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 | Release Date: 08/03/2019 The CCM, the only meta-framework of cloud-specific security controls, mapped to leading standards, best practices and regulations. CCM provides organizations... Request to download |
 | CCM v3.0.1 Addendum - FedRAMP Moderate Release Date: 08/03/2019 This document is an addendum to the CCM V3.0.1 that contain controls mapping between the CSA CCM and the FedRAMP R4 Moderate Baseline. The document aims to ... Request to download |
 | Release Date: 08/03/2019 The CCM, the only meta-framework of cloud-specific security controls, mapped to leading standards, best practices and regulations. CCM provides organizations... Request to download |
| CSA CCM v3.0.1 Addendum - NIST 800-53 Rev 4 Moderate Release Date: 08/03/2019 This document is an addendum to the CCM V3.0.1 that contain controls mapping between the CSA CCM and the NIST 800-53 R4 Moderate Baseline. The document aims ... Request to download |
| CSA CCM v3.0.1 Addendum - AICPA TSC 2017 Release Date: 08/03/2019 This document is an addendum to the CCM V3.0.1 that contain controls mapping between the CSA CCM and the AICPA TSC 2017. The document aims to help AICPA TSC ... Request to download |
 | Information Security Management through Reflexive Security Release Date: 08/01/2019 This document defines “Reflexive Security” as a new security management approach that is built upon the interrelationships between security, development and ... Request to download |
 | Documentation of Relevant Distributed Ledger Technology and Blockchain Use Cases v2 Release Date: 07/31/2019 Thanks to the rise in popularity of Bitcoin cryptocurrency, the innovative technologies of Blockchain and other systems of distributed ledger technology (DLT... Request to download |
 | Best Practices for Implementing a Secure Application Container Architecture Release Date: 07/26/2019 Application containers and a microservices architecture are being used to design, develop and deploy applications leveraging agile software development appro... Request to download |
| Release Date: 07/25/2019 New Services and Tools for Cyber-Crime. The H2020 EU funded project, Takedown, in which CSA participated along with 18 other partners-organisations, deliver... Request to download |
 | Challenges in Securing Application Containers and Microservices Release Date: 07/16/2019 Application containers and a microservices architecture are being used to design, develop and deploy applications leveraging agile software development appro... Request to download |
 | Cloud Penetration Testing Playbook Release Date: 07/12/2019 As cloud services continue to enable new technologies and see massive adoption there is a need to extend the scope of penetration testing into public cloud s... Request to download |
 | Software Defined Perimeter (SDP): Awareness and Adoption Infographic Release Date: 07/01/2019 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 |
 | Release Date: 06/24/2019 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 |
 | Mitigating the Quantum Threat with Hybrid Cryptography Release Date: 06/17/2019 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 Release Date: 06/10/2019 This document aims to be a guide for assessing and prioritizing the most critical controls that organizations should take into account when trying to secure ... Request to download |
| Cloud Penetration Testing Guidance Release Date: 06/07/2019 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 - September 2020) Release Date: 06/03/2019 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 Release Date: 05/23/2019 Quantum computing, while expected to help make many advancements, will also break the existing asymmetric-key cryptosystems, thus endangering our security in... Request to download |
 | Release Date: 05/21/2019 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 Release Date: 05/07/2019 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 |