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CSA Security Update
CSA STAR is the industry's most powerful program for security assurance in the cloud.The Security Trust Assurance and Risk (STAR) Program encompasses key principles of transparency, rigorous auditing, and harmonization of standards. Companies who use STAR indicate best practices and validate the security posture of their cloud offerings.This podcast series explores CSA STAR as well as CSA best practices and research along with associated technologies and tools.
CSA Security Update
The New Mandate for Internal Audit in Cloud & AI Environments
As organizations accelerate their adoption of cloud and AI technologies, internal audit teams face mounting pressure to evaluate increasingly complex hybrid and multi-cloud environments. In this episode, the Cloud Security Alliance’s John DiMaria sits down with Jerrad Bartczak of Advantage Partners to examine the rapidly evolving cloud risk landscape—spanning unclear shared responsibility, governance gaps, misconfigurations, credential sprawl, insecure APIs, and limited visibility into cloud data flows.
Listeners will gain practical guidance on establishing strong cloud governance, clarifying accountability, assessing cloud and data security posture, evaluating identity and access controls, securing application development, and addressing third-party cloud risk. The conversation also explores how frameworks such as the CSA Cloud Controls Matrix can support a structured, multi-year cloud audit strategy. Ultimately, this episode reinforces that cloud security is a strategic business imperative that requires collaboration, continuous monitoring, and a unified approach to risk management.
https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/star/