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International Standardization Council

The International Standardization Council (ISC) within the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) has been designated to coordinate all aspects of standardization efforts within CSA.

International Standardization Council Charter 2023

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Overview

The International Standardization Council (ISC) has been designated to coordinate all aspects of standardization efforts within CSA. The ISC actively searches mechanisms of inserting CSA content into standards under development, captures and codifies the knowledge gained from CSA past experience, and increases education and awareness with respect to standards. Additionally, ISC provides an avenue for corporate members to participate and influence standardization efforts worldwide represented under the CSA banner.

Due to the highly strategic value of the ISC as well as the sensitivity of work and protection of IP, we encourage participation by individuals with a strong background working with international standardization communities and processes. New membership is then approved by a simple majority vote by the current ISC membership. All members are bounded by the CSA IPR policy. Current membership has representatives from various National Bodies (NBs), including CA, CN, DE, FR, GB, HK, SG, TW, US.

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Working Group Co-Chairs

Eric Hibbard

Eric Hibbard

Hitachi Data Systems’ CTO Security & Privacy

Eric Hibbard is Hitachi Data Systems’ CTO for Security & Privacy where he leads the Hitachi product-oriented security strategy activities with an emphasis on data and storage security. He is a senior security professional with expertise in information assurance, privacy, storage, cloud computing, eDiscovery and enterprise ICT. He leverages this expertise and extensive experience in the public and private sectors in leadership roles within t...

Laura Lindsay

Laura Lindsay

Contributions: Member of CSA International Standards Council (ISC). Represented CSA as the Liaison Officer to ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 38 and ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27, and as editor on ISO/IEC 19086-3. Participant on the Service Level Agreements and Cloud Trust Protocol Working, and represents CSA research in the International Standards space, particularly ISO/IEC JTC 1 and ITU-T.

Publications in Review	Open Until
Secure Agentic System Design - A Trait-Based Approach	May 15, 2025
Managing Privileged Access in a Cloud-First World	May 23, 2025

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Secure Agentic System Design - A Trait-Based Approach

Open Until: 05/15/2025

This paper addresses the security challenges unique to agentic AI systems. As AI transitions from passive tools to autonomo...

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Managing Privileged Access in a Cloud-First World

Open Until: 05/23/2025

Managing privileged access has become increasingly critical due to the complexity and ubiquity of distributed IT environmen...

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