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Cloud Security Alliance. Overview and Organizational Plans Jim Reavis, Co-founder & Executive Director August 5, 2009. Agenda. About the Cloud Security Alliance Organizational Structure Membership Projects. About the Cloud Security Alliance. Global, not-for-profit organization
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Cloud Security Alliance • Overview and Organizational Plans • Jim Reavis, Co-founder & Executive Director • August 5, 2009
Agenda • About the Cloud Security Alliance • Organizational Structure • Membership • Projects
About the Cloud Security Alliance • Global, not-for-profit organization • Inclusive membership, supporting broad spectrum of subject matter expertise: cloud experts, security, legal, compliance, virtualization, and on and on… • We believe Cloud Computing has a robust future, we want to make it better “To promote the use of best practices for providing security assurance within Cloud Computing, and provide education on the uses of Cloud Computing to help secure all other forms of computing.”
Organizational Structure • Board of Directors • Jerry Archer, CISO Intuit • Alan Boehme, EVP ING • Dave Cullinane, CISO eBay • Paul Kurtz, Good Harbor • Nils Puhlmann, Co-founder • Jim Reavis, Co-founder • Executive Committee • Solution Provider Advisory Council • Volunteer Working Groups
Getting Involved • Individual Membership (free) • Subject matter experts for research • Interested in learning about the topic • Administrative & organizational help • Corporate Members • Help fund outreach, events • Solution Provider Advisory Council • Affiliated Organizations (free) • Joint projects in the community interest
Current affiliates Cloud-Standards.org
Individual Members 3,512 as of August 3rd Broad Geographical Distribution Active Working Groups Editorial Educational Outreach Architecture Governance, Risk Mgt, Compliance, Business Continuity Legal & E-Discovery Portability, Interoperability and Application Security Identity and Access Mgt, Encryption & Key Mgt Data Center Operations and Incident Response Information Lifecycle Management & Storage Virtualization and Technology Compartmentalization • New Working Groups • Healthcare • Cloud Threat Analysis • US Federal Government • Financial Services
Key Challenges We aren’t moving to the cloud.. We are reinventing in the cloud Accelerated pace of change Globalization Massive multi-tenancy Pressure on traditional organizational boundaries Challenges traditional thinking How do we build standards? How do we create architectures? What is the ecosystem required to managed, operate, assess and audit cloud systems?
Project Roadmap April 2009: Security Guidance for Critical Areas of Focus for Cloud Computing – Version 1 July 2009: Version 1 translated into Japanese October 2009: Security Guidance for Critical Areas of Focus for Cloud Computing – Version 2 October 2009: Top Ten Cloud Threats (monthly) November 2009: Provider & Customer Checklists December 2009: eHealth Guidance Global CSA Executive Summits Q1 2010 – Europe Q1 or Q2 2010 - US
Summary • Cloud Computing is real and transformational • Challenges for People, Process, Technology, Organizations and Countries • Broad governance approach needed • Tactical fixes needed • Combination of updating existing best practices and creating completely new best practices • Common sense not optional
Call to Action • Join us, help make our work better • Discussions & announcements on LinkedIn & GoogleGroups • Hold regional CSA meetups • Volunteer for existing research • Brainstorm new research initiatives
Contact • www.cloudsecurityalliance.org • info@cloudsecurityalliance.org • Twitter: @cloudsa, #csaguide • LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1864210