Cloud Security Alliance
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) is the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining and raising awareness of best practices to help ensure a secure cloud computing environment. CSA harnesses the subject matter expertise of industry practitioners, associations, governments, and its corporate and individual members to offer cloud security-specific research, education, certification, events and products. CSA’s activities, knowledge and extensive network benefit the entire community impacted by cloud — from providers and customers, to governments, entrepreneurs and the assurance industry — and provide a forum through which diverse parties can work together to create and maintain a trusted cloud ecosystem. Visit cloudsecurityalliance.org to learn more or connect directly with CSA’s robust community of experts on Circle, the most trusted online forum for cloud and cybersecurity professionals.
Why Cloud Security Alliance?
The Certificate of Competence in Zero Trust (CCZT) is the authoritative Zero Trust training and certificate that delivers the knowledge needed to understand the core concepts of Zero Trust. Developed by CSA, the trusted industry leader for cloud security certificates, the CCZT builds knowledge to drive the definition, implementation and management of Zero Trust over time. The CCZT includes foundational Zero Trust best practices released by leading authoritative sources such as, CISA and NIST, innovative work around the Software Defined Perimeter by CSA Research, and guidance from renowned Zero Trust experts such as John Kindervag, Founder of the Zero Trust philosophy. This integration of expertise uniquely positions CSA as the authoritative source to deliver the industry’s first holistic benchmark for measuring Zero Trust knowledge. Earning the CCZT is critical for security professionals seeking to advance their careers and for organizations who must maintain strong security postures.