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Cloud Security Alliance Recommends the Cloud Security Readiness Tool

Published: 01/17/2013

Offers Enterprises a Simple Way to Evaluate IT Potential and Learn how to Adopt Cloud Services Seattle, WA – January 17, 2013 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) recommends the Cloud Security Readiness Tool (CSRT), a free tool from Microsoft designed to help organizations review and understand ...

Cloud Security Alliance Summit 2013 at RSA Conference to Emphasize National Security, Mobile and Hybrid Clouds

Published: 01/16/2013

Mark Weatherford from the Department of Homeland Security Featured as Opening Keynote San Francisco, CA – January 16, 2013 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) today announced the preliminary agenda for its annual CSA Summit 2013 being held at the RSA Conference on Monday, February 25th. This y...

CSA Seeks Input For Open Peer Review: Privacy Level Agreement Document

Published: 01/14/2013

The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Privacy Level Agreement (PLA) Working Group would like to invite you to review and comment on the Privacy Level Agreement document. The PLA project initiative is creating an outline to be used to achieve compliance with applicable data protection transparency and...

Cloud Security Alliance Releases Security Guidance for Critical Areas of Mobile Computing

Published: 11/08/2012

CSA Mobile Working Group Report Aims to Provide Industry with Mobile Security Best Practices CSA Congress 2012 – ORLANDO, FL – November 8, 2012 –The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) today released version 1.0 of the “Security Guidance for Critical Areas of Mobile Computing” which provides an as...

CSA Big Data Working Group Releases Top 10 Big Data Security and Privacy Challenges Report

Published: 11/07/2012

Group’s First Research Provides Eye Opening Insight into a Wide Diversity of Big Data Challenges Facing Enterprises CSA CONGRESS 2012 – ORLANDO, FL. - November 7, 2012 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Big Data Working Group today issued its first report identifying 10 new and fundamentall...

Cloud Security Alliance Announces First Annual Ron Knode Service Award Winners

Published: 11/07/2012

Six Individual CSA Volunteers Selected to Honor the Legacy of Late CSA Member and Volunteer Contributor Ron Knode Orlando, FL - November 7, 2012 –The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) today announced the recipients of its first Ron Knode Service Award, a new annual award sponsored by the CSA recogni...

Department of Homeland Security to Keynote at Upcoming CSA Annual Congress Program

Published: 11/02/2012

Experts from DHS, Huawei Technologies, U.S. Cyber Consequences Unit, Verizon and Others Join Together for a Powerful Keynote Roundtable to Address Critical Infrastructure, National Security and the Cloud Seattle, WA – November 2, 2012 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) today announced the addit...

EMEA Congress Recap

Published: 10/31/2012

The inaugural EMEA Congress in Amsterdam was an unqualified success, with hundreds of security visionaries in attendance and featuring presentations from some of the leading voices from across the cloud security landscape. What follows are just a sample of the discussions and some of the key take...

CSA Releases Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Guidance

Published: 10/29/2012

New Security-as-a-Service Implementation Report Provide Guidance for Deployment of Cloud-based SIEM October 29, 2012 –The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) today released the Security Information and Event Management (SEIM) guidance document - as part of its Security as a Service (SecaaS) Imple...

CSA Seeks Input on a Mobile App Store Security Initiative Policy Guideline Document

Published: 10/25/2012

The Cloud Security Alliance Mobile Working Group would like to invite you to review and comment on their Mobile App Store Security Initiative Policy Guideline document that was created by their Initiative 5 sub-group. This initiative will cover public and private app stores, how they handle apps,...

CSA Seeks Input on a Mobile Authentication Document

Published: 10/19/2012

The Cloud Security Alliance Mobile Working Group would like to invite you to review and comment on the Mobile Authentication Document that was created by their Initiative 4 Authentication Sub-group. Authentication with mobile devices takes many forms and this initiative helps lay out the differen...

CSA Seeks Input on a Mobile BYOD Document

Published: 10/19/2012

The Cloud Security Alliance Mobile Working Group would like to invite you to review and comment on the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Document that was created by their Initiative 3 BYOD Sub-group. BYOD is a growing trend in the enterprise and brings with it new challenges including a new look at p...

Late-Breaking Speakers and Sessions Complete the CSA Annual Congress Program

Published: 10/17/2012

DC Veteran Experts and New Sessions on National Security, Incident Response and Information Sharing in the Cloud Complete the Program for the Industry's Premier Gathering for IT Security Professionals Seattle, WA – October 17, 2012 **– The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) today announced the ad...

Take The CSA Mobile Maturity Questionnaire

Published: 10/16/2012

The Cloud Security Alliance's Mobile Working Group Requests Your Participation Smart phones, tablets, and other advanced mobile technology have now been around for a few years. These technologies continue to gain acceptance and, in some cases, prominence in the enterprise work environment. As wit...

Cloud Security Alliance Releases (SecaaS) Implementation Guidance

Published: 10/09/2012

London, UK, #CSASummit at RSA - October 8, 2012The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) today announced that its Security as a Service (SecaaS) Working Group has completed its peer review process and has published implementation guidance documents expanding upon their “Defined Categories of Service” doc...

Data Loss from Missing Mobile Devices Ranks as Top Mobile Device Threat by Enterprises

Published: 10/04/2012

New Survey by Cloud Security Alliance Mobile Working Group Outlines Top Mobile Threats San Francisco, CA – October 4, 2012 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Mobile Working Group today released findings from a new survey that calls out the specific security concerns enterprise executives sa...

Cloud Maturity Study Reveals the Top 10 Issues Eroding Cloud Confidence

Published: 09/27/2012

New Research by Cloud Security Alliance and ISACA Identifies Government Regulations, Exit Strategies, and International Data Privacy as Top Concerns Rolling Meadows, IL, USA (27 September 2012)—Findings from a joint Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) and ISACA survey show that government regulations, ...

CSA Security as a Service (SecaaS) Working Group Completes Implementation Guidance

Published: 09/26/2012

New Identity and Access Management Research Provides Business and Technical Considerations for Implementation of SecaaS as Part of the Cloud September 26, 2012 –The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) today announced that its Security as a Service (SecaaS) Working Group has completed its peer revi...

Cloud Security Alliance Releases Cloud Controls Matrix Version 1.3

Published: 09/21/2012

Version 1.3 Integrates Revised Mapping of FedRAMP Security Controls September 21, 2012 –The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) today published version 1.3 of the Cloud Controls Matrix which is designed to provide fundamental security principles to guide cloud vendors and to assist prospective cl...

Call For Speakers for Cloud Security Alliance Innovation 2013 Conference

Published: 09/21/2012

Innovators New Cloud-related Security Technologies Invited to Submit Proposal by October 14 Silicon Valley, CA – September 10, 2012 – The Silicon Valley Chapter of the Cloud Security Alliance will be hosting the 2nd Annual Innovation Conference is currently seeking industry experts to submit...

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