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Cloud Key Management

The Cloud Key Management working group aims to facilitate the standards for seamless integration between CSPs and key broker services.
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Cloud Key Management
Working Group Overview

The working group will author guidelines and best practices, and promote standards that enhance the lives of technology professionals tasked with adopting and optimizing key management systems for use with cloud services.


What do we discuss during our meetings? 

During these meetings we typically discuss changes in the industry that relate to cloud key management, and collaborate on projects the group is working on.


Drafts & Important Docs

Working Group Leadership

Parthasarathi Chakraborty
Parthasarathi Chakraborty

Parthasarathi Chakraborty

Associate VP, Cloud Security, Cyber Innovation and R&D

Partha has over 20 years of cyber security leadership experience in the financial services and healthcare industry. An active speaker and panelist in major cyber security conferences around the world, and frequently called in for views and interviews in electronic media like The Economist, UK. Very much passionate about learning new technologies and writing on recent groundbreaking cyber trends. He is also the founder of Cloud Security Pra...

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Sam Pfanstiel Ph.D.
Sam Pfanstiel Ph.D.

Sam Pfanstiel Ph.D.

Principal, Technical Compliance, PCI

As Principal Analyst at Toast, Sam is responsible for heading the Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance programs for this cloud-based fintech company. Over the past 27 years, Sam has held key roles in security, technology, and management, and developed expertise in multiple disciplines, including payments, PCI compliance, fraud, cloud service delivery, application development, mobile technology, infrastructure, and cryptography. This dive...

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Publications in ReviewOpen Until
Agentic AI Identity and Access Management: A New ApproachJul 03, 2025
Fully Homomorphic Encryption to CCM v4.0.1 MappingJul 10, 2025
AICM to ISO 42001 MappingJul 10, 2025
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Who can join?

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.

Virtual Meetings

Attend our next meeting. You can just listen in to decide if this group is a good for you or you can choose to actively participate. During these calls we discuss current projects, and well as share ideas for new projects. This is a good way to meet the other members of the group. You can view all research meetings here.

Jun

27

Fri, June 27, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Cloud key Management Working Group Call
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  • Agenda:

    • TBD



To connect on the  call:


Join Zoom Meeting
https://cloudsecurityalliance.zoom.us/j/88930805728

Meeting ID: 889 3080 5728

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Meeting ID: 889 3080 5728

Find your local number: https://cloudsecurityalliance.zoom.us/u/kexpz8EdGu

Jul

11

Fri, July 11, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Cloud key Management Working Group Call
See details
  • Agenda:

    • TBD



To connect on the  call:


Join Zoom Meeting
https://cloudsecurityalliance.zoom.us/j/88930805728

Meeting ID: 889 3080 5728

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One tap mobile
+16465588656,,88930805728# US (New York)
+16469313860,,88930805728# US

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Dial by your location
• +1 646 558 8656 US (New York)
• +1 646 931 3860 US
• +1 669 444 9171 US
• +1 689 278 1000 US
• +1 719 359 4580 US
• +1 720 707 2699 US (Denver)
• +1 253 205 0468 US
• +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)
• +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)
• +1 305 224 1968 US
• +1 309 205 3325 US
• +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
• +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
• +1 360 209 5623 US
• +1 386 347 5053 US
• +1 507 473 4847 US
• +1 564 217 2000 US

Meeting ID: 889 3080 5728

Find your local number: https://cloudsecurityalliance.zoom.us/u/kexpz8EdGu

Jul

25

Fri, July 25, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Cloud key Management Working Group Call
See details
  • Agenda:

    • TBD



To connect on the  call:


Join Zoom Meeting
https://cloudsecurityalliance.zoom.us/j/88930805728

Meeting ID: 889 3080 5728

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One tap mobile
+16465588656,,88930805728# US (New York)
+16469313860,,88930805728# US

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Dial by your location
• +1 646 558 8656 US (New York)
• +1 646 931 3860 US
• +1 669 444 9171 US
• +1 689 278 1000 US
• +1 719 359 4580 US
• +1 720 707 2699 US (Denver)
• +1 253 205 0468 US
• +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)
• +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)
• +1 305 224 1968 US
• +1 309 205 3325 US
• +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
• +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
• +1 360 209 5623 US
• +1 386 347 5053 US
• +1 507 473 4847 US
• +1 564 217 2000 US

Meeting ID: 889 3080 5728

Find your local number: https://cloudsecurityalliance.zoom.us/u/kexpz8EdGu

Aug

8

Fri, August 8, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Cloud key Management Working Group Call
See details
  • Agenda:

    • TBD



To connect on the  call:


Join Zoom Meeting
https://cloudsecurityalliance.zoom.us/j/88930805728

Meeting ID: 889 3080 5728

---

One tap mobile
+16465588656,,88930805728# US (New York)
+16469313860,,88930805728# US

---

Dial by your location
• +1 646 558 8656 US (New York)
• +1 646 931 3860 US
• +1 669 444 9171 US
• +1 689 278 1000 US
• +1 719 359 4580 US
• +1 720 707 2699 US (Denver)
• +1 253 205 0468 US
• +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)
• +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)
• +1 305 224 1968 US
• +1 309 205 3325 US
• +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
• +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
• +1 360 209 5623 US
• +1 386 347 5053 US
• +1 507 473 4847 US
• +1 564 217 2000 US

Meeting ID: 889 3080 5728

Find your local number: https://cloudsecurityalliance.zoom.us/u/kexpz8EdGu

Open Peer Reviews

Peer reviews allow security professionals from around the world to provide feedback on CSA research before it is published.

Learn how to participate in a peer review here.

Agentic AI Identity and Access Management: A New Approach

Open Until: 07/03/2025

Traditional Identity and Access Management (IAM) systems, primarily designed for human users or static machine identities v...

Fully Homomorphic Encryption to CCM v4.0.1 Mapping

Open Until: 07/10/2025

We are seeking input from industry and legal professionals with experience in cloud security and policy, and comment from F...

AICM to ISO 42001 Mapping

Open Until: 07/10/2025

The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) invites public peer review of its draft mapping between the AI Controls Matrix (A...