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CAVEaT™

The Joint CSA-MITRE Cloud Adversarial, Vectors, and Threats (CAVEaT) Collaboration to develop, curate, and host a cloud specific threat model to assist Cloud Security practitioners with threat-based analysis.
Cloud Adversarial Vectors, Exploits, and Threats (CAVEaT™): An Emerging Threat Matrix for Industry Collaboration
Cloud Adversarial Vectors, Exploits, and Threats (CAVEaT™): An Emerging Threat Matrix for Industry Collaboration

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CSA and the MITRE Corporation have established the Cloud Adversarial, Vectors, Exploits, and Threats (CAVEaT) collaboration to develop, curate, and host cloud specific threat models to assist Cloud Security practitioners with threat-based analysis.

Working Group Leadership

Kurt Seifried
Kurt Seifried

Kurt Seifried

Chief Innovation Officer, CSA

For over two decades, Kurt has excelled in information security, starting with Windows and Linux, and advancing to cloud computing and AI. With a strong focus on AI security, privacy, and open source, Kurt brings extensive expertise to the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA).

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Dr. Mari Spina
Dr. Mari Spina

Dr. Mari Spina

Sr. Principal Cybersecurity Engineer / Cloud Security Capability Leader at MITRE

Dr. Spina joined MITRE in 2014 and has been supporting a multitude of MITRE Federal sponsors including DHS, DoD and the IC in the area of Cloud Security. At MITRE, she is a Principle Cybersecurity Engineer, leads the Cloud Security Capability Area, and teaches Cloud Security for the MITRE Institute. She has also taught many Information Technology courses for the George Washington University schools of engineering and business. Before joini...

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Publications in ReviewOpen Until
SSCF Implementation GuidelinesDec 25, 2025
SSCF-CAIQDec 25, 2025
DLP and DSPM inHealthcare: AI-EnhancedSecurity and PrivacyDec 26, 2025
AICM to AIUC-1 MappingDec 28, 2025
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The time commitment for this group varies depending on the project. You can spend a 15 minutes helping review a publication that's nearly finished or help author a publication from start to finish.

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SSCF Implementation Guidelines

Open Until: 12/25/2025

The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), in collaboration with the SaaS Security Capability Framework (SSCF) Working Group, is pl...

SSCF-CAIQ

Open Until: 12/25/2025

The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), in collaboration with the SaaS Security Capability Framework (SSCF) Working Group, is pl...

DLP and DSPM inHealthcare: AI-EnhancedSecurity and Privacy

Open Until: 12/26/2025

Healthcare organizations face growing risks of data exposure as they adopt cloud platforms, AI tools, and connected technol...

AICM to AIUC-1 Mapping

Open Until: 12/28/2025

This document is an addendum to the 'AICM' that contains controls mapping between the CSA's AI Controls Matrix v1.0 and 'AI...