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 | SMB Membership Brochure APAC |
 | SME Cloud Security This 2015 Hong Kong Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SME) Cloud Adoption, Security and Privacy Readiness Survey was conducted by the Internet Society Hong... Request to download |
 | International Standardization Council Charter |
 | What is Quantum Safe Security An overview of current cryptographic techniques being used, proactive defenses, and the threats and impact of quantum computing. Request to download |
 | Best Practices for Mitigating Risks in Virtualized Environments |
 | FedRAMP Cloud Controls Matrix v3.0.1 Candidate Mapping |
 | New Security Guidance for Early Adopters of the IoT This document provides guidance for the secure implementation of Internet of Things (IoT)-based systems. We have provided the guidance in this document to ai... Request to download |
 | STAR Overview PDF The CSA STAR Program is a publicly accessible registry designed to recognize the varying assurance requirements and maturity levels of providers and consumer... Request to download |
 | Cloud Adoption In The Financial Services Sector We circulated the “How Cloud is Being Used in the Financial Sector” survey to IT and security professionals in financial services institutions. The goal was ... Request to download |
 | Mobile Application Security Testing Initiative Charter Mobile applications are becoming an integral part of not just modern enterprises but also of human existence and a huge part of this shift is due to the emer... Request to download |
 | Cloud Adoption Practices & Priorities The benefits for enterprises moving to the cloud are clear: greater business agility, data availability, collaboration, and cost savings. The cloud is also c... Request to download |
 | AOSSL and CCM Technote Cloud computing is the future, and in many cases, the present of information technology. Always On SSL (AOSSL) is rapidly becoming an essential practice to h... Request to download |
 | Big Data Taxonomy A research document outlining the six dimensions of big data to help decision makers navigate the myriad choices in compute and storage infrastructures as we... Request to download |
 | Cloud Usage: Risks and Opportunities This survey was circulated to over 165 IT and security professionals in the U.S. and around the globe representing a variety of industry verticals and enterp... Request to download |
 | Data Protection Heat Index The Cloud Security Alliance surveyed a select group of global data privacy experts with the intention to measure attitudes towards data protection areas that... Request to download |
 | Consensus Assessments Initiative Questionnaire v3.0.1 Info Sheet |
 | Cloud Controls Matrix v3.0.1 Info Sheet Find out how many controls are in the Cloud Controls Matrix v3-0-1 in this info sheet. Request to download |
 | Cloud Controls Matrix v3.0.1 (July 2014) New and updated mappings, consolidation of redundant controls, rewritten controls for clarity of intent, STAR enablement, and SDO alignment. Request to download |
 | Big Data, Big Concerns, and What the White House Wants to Do about It Big data tools offer astonishing and powerful opportunities to unlock previously inaccessible insights from new and existing data sets. Large amounts of data... Request to download |
 | SDP Specification v1.0 This document outlines a Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) initiated protocol for the Software Defined Perimeter specification, and requests discussion and sugge... Request to download |