The 2020 State of Identity Security in the Cloud
CSA felt it was urgent to address the needs and concerns common to the implementation of Security as a Service in its many forms. To address these challenges CSA provided guidance around implementing each category of Security as a Service to aid both cloud customers and cloud providers. In this publication series, we hope to better define best practices in the design, development, assessment and implementation of today’s offerings. You can access the guidance for each category below:
- Identity and Access Management
- Data Loss Prevention
- Web Security
- Email Security
- Security Assessments
- Intrusion Management
- Security, Information and Event Management
- Encryption
- BCDR
- Network Security
How has the use of security services changed since Covid?
In the wake of the COVID-19 public health crisis, many enterprises' digital transformations are on an accelerated track to enable employees to work from home. CSA surveyed these organizations to better understand how cloud services are being used during this transition and how organizations are securing their operations over the next 12 months.
Security as a ServiceEnterprise Resource PlanningCloud Key ManagementSaaS GovernanceSoftware Defined Perimeter
The purpose of this working group is to identify consensus definitions of what Security as a Service means, to categorize the different types of Security as a Service and to provide guidance to organizations on reasonable implementation practices.
Security as a Service Research
CSA Research crowd-sources the knowledge and expertise of security experts and helps address the challenges and needs they’ve experienced, or seen others experience, within the cybersecurity field. Each publication is vendor-neutral and follows the peer review process outlined in the CSA Research Lifecycle. We recommend getting started by reading the following documents.
The 2020 State of Identity Security in the Cloud
The use of cloud services have continued to increase over the past decade. Particularly in the wake of the COVID-19 public health crisis, many enterprises' digital transformations are on an accelerated track to enable employees to work from home. CSA surveyed these organizations to better understand how cloud services are being used during this transition and how organizations are securing their operations over the next 12 months. The goals of the study included understanding cloud IAM challenges (specifically human and machine identity challenges) and identifying the teams and roles responsible for cloud IAM.
Implementation Guidance for Identity Access Management
Learn best practices for identifying and implementing IAM solutions in the cloud. We recommend reading this paper if you are responsible for designing, implementing and integrating the consumption of services of the IAM function within any cloud application of SecaaS. This paper also provides direction for enterprise security stakeholders responsible for ensuring the security of IAM solutions in a corporate IT environment. This is the first in a series of ten papers where CSA provides implementation guidance for SecaaS.
Implementation Guidance for Data Loss Prevention
Data loss prevention must be considered an essential element for achieving an effective information security strategy for protecting data as it moves to, resides in and departs from the cloud. Data loss prevention has two facets: one as viewed from the owner’s perspective and one as viewed from the custodian’s perspective. This is the second paper in a series of ten papers where CSA provides implementation guidance for SecaaS.
Press Coverage
| Article Title | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| SaaS security in 2021 | Help Net Security | December 28, 2020 |