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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Shachtman suggests chipping off the more defense-oriented chunk of the group to create a Cybersecurity Agency or CSA, which could more easily interact with the private sector in scenarios like the Google hacking and other public-private partnerships.

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