The CSA Application Containers and Microservices Working Group is searching for volunteers to participate in the development of whitepapers on best practices and challenges in securing containers and microservices. If you are interested in being part of these projects, please sign up for the working group here: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/group/containerization/#_overview. If you don’t hear back within a few days reach out to research@cloudsecurityalliance.org.

Group calls for more standardization from hardware manufacturers to improve security SEATTLE, WA – JUNE 12, 2018 –The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining standards, certifications and best practices to help ensure a secure cloud computing environment, today released a new position paper from the Cloud Security Industry Summit (CSIS) Technical Working Group—Firmware Integrity in the Cloud Data Center. In it, key datacenter development stak…

Report includes enhanced sections on purchasing and mechanism controls, as well as relevant FDA guidance BLACKHAT LAS VEGAS – AUGUST 7, 2018 –The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining standards, certifications and best practices to help ensure a secure cloud computing environment, in conjunction with the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) today released OWASP Secure Medical Device Deployment Standard Version 2.0, an updated guid…

Paper identifies chief cloud security risks, how they fit in a greater security analysis BLACKHAT LAS VEGAS – AUGUST 8, 2018 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining standards, certifications and best practices to help ensure a secure cloud computing environment, today announced the release of the Top Threats to Cloud Computing: Deep Dive, a case-study analysis that provides more technical details dealing with architecture, compliance,…

Survey offers insight into areas of cloud adoption, IT security budgets, cloud computing, cyber security skills KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – August 20, 2018 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining and raising awareness of best practices to help ensure a secure cloud computing environment, and Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) today released the results of a joint survey, Cloud Adoption in the Malaysia FSI Sector, which surveyed I…

Keynote presenters from the United Nations, Turners Broadcasting, Qualys and Arizona State to discuss global governance, the threat landscape and security innovations that address new cloud security frontiers Seattle, WA – Sept. 25, 2018 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining standards, certifications and best practices to help ensure a secure cloud computing environment, today announced the speaker line-up and session highlights for …

Berlin, Germany – Sept. 27, 2018 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining standards, certifications and best practices to help ensure a secure cloud computing environment, today announced that in response to rapid membership growth throughout the region, it will be opening a new CSA Europe headquarters and with it, creating a new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Center of Excellence for cloud computing in Berlin, Germany, later this …

Newest paper offers clearly defined security responsibilities for vendors, customers across various cloud-service modelsSINGAPORE – October 11, 2018 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining and raising awareness of best practices to help ensure a secure cloud computing environment, today released its latest research report, “Guidelines on Effectively Managing the Security Service in the Cloud.” The paper was announced at the annual APAC Summi…

SEATTLE, WA – Nov. 16, 2018– The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining and raising awareness of best practices to help ensure a secure cloud computing environment, today announced that its Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK), the first credential dedicated to cloud security, has won a Cyber Defense Global Award 2018 for Leader Cybersecurity Training.
“Today’s IT professional needs to be the cloud thought-leader of tomorrow. The CCSK …

Working group to focus on ensuring enterprises employ proper security

throughout application deployment

Seattle, WA – Nov. 20, 2018 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) and the Software Assurance Forum for Excellence in Code (SAFECode) today announced the launch and call for participants for the DevSecOps Working Group. The working group will work to create a transparent and full circle management lifecycle that leverages all the components of DevSecOps to ensure timely and full functi…