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Working Group

Consensus Assessments

This group is focused on providing industry-accepted ways to provide security control transparency by documenting which security controls exist. This group has been merged with the CCM working group.
Cloud Controls Matrix and CAIQ v4
Cloud Controls Matrix and CAIQ v4

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Consensus Assessments
This group has been merged with the CCM Working Group.

Lack of security control transparency is a leading inhibitor to the adoption of cloud services. The CSA Consensus Assessments (CAIQ) working group was launched to perform research, create tools and create industry partnerships to enable cloud computing assessments. 

The CAIQ is used by CSPs to submit to the CSA STAR Registry.

The Consensus Assessments Initiative Questionnaire (CAIQ) v3.1. offers an industry-accepted way to document which security controls exist in IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS services, providing security control transparency. It provides a set of Yes/No questions a cloud consumer and cloud auditor may wish to ask of a cloud provider to ascertain their compliance to the Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM). It helps cloud customers to gauge the security posture of prospective cloud service providers and determine if their cloud services are suitably secure. The CAIQ is used by CSPs to submit to the CSA STAR Registry.


Working Group Leadership

Laura Posey
Laura Posey

Laura Posey

Sean Cordero
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...

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Evelyn de Souza
Evelyn de Souza

Evelyn de Souza

Senior Security Strategist at Cisco

Evelyn is responsible for championing holistic security solutions that address emerging industry trends such as cloud, data center SDN and mobile. She is a strong proponent of building automated, repeatable processes that enable organizations to sustain compliance while optimizing security posture and reducing costs. To this end, Evelyn co-chairs the Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) which harmonizes regulations and indust...

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Publications in ReviewOpen Until
Key Management for Public Cloud MigrationOct 07, 2024
Top Concerns With Vulnerability DataOct 10, 2024
Cloud Security for Startups 2024Oct 24, 2024
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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.

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.

Key Management for Public Cloud Migration

Open Until: 10/07/2024

This paper aims to provide comprehensive recommendations for managing encryption keys before, during, and after data migrat...

Top Concerns With Vulnerability Data

Open Until: 10/10/2024

The cybersecurity landscape relies on managing vulnerabilities, with systems like the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures ...

Cloud Security for Startups 2024

Open Until: 10/24/2024

This publication was produced through the efforts of chapters and volunteers but the content development falls outside of t...