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Working Group

Open Certification Framework

The CSA Open Certification working group is an industry initiative to allow global, accredited, trusted certification of cloud providers.
Open Certification Framework Working Group Charter
Open Certification Framework Working Group Charter

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Open Certification Framework
Working Group Overview

The CSA Open Certification working group is an industry initiative to allow global, accredited, trusted certification of cloud providers. It manages the foundation that runs and monitors the CSA STAR Certification program.

What do we discuss during our meetings? 
During these meetings we typically discuss changes in the industry and certification schemes, as well as collaborate on projects the group is working on. Be sure to familiarize yourself with the CSA STAR program as that is what this group is focused on.


Drafts & Important Docs


Working Group Leadership

Daniele Catteddu
Daniele Catteddu

Daniele Catteddu

Chief Technology Officer, CSA

Daniele Catteddu is an information security and risk management practitioner, technologies expert and privacy evangelist with over 15 of experience. He worked in several senior roles both in the private and public sector. He is member of various national and international security expert groups and committees on cyber-security and privacy, keynote speaker at several conferences and author of numerous studies and papers on risk management, ...

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Working Group Co-Chairs

Ryan Mackie
Ryan Mackie

Ryan Mackie

Principal, Schellman & Company

Ryan Mackie is a Principal at Schellman & Company, LLC. Ryan manages SOC, PCI-DSS, ISO, HIPAA, and Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) STAR Certification and Attestation service delivery and also oversees the firm-wide methodology and execution for the ISO certification services, including ISO 27001, ISO 9001, ISO 20000, and ISO 22301 as well as CSA STAR certification services. He has over 20 years of experience, including 14 at Schellman, 2 at P...

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Ronald Tse
Ronald Tse

Ronald Tse

CEO, Ribose

Ronald has served CSA in numerous capacities, including as a member of CSA's APAC Research Advisory and International Standardization Council. Additionally, he co-chairs the Open Certification Framework (OCF), SaaS Governance, and DevSecOps working groups. He is the founder and CEO of Ribose, where under his leadership the company has been consistently awarded the industry's highest cloud security ratings, including being the on...

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Publications in ReviewOpen Until
Data Security within AI EnvironmentsAug 29, 2025
AICM Auditing GuidelinesSep 03, 2025
A Practitioner’s Guide to Post-Quantum CryptographySep 17, 2025
Cloud Threat Modeling 2025Sep 19, 2025
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Who can join?

Anyone can join a working group, whether you have years of experience or want to just participate as a fly on the wall.

What is the time commitment?

The time commitment for this group varies depending on the project. You can spend a 15 minutes helping review a publication that's nearly finished or help author a publication from start to finish.

Virtual Meetings

Attend our next meeting. You can just listen in to decide if this group is a good for you or you can choose to actively participate. During these calls we discuss current projects, and well as share ideas for new projects. This is a good way to meet the other members of the group. You can view all research meetings here.

Open Peer Reviews

Peer reviews allow security professionals from around the world to provide feedback on CSA research before it is published.

Learn how to participate in a peer review here.

Data Security within AI Environments

Open Until: 08/29/2025

 AI’s demand for large and diverse datasets introduces significant cybersecurity risks across the entire data lifecycl...

AICM Auditing Guidelines

Open Until: 09/03/2025

Auditing steps for each of the 243 controls of the AI Controls Matrix for internal or external auditors that are going to e...

A Practitioner’s Guide to Post-Quantum Cryptography

Open Until: 09/17/2025

As quantum computing advances, the threat it poses to classical cryptographic algorithms becomes increasingly urgent. This ...

Cloud Threat Modeling 2025

Open Until: 09/19/2025

The purpose of this document is to enable and encourage effective threat modeling for cloud applications, services, and sec...