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 | What is Quantum Key Distribution? Release Date: 08/05/2015 The security of QKD relies on fundamental laws of nature, which are invulnerable to increasing computational power, new attack algorithms or quantum computer... Request to download |
 | Cloud Computing Market Maturity Release Date: 07/15/2015 This white paper reports the results of a recent study conducted by ISACA and the Cloud Security Alliance to examine cloud market maturity through four lense... Request to download |
 | Security Considerations for Private vs. Public Clouds Release Date: 06/15/2015 The Cloud Security Alliance teamed up with Palo Alto Networks to produce this whitepaper. A public cloud deployment occurs when a cloud’s entire infrastructu... Request to download |
 | The Mandate for Meaningful Cyber Incident Sharing for the Cloud Release Date: 06/13/2015 New and increasingly significant cybersecurity breaches are reported practically every day. For most companies, it is no longer a matter of whether they will... Request to download |
 | Privacy Level Agreement - Version 2 Release Date: 06/02/2015 PLA [V2] is intended to be used as an appendix to a Cloud Services Agreement, and to describe the level of privacy protection that the CSP will provide. Whil... Request to download |
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 | Release Date: 06/01/2015 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 Release Date: 05/20/2015 Request to download |
 | Release Date: 05/19/2015 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 Release Date: 05/05/2015 Request to download |
 | FedRAMP Cloud Controls Matrix v3.0.1 Candidate Mapping Release Date: 05/05/2015 Request to download |
 | New Security Guidance for Early Adopters of the IoT Release Date: 04/20/2015 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 |
 | Release Date: 04/20/2015 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 Release Date: 03/05/2015 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 Release Date: 02/16/2015 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 Release Date: 01/09/2015 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 |
 | Release Date: 12/18/2014 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 |
 | Release Date: 09/18/2014 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 Release Date: 09/15/2014 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 |
 | Release Date: 09/12/2014 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 |