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Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM)

Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM)

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Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM)

- [Instructor] The Cloud Controls Matrix, or CCM, is a Cloud Security Alliance security framework that identifies control objectives and controls themselves, that are used to mitigate risk. A control objective might be a statement such as secure network traffic, or as the control itself is the tool or mechanism put in place to achieve that objective. So the CCM then maps to many security standards like PCIDSS and HIPAA, to name just a few. So let's take a look at how this pans out. The CCM is actually a downloadable Microsoft Excel spreadsheet type of file. So from the Cloud Controls Matrix, or CCM, Cloud Security Alliance website, I can download the CCM. So I'm going to go ahead and do that and then open it up in Microsoft Excel. And when we open the spreadsheet, we're placed in a sheet down at the bottom called CSA CCM, CSA is for Cloud Security Alliance, CCM, of course, is cloud control framework. However, what I…

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