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Working Group

Top Threats

This group aims to provide organizations with an up-to-date, expert-informed understanding of cloud security risks, threats and vulnerabilities in order to make educated risk-management decisions regarding cloud adoption strategies.
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Top Threats to Cloud Computing 2024
Top Threats to Cloud Computing 2024

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Working Group Overview
This group aims to provide organizations with an up-to-date, expert-informed understanding of cloud security risks, threats and vulnerabilities in order to make educated risk-management decisions regarding cloud adoption strategies.

What do we discuss? 
During these meetings we typically discuss changes in the industry and collaborate on projects the group is currently working on. We welcome anyone who would like to join, even if you would like to just listen-in on your first call.

Drafts & Important Docs

Working Group Leadership

Michael Roza
Michael Roza

Michael Roza

Risk, Audit, Control and Compliance Professional at EVC

Since 2012, Michael Roza has been a pivotal member of the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) family. He has contributed to over 125 projects, as a Lead Author or Author/Contributor and many more as a Reviewer/Editor.

Michael's extensive contributions encompass critical areas including Artificial Intelligence, Zero Trust/Software Defined Perimeter, Internet of Things, Top Threats, Cloud Control Matrix, DevSecOps, and Key Management. His lea...

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Jon-Michael Brook
Jon-Michael Brook

Jon-Michael Brook

Jon-Michael C. Brook is a certified, 25-year practitioner of cybersecurity, cloud, and privacy. He is the principal contributor to certification sites for privacy and cloud security, and has published books on privacy. Jon-Michael received numerous awards and recognition during his time with Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, Symantec, and Starbucks. He holds patents and trade secrets in intrusion detection, GUI design, and semantic data redaction...

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Alexander Getsin
Alexander Getsin

Alexander Getsin

Alexander Stone Getsin is a financial technologies security leader with particular expertise and interest in cloud security, secure application design, and security governance. Alex is the lead author of industry security best practices, particularly with the Cloud Security Alliance, Top Threats research group, and the (ISC)2 Israeli Chapter, which he helps champion as a co-chairman. Alex leverages a decade of experience in finance, militar...

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Vic Hargrave
Vic Hargrave

Vic Hargrave

Senior Cyber Analyst/Engineer

Vic Hargrave has 20 years of experience in cybersecurity working for Everfox, Forcepoint Federal, Trend Micro, and VMware developing a broad range of security solutions including user-entity behavior analytics, threat management, and content filtering. Vic specializes in behavior analytics and insider threat risk. He has co-authored several publications with the Top Treat Working Group and is active in the CSA AI Technology and Risk Worki...

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Publications in ReviewOpen Until
Zero Trust Guidance for Small and Medium Size Businesses (SMBs)Dec 15, 2024
CCM v4 - CISA Zero Trust Maturity Model v2.0 MappingDec 17, 2024
Zero Trust Privacy Assessment and GuidanceDec 27, 2024
Cybersecurity and the Data LifecycleJan 05, 2025
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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.

No scheduled meetings for this working group in the next 60 days.

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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.

Zero Trust Guidance for Small and Medium Size Businesses (SMBs)

Open Until: 12/15/2024

In an increasingly digital world, small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are facing heightened security challenges, makin...

CCM v4 - CISA Zero Trust Maturity Model v2.0 Mapping

Open Until: 12/17/2024

This project aims to assist organizations in various stages of their Zero Trust (ZT) implementation, particularly in the co...

Zero Trust Privacy Assessment and Guidance

Open Until: 12/27/2024

The objective of this paper is to provide guidance for using zero trust in privacy implementation. This document highlights...

Cybersecurity and the Data Lifecycle

Open Until: 01/05/2025

The data lifecycle refers to the comprehensive process that data undergoes, from its creation to eventual disposal. Underst...