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 | STAR Overview PDF The CSA STAR Program is a publicly accessible registry designed to recognize the varying assurance requirements and maturity levels of providers and consumer... Request to download |
 | Cloud Adoption In The Financial Services Sector We circulated the “How Cloud is Being Used in the Financial Sector” survey to IT and security professionals in financial services institutions. The goal was ... Request to download |
 | Mobile Application Security Testing Initiative Charter Mobile applications are becoming an integral part of not just modern enterprises but also of human existence and a huge part of this shift is due to the emer... Request to download |
 | Cloud Adoption Practices & Priorities The benefits for enterprises moving to the cloud are clear: greater business agility, data availability, collaboration, and cost savings. The cloud is also c... Request to download |
 | AOSSL and CCM Technote Cloud computing is the future, and in many cases, the present of information technology. Always On SSL (AOSSL) is rapidly becoming an essential practice to h... Request to download |
 | Big Data Taxonomy A research document outlining the six dimensions of big data to help decision makers navigate the myriad choices in compute and storage infrastructures as we... Request to download |
 | Cloud Usage: Risks and Opportunities This survey was circulated to over 165 IT and security professionals in the U.S. and around the globe representing a variety of industry verticals and enterp... Request to download |
 | Data Protection Heat Index The Cloud Security Alliance surveyed a select group of global data privacy experts with the intention to measure attitudes towards data protection areas that... Request to download |
 | Consensus Assessments Initiative Questionnaire v3.0.1 Info Sheet |
 | Cloud Controls Matrix v3.0.1 Info Sheet Find out how many controls are in the Cloud Controls Matrix v3-0-1 in this info sheet. Request to download |
 | Cloud Controls Matrix v3.0.1 (July 2014) New and updated mappings, consolidation of redundant controls, rewritten controls for clarity of intent, STAR enablement, and SDO alignment. Request to download |
 | Big Data, Big Concerns, and What the White House Wants to Do about It Big data tools offer astonishing and powerful opportunities to unlock previously inaccessible insights from new and existing data sets. Large amounts of data... Request to download |
 | SDP Specification v1.0 This document outlines a Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) initiated protocol for the Software Defined Perimeter specification, and requests discussion and sugge... Request to download |
 | SDP Hackathon Whitepaper The CSA SDP Hackathon challenged hackers to attack a server defended by a software defined perimeter. Of the billions of packets fired at the server, not one... Request to download |
 | Comment on Big Data and the Future of Privacy Responses to questions on the relationship between big data and public policy, government, technology trends, and policy frameworks. Request to download |
 | Research Lifecycle A step-by-step guide to producing and distributing research artifacts. From inspiration and conception to publication and distribution, it covers the the pro... Request to download |
 | Top Ten Challenges in Cryptography for Big Data |
 | The Future of Security Disruption defines the business of information security. New technologies change how businesses work, as well as what risks people take. Attackers shift thei... Request to download |
 | The Future of Security: Executive Summary Disruption defines the business of information security. New technologies change how businesses work, as well as what risks people take. Attackers shift thei... Request to download |
 | What CISOs Need to Know About Cloud Computing This paper details the critical differences between cloud computing and traditional infrastructure for security professionals, and suggests where to focus se... Request to download |