The The VMware Aria Operations CSA Compliance Pack for VMware Cloud Foundation Management Pack provides guidance for auditors who would want to evaluate their VMware Cloud Foundation environment. You can leverage SDDC benchmarks and regulatory frameworks available under VMware Cloud Foundation to assess individual SDDC components.

What is the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) framework?

The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) framework holds significant importance within the sphere of cloud computing, offering comprehensive guidance and best practices for ensuring the security of cloud-based systems and services. As a non-profit organization, the CSA is dedicated to defining and promoting awareness of best practices to secure cloud computing environments, whether in private or public cloud deployments. The CSA framework provides a range of best practices and guidelines for securing various aspects of cloud computing, including infrastructure, data, applications, and identity management. Widely recognized and adopted globally, the CSA guidelines are frequently consulted by organizations across public and private sectors when formulating their cloud security strategies. This widespread adoption contributes to a standardized approach to cloud security, leading to increased adoption across industries.

VMware Aria Operations supports the following products for VMware Cloud Foundation Benchmarks:
  • ESXi
  • SDDC Manager
  • vCenter Server
  • vSAN
  • NSX
The versions of VCF supported are:
  • VCF 4.2
  • VCF 4.3
  • VCF 4.4
  • VCF 4.5
  • VCF 5.x

For details of the conditions implemented in the current version of VMware Aria Operations, see the Knowledge Base article 371288.