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Cloud Security Alliance Releases Updates to 'The Treacherous 12: Cloud Computing Top Threats in 2016'


SEATTLE, Oct. 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- 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 an updated 'Treacherous 12: Top Threats to Cloud Computing + Industry Insights," a refreshed release to the 2016 report that includes new real-world anecdotes and examples of recent incidents that relate to each of the 12 cloud computing threat categories identified in the original paper.

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"It's our hope that these updates will not only provide readers with more relevant context in which to evaluate the top threats, but that the enhanced paper will provide them with a real-world glimpse into what is currently occurring in the security industry," said Scott Field, partner architect with Microsoft Corp. and chair of the CSA Top Threats Working Group.

The anecdotes and examples mentioned in this document include:

The Treacherous 12 report provides organizations with an up-to-date, expert-informed understanding of cloud security concerns in order to make educated risk-management decisions regarding cloud adoption strategies. The report reflects the current consensus among security experts in the CSA community about the most significant security issues in the cloud.

The CSA Top Threats Working Group is responsible for providing needed context to assist organizations in making educated risk management decisions regarding their cloud adoption strategies. The CSA Top Threats Working Group is led by Scott Field, along with long-time cloud security professionals Jon-Michael Brook, a principal/Security, Cloud & Privacy at Guide Holdings, and Dave Shackleford, a principal consultant with Voodoo Security.

The CSA invites interested companies and individuals to support the group's research and initiatives. Companies and individuals interested in learning more or joining the group can visit the Top Threats Working Group page.

To access the full report visit https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/download/top-threats-cloud-computing-plus-industry-insights

About Cloud Security Alliance
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) is the world's leading organization dedicated to defining and raising awareness of best practices to help ensure a secure cloud computing environment. CSA harnesses the subject matter expertise of industry practitioners, associations, governments, and its corporate and individual members to offer cloud security-specific research, education, certification, events and products. CSA's activities, knowledge and extensive network benefit the entire community impacted by cloud ? from providers and customers, to governments, entrepreneurs and the assurance industry ? and provide a forum through which diverse parties can work together to create and maintain a trusted cloud ecosystem. For further information, visit us at www.cloudsecurityalliance.org, and follow us on Twitter @cloudsa.

SOURCE Cloud Security Alliance


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