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 | Cloud Native Application Protection Platform Survey Report Release Date: 08/23/2023 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 |
 | Security Enabled Innovation and Cloud Trends Release Date: 08/02/2023 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 |
 | State of Financial Services in Cloud Release Date: 06/05/2023 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 Release Date: 06/02/2023 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 |
 | Data Loss Prevention and Data Security Survey Report Release Date: 03/14/2023 As the traditional perimeter is reduced or eliminated with the move to remote and hybrid work, and as Zero Trust strategies gain popularity, data security... Request to download |
 | Deconstructing Application Connectivity Challenges in a Complex Cloud Environment Release Date: 12/14/2022 The production and use of SaaS applications in organizations has grown exponentially over the past several years. Application Security has become an integ... Request to download |
 | Understanding Cloud Data Security and Priorities Release Date: 10/19/2022 BigID commissioned CSA to develop a survey and report to better understand the industry’s knowledge, attitudes, and opinions regarding data security in th... Request to download |
 | Cloud and Web Security Challenges in 2022 Release Date: 08/16/2022 Organizations’ work environments have undergone rapid but lasting changes in the face of the recent health crisis. Remote work became a necessity and many... Request to download |
 | Release Date: 07/12/2022 Anjuna commissioned CSA to develop a survey to better understand the industry’s knowledge, attitudes, and opinions regarding sensitive data in the cloud. ... Request to download |
 | Measuring Risk and Risk Governance Release Date: 06/21/2022 Adapting to the cloud presents a new challenge to enterprises. The shared responsibility model, used to distinguish responsibilities between cloud provide... Request to download |
 | SaaS Security and Misconfigurations Report Release Date: 04/11/2022 Many recent breaches and data leaks have been tied back to misconfigurations causing it to be a top concern for many organizations. Most research related ... Request to download |
 | Cloud Security and Technology Maturity Survey Release Date: 02/03/2022 The goal of this survey is to better understand the maturity levels of organizations for the cloud and technology both currently and in the near future. K... Request to download |
 | Secure DevOps and Misconfigurations Survey Report Release Date: 11/18/2021 Secure DevOps, DevSecOps, and “shifting left” have become increasingly popular terms in cybersecurity. With the rapid increase both in volume and speed to... Request to download |
 | State of Cloud Security Risk, Compliance, and Misconfigurations Release Date: 09/17/2021 Cloud misconfigurations consistently are a top concern for organizations utilizing public cloud. Such errors lead to data breaches, allow the deletion or ... Request to download |
 | State of Cloud Security Concerns, Challenges, and Incidents Release Date: 03/30/2021 The use of cloud services has continued to increase over the past decade. Particularly in the wake of the COVID-19 public health crisis, many enterprises’... Request to download |
 | The 2020 State of Identity Security in the Cloud Release Date: 11/19/2020 The use of cloud services have continued to increase over the past decade. Particularly in the wake of the COVID-19 public health crisis, many enterprises di... Request to download |
 | Survey Report - Security Practices in HPC & HPC Cloud Release Date: 10/08/2020 This survey report aims to provide insights to the level and type of cyber and cloud security adopted by High Performance Computing (HPC) / HPC Cloud infrast... Request to download |
 | Evolution of CASB Survey Report Release Date: 07/05/2020 The study on CASB, which queried more than 200 IT and security professionals from a variety of organization sizes and locations, examined the expectations, t... Request to download |
 | Cloud Usage in the Financial Services Sector Release Date: 02/21/2020 This survey was created and completed by members of the the Financial Services Stakeholders Platform, a CSA working group whose main objective is to identify... 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 |