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Working Group

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.

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
CSA Zero Trust Program Management GuidanceMay 30, 2026
Defining Non-Human IdentityJun 04, 2026
Zero Trust Microsegmentation GuidanceJun 10, 2026
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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.

May

29

Fri, May 29, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Cloud key Management Working Group Call
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  • Agenda:

      • Sam to please address the 3 last pending comments in the Multi-Cloud paper after the copy editor’s work.

      • Smita to please review the Key Sprawl paper and provide feedback/identify missing pieces before the next WG call.

      • Sunil to please 

        • resolve the remaining comments on the PQC paper this week, with support from John.

        • Review the Key Sprawl paper this week and call for further feedback if needed.

          Send a gentle reminder to Sam to resolve the three pending comments on the multi-cloud KMS paper.


To connect on the  call:


Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 851 7708 0386
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Jun

12

Fri, June 12, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Cloud key Management Working Group Call
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  • Agenda:

    • TBD


To connect on the  call:


Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 851 7708 0386
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Jun

26

Fri, June 26, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Cloud key Management Working Group Call
See details
  • Agenda:

    • TBD


To connect on the  call:


Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 851 7708 0386
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Meeting ID: 851 7708 0386

Find your local number: https://cloudsecurityalliance.zoom.us/u/kcX36jlcQ


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Meeting ID: 889 3080 5728

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

Jul

10

Fri, July 10, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Cloud key Management Working Group Call
See details
  • Agenda:

    • TBD


To connect on the  call:


Join Zoom Meeting
https://cloudsecurityalliance.zoom.us/j/85177080386?pwd=TFFmSoMbtBdy8Jy7iNGQYVnbbvyhhs.1

Meeting ID: 851 7708 0386
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Find your local number: https://cloudsecurityalliance.zoom.us/u/kcX36jlcQ


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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.

CSA Zero Trust Program Management Guidance

Open Until: 05/30/2026

As organizations adopt Zero Trust (ZT) security strategies, it is critical they have the appropriate guidance and resources...

Defining Non-Human Identity

Open Until: 06/04/2026

Conventional IAM processes have a user-centric nature, that is, the users considered include the employees, those on contra...

Zero Trust Microsegmentation Guidance

Open Until: 06/10/2026

Microsegmentation is a foundational Zero Trust strategy that strengthens security by enforcing explicit, fine-grained commu...