This document provides an overview of DLP in the cloud according to the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA). It discusses the CSA, what cloud computing is, the CSA GRC stack which includes tools and best practices for governance, risk and compliance. It also mentions the Consensus Assessment Initiative Questionnaire, control matrix, and other GRC initiatives. Finally, it outlines the CS-DLP roadmap to assess the current situation, define a target, use the CSA GRC stack, and test and adopt cloud services for DLP.
2. Agenda
About the Cloud Security Alliance
What is cloud computing?
CSA GRC
Consensus Assessment Initiative Questionnaire
Control Matrix
Industry GRC activities in the cloud
CS-DLP roadmap
Q&A
3. About the Cloud Security Alliance
Global, not-for-profit organization
Over 17,000 individual members, 90 corporate
members
Building best practices and a trusted cloud
ecosystem
Agile philosophy, rapid development of
applied research
GRC: Balance compliance with risk management
Reference models: build using existing standards
4. What is Cloud Computing?
Compute as a utility: third major era of computing
Aligning IT costs with business needs and revenue
Accelerate innovation
Not one cloud
3 Delivery Models
4 Deployment Modes
Thousands of providers
Several unique cloud solutions for any given business problem
5. CSA GRC (Governance Risk
Compliance) Stack
Suite of tools, best practices
Provider Assertions
and enabling technology
For cloud providers,
enterprises, solution
providers and
audit/compliance
CCM: Controls Framework Private & Public
CAI: Assessment Questionnaire Clouds
CloudAudit: Continuous Controls
Monitoring Automation
Control Requirements
www.cloudsecurityalliance.org/grcstack
8. Additional relevant GRC tools &
initiatives
Jericho Forum
BITS Shared Assessments
ISF
CAMM
Risk Ontology for Basel III
ISACA Cloud Computing Mgt Audit/Assurance
Program
NIST, SANS, ... in all these initiatives & organizations
CSA participates
9. CS-DLP Roadmap
Assess Current situation
Define Target situation
Use CSA GRC Stack
Organise, Test and Adapt GRC Process
including Monitoring & Audit
Test run & adopt Cloud Services
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