Cloud Security Alliance
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Stands for: Cloud Security Alliance (CSA)
The industry body that defines how cloud security is assessed and attested.
CSA's Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) is the de facto control framework for cloud providers, and the STAR registry publishes provider self-assessments and certifications against it - the acronym you meet on every vendor trust-center page. It also runs the CCSK certificate and the shared-responsibility research that SASE and zero-trust vendor conversations lean on.
Also known as: cloud security alliance, csa, csa star, ccm