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CSA Research is created by the industry for the industry and is both vendor-neutral and consensus driven. Our research is created by subject matter experts who volunteer for our working groups. Each working group focuses on a unique topic or aspect of cloud security, from IoT, DevSecOps, Serverless and more, we have working groups for over 20 areas of cloud computing. You can view a list of all active research working groups. To find out more about how our research is created and the process we follow you can view the CSA Research Lifecycle.

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Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure

Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure

Release Date: 05/04/2025

The Securities and Exchange Commission proposed rules and amendments to enhance and standardize disclosures regarding cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance, and incident reporting by public companies (“registrants”) that are subject to the reporting requirements of the Securities...
Top Threats to Cloud Computing - Deep Dive 2025

Top Threats to Cloud Computing - Deep Dive 2025

Release Date: 04/28/2025

This report uses the threats identified in CSA’s Top Threats to Cloud Computing 2024 to reflect on eight recent cybersecurity breaches. Notable incidents covered include the Snowflake data breach (2024), CrowdStrike outage (2024), and Microsoft breach (2024).

The report presents each security...
State of SaaS Security Report 2025

State of SaaS Security Report 2025

Release Date: 04/21/2025

Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications have become foundational to modern business operations. However, organizations are also facing a rising tide of security challenges, including visibility gaps, shadow IT, over-privileged access, and unchecked third-party integrations. Considering these...