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Cloud Controls Matrix Working Group

Along with releasing updated versions of the CCM and CAIQ, this working group provides addendums, control mappings and gap analysis between the CCM and other research releases, industry standards, and regulations to keep it continually up to date.

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Working Group Overview

Along with releasing updated versions of the CCM and CAIQ, this working group provides addendums, control mappings and gap analysis between the CCM and other research releases, industry standards, and regulations to keep it continually up to date.

CSA is collaborating with IBM in order to align the two frameworks CCM v4 and IBM Cloud Framework. If you're interested in getting involved, please contact Eleftherios Skoutaris, [email protected].

What do we discuss during our meetings?

During these meetings we typically discuss changes in the industry and collaborate on projects the group is working on.

Drafts & Important Docs

Working Group Leadership

David Nickles

David Nickles

Global Audit Program Manager for FSIs

David Nickles is a Global Audit Program Manager for FSI’s at Amazon Web Services (AWS). His work focuses on enabling financial services institutions to move their workloads to the cloud by providing sound guidance for building programs to ensure regulatory, governance, risk, compliance, audit, and security control requirements are met, align to industry best practices, and appropriate due diligence activity is completed. Prior to AWS, David...

Sean Cordero

Sean Cordero

Sean Cordero brings more than 15 years of information security and IT experience to his current role as director, information security at Optiv. Cordero provides executive level advisement for the company’s Fortune 50 clients. Cordero’s prior leadership roles included: President of Cloud Watchmen, CSO for EdFund, CSO for ECMC West, Director of Security and Compliance for Charlotte Russe.

Cordero is a thought-leader and serves as chair...

Shawn Harris

Shawn Harris

Director of Information Security

With more than 25 years of information security experience, Shawn Harris is currently the Director of Information Security at Starbucks Coffee Company. His background includes engineering, architecture, and executive responsibilities. Shawn is currently co-chair of the CSA Cloud Controls Matrix working group, where he led efforts to develop the Cloud Control Matrix 4.0. Additionally, he has served on CSA’s Consensus Assessments ...

Daniele Catteddu

Daniele Catteddu

Chief Technology Officer, CSA

Daniele Catteddu is an information security and risk management practitioner, technologies expert and privacy evangelist with over 15 of experience. He worked in several senior roles both in the private and public sector. He is member of various national and international security expert groups and committees on cyber-security and privacy, keynote speaker at several conferences and author of numerous studies and papers on risk management, ...

Eleftherios Skoutaris

Eleftherios Skoutaris

Program Manager / Research Analyst, CSA EMEA

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Publications in Review	Open Until
CCPA - CSA Code of Conduct Gap Resolution	Apr 10, 2023
Understanding Cloud Attack Vectors	Apr 28, 2023
CCMV4-Lite	May 15, 2023
Security Guidance for Critical Areas of Focus in Cloud Computing v5 - Outline	Jun 01, 2023

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Anyone can join a working group, whether you have years of experience or want to just participate as a fly on the wall.

What is the time commitment?

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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Mar

29

Wed, March 29, 6:00pm - 7:00pm

CCMv4 WG

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Mar

30

Thu, March 30, 6:00pm - 7:00pm

CCMv4 Workshop Sessions

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The objective of this workshop meeting is to support the CCMv4 WG activities at a more granular level, allowing for smaller group discussions to enter deeper technical details in the ongoing works.

Scope & Objectives:

Provide guidance to new members participating in the exercise,
Allowing for participants involved in the mappings to meet up and discuss the consolidation of the provided inputs,
Discuss and resolve any inquiries, issues, challenges pertaining to the mapping and gap analysis methodology followed,
Benefit the project by enhancing the collaboration between CCM WG "mapping veterans" and new, less experienced members,
Share the "know-how" for the proper interpretation and comparison analysis of controls' semantics,
Obtain a deeper insight and better understanding of the CCMv4 and other international standards control specifications,
Maintain a steady pace and progress towards the mappings development timeline and meet expected deadlines

Looking forward to lively and fruitful discussions.

Best,

Lefteris
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Apr

6

Thu, April 6, 6:00pm - 7:00pm

CCMv4 Workshop Sessions

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Provide guidance to new members participating in the exercise,
Allowing for participants involved in the mappings to meet up and discuss the consolidation of the provided inputs,
Discuss and resolve any inquiries, issues, challenges pertaining to the mapping and gap analysis methodology followed,
Benefit the project by enhancing the collaboration between CCM WG "mapping veterans" and new, less experienced members,
Share the "know-how" for the proper interpretation and comparison analysis of controls' semantics,
Obtain a deeper insight and better understanding of the CCMv4 and other international standards control specifications,
Maintain a steady pace and progress towards the mappings development timeline and meet expected deadlines

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Apr

12

Wed, April 12, 6:00pm - 7:00pm

CCMv4 WG

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Passcode: 621643

Additional info:

Follow up on the latest CCM WG activities in Circle.

If having issues finding the CCM WG, please follow the step by step guide to Circle on-boarding here.
WG call meetings are recorded and made available to the rest of the group. The purpose of the recordings and their use is for the writing of meetings minutes and members in "difficult" time zones only. Please visit the "Data Protection Notice" document, which includes the purposes of use, retention period of audio files, etc.

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Apr

13

Thu, April 13, 6:00pm - 7:00pm

CCMv4 Workshop Sessions

See details

Provide guidance to new members participating in the exercise,
Allowing for participants involved in the mappings to meet up and discuss the consolidation of the provided inputs,
Discuss and resolve any inquiries, issues, challenges pertaining to the mapping and gap analysis methodology followed,
Benefit the project by enhancing the collaboration between CCM WG "mapping veterans" and new, less experienced members,
Share the "know-how" for the proper interpretation and comparison analysis of controls' semantics,
Obtain a deeper insight and better understanding of the CCMv4 and other international standards control specifications,
Maintain a steady pace and progress towards the mappings development timeline and meet expected deadlines

View Event

Apr

20

Thu, April 20, 6:00pm - 7:00pm

CCMv4 Workshop Sessions

See details

Provide guidance to new members participating in the exercise,
Allowing for participants involved in the mappings to meet up and discuss the consolidation of the provided inputs,
Discuss and resolve any inquiries, issues, challenges pertaining to the mapping and gap analysis methodology followed,
Benefit the project by enhancing the collaboration between CCM WG "mapping veterans" and new, less experienced members,
Share the "know-how" for the proper interpretation and comparison analysis of controls' semantics,
Obtain a deeper insight and better understanding of the CCMv4 and other international standards control specifications,
Maintain a steady pace and progress towards the mappings development timeline and meet expected deadlines

View Event

Apr

26

Wed, April 26, 6:00pm - 7:00pm

CCMv4 WG

See details

Passcode: 621643

Additional info:

Follow up on the latest CCM WG activities in Circle.

If having issues finding the CCM WG, please follow the step by step guide to Circle on-boarding here.
WG call meetings are recorded and made available to the rest of the group. The purpose of the recordings and their use is for the writing of meetings minutes and members in "difficult" time zones only. Please visit the "Data Protection Notice" document, which includes the purposes of use, retention period of audio files, etc.

View Event

Apr

27

Thu, April 27, 6:00pm - 7:00pm

CCMv4 Workshop Sessions

See details

Provide guidance to new members participating in the exercise,
Allowing for participants involved in the mappings to meet up and discuss the consolidation of the provided inputs,
Discuss and resolve any inquiries, issues, challenges pertaining to the mapping and gap analysis methodology followed,
Benefit the project by enhancing the collaboration between CCM WG "mapping veterans" and new, less experienced members,
Share the "know-how" for the proper interpretation and comparison analysis of controls' semantics,
Obtain a deeper insight and better understanding of the CCMv4 and other international standards control specifications,
Maintain a steady pace and progress towards the mappings development timeline and meet expected deadlines

View Event

May

4

Thu, May 4, 6:00pm - 7:00pm

CCMv4 Workshop Sessions

See details

Provide guidance to new members participating in the exercise,
Allowing for participants involved in the mappings to meet up and discuss the consolidation of the provided inputs,
Discuss and resolve any inquiries, issues, challenges pertaining to the mapping and gap analysis methodology followed,
Benefit the project by enhancing the collaboration between CCM WG "mapping veterans" and new, less experienced members,
Share the "know-how" for the proper interpretation and comparison analysis of controls' semantics,
Obtain a deeper insight and better understanding of the CCMv4 and other international standards control specifications,
Maintain a steady pace and progress towards the mappings development timeline and meet expected deadlines

View Event

May

10

Wed, May 10, 6:00pm - 7:00pm

CCMv4 WG

See details

Passcode: 621643

Additional info:

Follow up on the latest CCM WG activities in Circle.

If having issues finding the CCM WG, please follow the step by step guide to Circle on-boarding here.
WG call meetings are recorded and made available to the rest of the group. The purpose of the recordings and their use is for the writing of meetings minutes and members in "difficult" time zones only. Please visit the "Data Protection Notice" document, which includes the purposes of use, retention period of audio files, etc.

View Event

May

11

Thu, May 11, 6:00pm - 7:00pm

CCMv4 Workshop Sessions

See details

Provide guidance to new members participating in the exercise,
Allowing for participants involved in the mappings to meet up and discuss the consolidation of the provided inputs,
Discuss and resolve any inquiries, issues, challenges pertaining to the mapping and gap analysis methodology followed,
Benefit the project by enhancing the collaboration between CCM WG "mapping veterans" and new, less experienced members,
Share the "know-how" for the proper interpretation and comparison analysis of controls' semantics,
Obtain a deeper insight and better understanding of the CCMv4 and other international standards control specifications,
Maintain a steady pace and progress towards the mappings development timeline and meet expected deadlines

View Event

May

18

Thu, May 18, 6:00pm - 7:00pm

CCMv4 Workshop Sessions

See details

Provide guidance to new members participating in the exercise,
Allowing for participants involved in the mappings to meet up and discuss the consolidation of the provided inputs,
Discuss and resolve any inquiries, issues, challenges pertaining to the mapping and gap analysis methodology followed,
Benefit the project by enhancing the collaboration between CCM WG "mapping veterans" and new, less experienced members,
Share the "know-how" for the proper interpretation and comparison analysis of controls' semantics,
Obtain a deeper insight and better understanding of the CCMv4 and other international standards control specifications,
Maintain a steady pace and progress towards the mappings development timeline and meet expected deadlines

View Event

May

24

Wed, May 24, 6:00pm - 7:00pm

CCMv4 WG

See details

Passcode: 621643

Additional info:

Follow up on the latest CCM WG activities in Circle.

If having issues finding the CCM WG, please follow the step by step guide to Circle on-boarding here.
WG call meetings are recorded and made available to the rest of the group. The purpose of the recordings and their use is for the writing of meetings minutes and members in "difficult" time zones only. Please visit the "Data Protection Notice" document, which includes the purposes of use, retention period of audio files, etc.

View Event

May

25

Thu, May 25, 6:00pm - 7:00pm

CCMv4 Workshop Sessions

See details

Provide guidance to new members participating in the exercise,
Allowing for participants involved in the mappings to meet up and discuss the consolidation of the provided inputs,
Discuss and resolve any inquiries, issues, challenges pertaining to the mapping and gap analysis methodology followed,
Benefit the project by enhancing the collaboration between CCM WG "mapping veterans" and new, less experienced members,
Share the "know-how" for the proper interpretation and comparison analysis of controls' semantics,
Obtain a deeper insight and better understanding of the CCMv4 and other international standards control specifications,
Maintain a steady pace and progress towards the mappings development timeline and meet expected deadlines

View Event

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CCPA - CSA Code of Conduct Gap Resolution

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CCMV4-Lite

Open Until: 05/15/2023

Purpose and Scope of CCMv4-LiteCloud Security Alliance and the CCM WG have been developing a li...

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Security Guidance for Critical Areas of Focus in Cloud Computing v5 - Outline

Open Until: 06/01/2023

The proposed outline for the Cloud Security Alliance Security Guidance for Critical Areas of Focus in Cloud Computing v5 is...

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