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 | CAIQ Translation in 10 Languages Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) in the context of an agreement with OneTrust has translated the Consensus Assessments Initiative Questionnaire (CAIQ) v3.0.1 in... Request to download |
 | Cloud Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) - Industrial Control Systems Security Glossary The Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Security Glossary is a reference document that brings together ICS and IT/OT related terms and definitions. Bringing... Request to download |
 | Cloud Incident Response Framework – A Quick Guide What this Quick Guide aims to do is to distill and give readers an overview of key contributions of the work currently undertaken in the CIR WG, towards a co... Request to download |
 | CAIQ-Lite CSA and Whistic identified the need for a lighter-weight assessment questionnaire in order to accommodate the shift to cloud procurement models, and to enabl... Request to download |
 | Consensus Assessment Initiative Questionnaire (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 |
 | Managing the Risk for Medical Devices Connected to the Cloud With the increased number of Internet of Things devices, Healthcare Delivery Organizations are experiencing a digital transformation bigger than anything in ... Request to download |
 | PLA Code of Practice Template Annex 1 (Updated - March 2020) CSA PLA Code of Conduct for GDPR Compliance provides a consistent and comprehensive framework for complying with the EU’s GDPR. The CSA PLA Code of Conduct f... Request to download |
 | Software-Defined Perimeter ARCHITECTURE GUIDE - Japanese Translation Software Defined Perimeter (SDP) Architecture Guide is designed to leverage proven, standards-based components to stop network attacks against application in... Request to download |
 | Open Certification Framework Working Group Charter The CSA Open Certification Framework (OCF) is an industry initiative to allow global, trusted independent evaluation of cloud providers. It is a program for ... Request to download |
 | Best Practices for Implementing a Secure Application Container Architecture - Japanese Translation Application containers and a microservices architecture are being used to design, develop and deploy applications leveraging agile software development appro... Request to download |
 | Best Practices in Implementing a Secure Microservices Architecture Application containers and a microservices architecture are being used to design, develop, and deploy applications leveraging agile software development ap... Request to download |
 | The Six Pillars of DevSecOps: Collective Responsibility The DevSecOps Working Group identified and defined six focus areas critical to integrating DevSecOps into an organization, in accordance with the six pillars... Request to download |
 | Cloud Usage in the Financial Services Sector This survey was created and completed by members of the the Financial Services Stakeholders Platform, a CSA working group whose main objective is to identify... Request to download |
| CSA CCM v3.0.1 Addendum - Cloud OS Security Specifications This document is an addendum to the CCM V3.0.1 and contains a controls mapping and gap analysis between the CSA CCM and CSA's research artifact "Cloud OS Sec... Request to download |
 | Critical Controls Implementation for SAP The Critical Controls Implementation for SAP is the first in a series of implementation documents that the CSA ERP Security Working Group aims to develop. Th... Request to download |
| CSA CCM v3.0.1 Addendum to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)’s Gopala Krishna Committee (GKC) report This document contains a mapping and gap analysis between the cloud security requirements of CCM V3.0.1 and those of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)’s Gopala... Request to download |
| Beyond the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Data residency insights from around the world. This study reveals the top data protection concerns and strategies of more than 800 senior business profession... Request to download |
| Code of Conduct (CoC): Statement of Adherence 3rd Party Certification CSA PLA Code of Conduct for GDPR Compliance provides a consistent and comprehensive framework for complying with the EU’s GDPR. The CSA PLA Code of Conduct f... Request to download |
| PLA Code of Conduct (CoC): Statement of Adherence Self-Assessment CSA PLA Code of Conduct for GDPR Compliance provides a consistent and comprehensive framework for complying with the EU’s GDPR. The CSA PLA Code of Conduct f... Request to download |
| Guidance for submitting the CSA Code of Conduct (CoC) for GDPR Compliance Self-Assessment The CSA CoC for GDPR Compliance Self-Assessment is the voluntary publication of a CSP’s self-assessment results based on the requirements specified in the PL... Request to download |