CSAI Foundation

About CSAI Foundation

Established by the Cloud Security Alliance, CSAI operates as an independent, public-interest organization with a mission to advance AI security, safety, and trust. As a charitable foundation, CSAI is able to accept tax-deductible donations and grants to fund research, education, and initiatives that serve the broader ecosystem, while building on CSA’s globally recognized expertise in standards, certification and community-driven security practices. Today's mission is Securing the Agentic Control Plane. As enterprises move from experimental AI to autonomous, agent-driven transformation of their business, the risk surface shifts from models alone to identity, authorization, orchestration, runtime behavior, and trust assurance across complex agent ecosystems. CSA is evolving from defining best practices to operating the trust infrastructure for the agentic ecosystem. Our mission is being fulfilled via six strategic programs: the AI Risk Observatory, Agentic Best Practices, Education and Credentialing, C-Level Enablement, Global Trust & Assurance and Future Forward - preparing society for a world benefitting from much more advanced AI capabilities.