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 | Cloud Native Application Protection Platform Survey Report Cloud Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPPs) have emerged as a critical category of security tooling in recent years due to the complexity of co... Request to download |
-1.png) | International Standardization Council Charter 2023 This charter lays out the scope, responsibilities, and roadmap for the International Standardization Council (ISC). The ISC actively searches mechanisms o... Request to download |
 | CSA Assurance Education FAQ Assurance education encompasses training and certification programs that teach individuals how to determine the effectiveness of the cybersecurity practic... Request to download |
| STAR Assessment Portfolio FAQ The STAR Assessment Portfolio is a collection of globally-recognized cloud security and privacy assessments that can be completed by cloud service provide... Request to download |
 | State of SaaS Security: 2023 Survey Report - Japanese Translation This localized version of this publication was produced from the original source material through the efforts of chapters and volunteers but the translate... Request to download |
 | Security Implications of ChatGPT - Korean Translation This localized version of this publication was produced from the original source material through the efforts of chapters and volunteers but the translate... Request to download |
 | Top Threats to Cloud Computing Post Pandemic Eleven Survey Report The CSA Top Threats Report aims to raise awareness of current cloud security risks, threats, and vulnerabilities. In this 2024 installment, we surveyed ov... Request to download |
 | Security Enabled Innovation and Cloud Trends Expel commissioned CSA to develop a survey and report to understand better the industry’s knowledge, attitudes, and opinions regarding security’s relation... Request to download |
 | Security Implications of ChatGPT This position paper provides analysis across four dimensions: How it can benefit cybersecurity, how it can benefit malicious attackers, how ChatGPT might ... Request to download |
 | Serverless Working Group Charter 2023 The Serverless Working Group seeks to develop best practices to help organizations that want to run their business with a serverless computing model. Serv... Request to download |
.jpg) | Zero Trust Guiding Principles Zero Trust is a strategic mindset that is highly useful for organizations to adopt as part of their digital transformations and other efforts to increase ... Request to download |
.jpg) | Zero Trust Principles and Guidance for Identity and Access Management (IAM) Identity and the ability to consume information about that identity as well as other Zero Trust (ZT) signals (additional attributes about an identity), is... Request to download |
 | What is IAM for the Cloud? The threat landscape has materially changed over the years to the point that Identity and Access Management (IAM) is a core component of any digital acces... Request to download |
 | Cloud and Compromise (C&C): Gamifying of Cloud Security CSA’s Top Threats Working Group works to identify the most significant cloud security threats, vulnerabilities, and weaknesses; analyze major incidents; a... Request to download |
 | CSA Code of Conduct Gap Resolution and Annex 10 to the CSA Code of Conduct for GDPR Compliance This bundle from the CSA Privacy Level Agreement Working Group includes:CSA Code of Conduct Gap Resolution spreadsheetAnnex 10 to the CSA Code of Conduct ... Request to download |
 | Security Implications of ChatGPT - Japanese Translation This localized version of this publication was produced from the original source material through the efforts of chapters and volunteers but the translate... Request to download |
 | Understanding Cloud Attack Vectors This publication was produced through the efforts of chapters and volunteers but the content development falls outside of the CSA Research Lifecycle. For ... Request to download |
 | State of Financial Services in Cloud In recent years, the financial services industry has increasingly adopted cloud services. This trend is expected to continue with the further adoption and... Request to download |
.png) | State of SaaS Security: 2023 Survey Report In today’s digital landscape, SaaS has emerged as a vital lifeline for operations in organizations big and small. As businesses entrust the cloud with the... Request to download |
%20Tabletop%20Exercise%20Guide%20Thumbnail.png) | High Performance Computing Tabletop Guide This guide lays out the framework necessary to host a High Performance Computing (HPC)-focused cyberattack tabletop exercise (TTX) so that organizations c... Request to download |