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Video: Founder of Common Assurance Maturity Model on CSP rating system

Video: Founder of Common Assurance Maturity Model on CSP rating system

Date: Jun 01, 2012

In this interview filmed at RSA 2012, Raj Samani, founder of the Common Assurance Maturity Model (CAMM) project and the European CTO for McAfee Inc., explains the rating system at the heart of CAMM. Following pilot implementations with cloud service providers, Samani describes his vision for a global, third-party assurance center (TPAC) to match customer organizations with the most appropriate CSPs for their requirements.

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Video: Founder of Common Assurance Maturity Model on CSP rating system

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