Working Group
Global Security Database (GSD)
The mission of this working group is to identify and understand the problems around vulnerability discovery, reporting, publication, tracking, and classification.
View Current ProjectsGlobal Security Database Working Group Charter
What is the GSD?
Working Group Overview
Working Group Leadership

Josh Bressers
Product Security Technical Lead
Josh Bressers is the Vice President of Security at Anchore. Josh has helped build and manage product security teams for open source projects as well as several organizations. Everything from managing supply chains, vulnerabilities, security development lifecycle, DevSecOps, security product management, security strategy, and nearly any other task that falls under the security umbrella. Josh co-hosts the Open Source Security Podc...

Kurt Seifried
Chief Blockchain Officer & Director of Special Projects, CSA
For over 2 decades Kurt has been involved in the information security field, starting with Windows and Linux and continuing on to cloud and now Blockchain. With a strong focus on security and privacy Kurt brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the CSA.
Publications in Review | Open Until |
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Security Guidance for Critical Areas of Focus in Cloud Computing v5 - Outline | Mar 31, 2023 |
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.
Jan
31
GSD Biweekly Meeting
- Meeting invite:
https://cloudsecurityalliance.zoom.us/j/86103239003?pwd=OUxiSFVTVksrZjZ4V2QwRU1KdUhkZz09 - Rolling Agenda:
https://csaurl.org/gsd-agenda - Other quick links:
https://csaurl.org/gsd-quick-links
Feb
14
GSD Biweekly Meeting
- Meeting invite:
https://cloudsecurityalliance.zoom.us/j/86103239003?pwd=OUxiSFVTVksrZjZ4V2QwRU1KdUhkZz09 - Rolling Agenda:
https://csaurl.org/gsd-agenda - Other quick links:
https://csaurl.org/gsd-quick-links
Feb
28
GSD Biweekly Meeting
- Meeting invite:
https://cloudsecurityalliance.zoom.us/j/86103239003?pwd=OUxiSFVTVksrZjZ4V2QwRU1KdUhkZz09 - Rolling Agenda:
https://csaurl.org/gsd-agenda - Other quick links:
https://csaurl.org/gsd-quick-links
Mar
14
GSD Biweekly Meeting
- Meeting invite:
https://cloudsecurityalliance.zoom.us/j/86103239003?pwd=OUxiSFVTVksrZjZ4V2QwRU1KdUhkZz09 - Rolling Agenda:
https://csaurl.org/gsd-agenda - Other quick links:
https://csaurl.org/gsd-quick-links
Mar
28
GSD Biweekly Meeting
- Meeting invite:
https://cloudsecurityalliance.zoom.us/j/86103239003?pwd=OUxiSFVTVksrZjZ4V2QwRU1KdUhkZz09 - Rolling Agenda:
https://csaurl.org/gsd-agenda - Other quick links:
https://csaurl.org/gsd-quick-links
Open Peer Reviews
Peer reviews allow security professionals from around the world to provide feedback on CSA research before it is published.