Cloud 101CircleEventsBlog
Take the Understanding Data Risk Survey to help shape the future of data security!

STAR Registry Listing for

GitHub

Founded in 2013 by the Cloud Security Alliance, the Security Trust Assurance and Risk (STAR) registry encompasses key principles of transparency, rigorous auditing, and cloud security and privacy best practices.

GitHub Logo

GitHub

GitHub is a Web-based Git version control repository hosting service. Primarily used for computer code, GitHub offers all of the distributed version control and source code management functionality of Git, as well as adding its own features. It provides access control and several collaboration features such as bug tracking, feature requests, task management, and wikis for every project.

Organizations who have the CSA Trusted Cloud Provider seal demonstrate a commitment to organizational security. They are a CSA Corporate Member volunteer regularly for CSA, and have at least one staff member who has earned their CCSK.
Information about GitHub
Listed Since: 05/31/2018
Last Updated: 08/07/2024

STAR Level 1

Self-Assessment & Partner-Provided

Consensus Assessments Initiative Questionnaire v4.0.3

CAIQ 4.0.3 Self-assessment
Offers an industry-accepted way to document what security controls exist in IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS services. 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 CSA Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM).

STAR Level 2

Third-Party Audit

Organizations looking for a third-party audit can choose from one or more of the security and privacy audits and certifications.

Cloud Controls Matrix v4

STAR Certification (CCMv4)
A technology-neutral certification leveraging the requirements of the ISO/IEC 27001 management system standard together with the CSA Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM).