Security of data in the cloud now an executive-level concern
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) surveyed more than 200 IT and security professionals, and nearly 72 percent admitted that they did not know the number of shadow IT apps …
Cloud Security Alliance
CSA Guide to Cloud Computing
Authors: Raj Samani, Brian Honan, Jim Reavis Pages: 236 Publisher: Syngress ISBN: 0124201253 Introduction The title says it all: this is a book that will tell you what cloud …
Cloud adoption trends in European organizations
In Europe, the number of cloud services in use by the average company increased 23 percent, rising from 588 in Q1 to 724 in Q3. However, not all of these services are ready …
Emerging international data privacy challenges
According to a new survey from the Cloud Security Alliance there is a growing and strong interest in harmonizing privacy laws towards a universal set of principles. …
Security pros don’t know the number of cloud apps in their networks
In what could be called a tale of perception versus reality, the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) released the results of a new survey that found a significant difference between …
Cloud Security Alliance updates guidance documents
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) announced significant updates to two de facto industry standards, the Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) Version 3.0.1 and the Consensus Assessments …
CSA releases Software Defined Perimeter 1.0
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) announced at Infosecurity Europe 2014 the release of two key documents related to the CSA’s Software Defined Perimeter (SDP), an …
CSA ups the ante on virtual hackathon
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) today announced that it has upped the ante, as no one has yet been able to hack the Software Defined Perimeter (SDP) network since the …
Free tool helps fend off most cyber attacks
Today at the RSA Conference Qualys announced that it has collaborated with the SANS Institute and the Council on CyberSecurity to release a new free tool to help organizations …
CSA launches new Software Defined Perimeter initiative
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) launched the Software Defined Perimeter (SDP) Initiative, a project to develop an architecture for creating highly secure and trusted …
Cloud Security Alliance releases Cloud Controls Matrix 3.0
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) released the CSA Cloud Control Matrix (CCM) 3.0, the standard for assessing cloud centric information security risks. It expands its control …
Big data analytics for security intelligence
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Big Data Working Group today announced the release of Big Data Analytics for Security Intelligence. The new research report details how the …
