum to the CCM V3.0.1 that contain controls mapping between the CSA CCM and the NIST 800-53 R4 Moderate Baseline. The document aims ... Request to download |
| CSA CCM v3.0.1 Addendum - AICPA TSC 2017 This document is an addendum to the CCM V3.0.1 that contain controls mapping between the CSA CCM and the AICPA TSC 2017. The document aims to help AICPA TSC ... Request to download |
| CCM v3.0.1-080319 The CCM, the only meta-framework of cloud-specific security controls, mapped to leading standards, best practices and regulations. CCM provides organizations... Request to download |
| CCM v3.0.1 Addendum - FedRAMP Moderate This document is an addendum to the CCM V3.0.1 that contain controls mapping between the CSA CCM and the FedRAMP R4 Moderate Baseline. The document aims t... Request to download |
 | Information Security Management through Reflexive Security This document defines “Reflexive Security” as a new security management approach that is built upon the interrelationships between security, development and ... Request to download |
 | Documentation of Relevant Distributed Ledger Technology and Blockchain Use Cases v2 Thanks to the rise in popularity of Bitcoin cryptocurrency, the innovative technologies of Blockchain and other systems of distributed ledger technology (DLT... Request to download |
 | Best Practices for Implementing a Secure Application Container Architecture Application containers and a microservices architecture are being used to design, develop and deploy applications leveraging agile software development appro... Request to download |
| Takedown Tools and Services New Services and Tools for Cyber-Crime The H2020 EU funded project, Takedown, in which CSA participated along with 18 other partners-orga... Request to download |
 | Challenges in Securing Application Containers and Microservices Application containers and a microservices architecture are being used to design, develop and deploy applications leveraging agile software development appro... Request to download |
 | Cloud Penetration Testing Playbook This work focuses on testing systems and services hosted in public cloud environments. This refers to customer-controlled or customer-managed systems and ser... Request to download |
 | Software Defined Perimeter (SDP): Awareness and Adoption Infographic A majority of organizations recognize the need to change their approach to user access control. SDP is seeing early market adoption and awareness, with under... Request to download |