The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) is a not-for-profit organization with a mission to promote the use of best practices for providing security assurance within Cloud Computing, and to provide education on the uses of Cloud Computing to help secure all other forms of computing. The Cloud Security Alliance is led by a broad coalition of industry practitioners, corporations, associations and other key stakeholders.

We are a fraternity envisioned by Chetan Malavia, ex-General Manager of Microsoft National Sales and Ops., to colloborate with community members with keen interest in understanding the core advantages of cloud computing and the detailed architecture of Windows/SQL Azure as a cloud platform. We welcome professionals and students to be a part of this group who are from any part of US and in particular from Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and Central Region to participate in our in-person meet ups.  O …

We're a bunch of hackers, pirates, ninjas, thinkers, tinkerers, inventors, engineers, explorers, and makers. We're known for our thought-provoking beer and delicious content. We love security. Come at your risk.