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 | 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 |
 | CCM and CAIQ (Japanese Translations) Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) in the context of an agreement with OneTrust has translated the Cloud Control Matrix (CCM) v3.0.1 and CAIQ in Japanese 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 |
 | Guide to IoT Framework: Chinese Translation The Guide to the IoT Security Controls Framework provides instructions for using the companion CSA IoT Security Controls Framework spreadsheet. This guide ex... Request to download |
 | Software Defined Perimeter for Infrastructure as a Service: Chinese Translation Obtain a clear sense of the security challenges facing enterprise users of IaaS, understand the problems that arise from combining native IaaS access control... Request to download |
 | IoT Controls Framework: Chinese Translation The Internet of Things (IoT) Security Controls Framework introduces the base-level security controls required to mitigate many of the risks associated with a... Request to download |
 | Cloud Octagon Model In this document CSA provides an approach to assess risk in SaaS cloud computing. It takes into account the security challenges in a cloud computing environm... Request to download |
| Software Defined Perimeter for Infrastructure as a Service: Japanese Translation Obtain a clear sense of the security challenges facing enterprise users of IaaS, understand the problems that arise from combining native IaaS access control... Request to download |
 | Mitigating the Quantum Threat with Hybrid Cryptography Focus of this document is on four hybrid cryptographic schemes which provide both classical security of classical crypto and the quantum security of a quantu... Request to download |
 | Top 20 Critical Controls for Cloud ERP Customers This document aims to be a guide for assessing and prioritizing the most critical controls that organizations should take into account when trying to secur... Request to download |
| Cloud Penetration Testing Guidance This document aims to be a guide for conducting penetration testing on cloud services. The document outlines important aspects such as the scoping of cloud p... Request to download |
 | Cloud Security Alliance Code of Conduct for GDPR Compliance (Updated - May 2019) The CSA Code of Conduct is designed to offer both a compliance tool for GDPR compliance and transparency guidelines regarding the level of data protection o... Request to download |
 | Preparing Enterprises for the Quantum Computing Cybersecurity Threats Quantum computing, while expected to help make many advancements, will also break the existing asymmetric-key cryptosystems, thus endangering our security ... Request to download |
 | Cloud Security Complexity CSA’s latest survey examines information security concerns in complex cloud environment. The survey of 700 IT and security professionals aims to analyze and ... Request to download |
 | Cloud OS Security Specification This document builds on the foundation provided by ISO/IEC 17788, ISO/IEC 19941, ISO/IEC 27000, NIST SP 500-299, and NIST SP 800-144 in the context of cloud... Request to download |
 | SDP Architecture Guide v2 Software Defined Perimeter (SDP) Architecture Guide is designed to leverage proven, standards-based components to stop network attacks against application in... Request to download |
| Hybrid Cloud Security Services Charter This initiative aims to develop a security white paper specifying hybrid cloud security risks and countermeasures, helping users identify and reduce the risk... Request to download |
| Cloud Key Management Charter The Cloud Key Management Working Group will facilitate the standards for seamless integration between CSPs and Key Broker vendor platforms. It will ensure th... Request to download |
| SecaaS Working Group Charter In order to improve understanding, perception, and thus reputation, Security as a Service requires a clear definition and direction to ensure it is understo... Request to download |
 | Lessons From the Cloud Lessons from the Cloud - David Cass, Chief Information Security Officer Cloud and SaaS Operations & Global Partner Cloud Security Services, IBM Request to download |