These include SANS, ISACA, ISC(2), ISO, OWASP, and the Cloud Security Alliance.

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The Cloud Security Alliance is drawing up a new version of its Cloud Trust Protocol (CTP) that will create a clear set of transparent measures that can be applied to all CSPs.

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These are part of the conclusions of a new survey of 252 cloud users, providers, consultants and integrators jointly conducted by the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) and ISACA, an IT certification group.

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While the virtual machines cut costs and save energy, they also raise questions about data leakage as well as whether a customer would ever find out files have been breached, said Jim Reavis, executive director of Cloud Security Alliance, a non-profit advocated for cloud security standards.

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