Hands-On Security in DevOps

Cloud Security Alliance (CSA)

As there are many cloud security compliance methods out there, we may get frustrated trying to follow each of them. The CSA (Cloud Security Alliance) Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) consolidated most security compliance methods into one matrix called CCM. Take application and interface application security as an example—CCM includes all security compliance controls such as ISO, FedRAMP, and NIST 800-53 related to this area, and defines the control ID. The key benefit of referring to CCM is that we can simply focus on CCM and know all other security compliance regulations will be met as well.

In addition, CSA provides a Consensus Assessments Initiative Questionnaire (CAIQ). It's a yes/no questionnaire for cloud consumers ...