Cloud Security For Dummies

Chapter 14

Security Consortiums

IN THIS CHAPTER

Keeping up with best practices

Getting certified in cloud security

Looking into information security alliances, groups, and consortiums

It’s never easy to do the hard things by yourself, so it's good to know that some amazing international, national, and local groups of people are quite willing to help if you need advice about how you can best meet your security concerns. To be completely successful with your cloud and network security, join one or more of these consortia and participate with them in bettering security for all. Most of the groups discussed in this chapter have helpful training programs and working groups in specific areas that might interest you based on your industry or security needs. For example, if your company is facing a security audit, you might get some of your staff certified as auditors or join a group that helps you prepare for audits.

Because this book is largely about cloud security, this chapter starts with an alliance specifically dedicated to cloud security. I do talk a bit about information security generally now and then, so the last part of this chapter introduces some of the other, more general ...