CAIQ Assessment for Cloud & SaaS Security
Assess your SaaS or cloud service against the Cloud Security Alliance Consensus Assessments Initiative Questionnaire — the standard buyers use to evaluate cloud providers. Find your control gaps and get an actionable plan to close them.
What Is the CAIQ?
The Consensus Assessments Initiative Questionnaire (CAIQ) is published by the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) as part of the STAR program. It offers a standardized set of questions that cloud customers and auditors use to assess the security posture of SaaS and cloud service providers.
Each question maps directly to a control in the Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM), CSA's cybersecurity control framework for cloud computing — currently at version 4.1 with 207 controls across 17 security domains.
If you sell B2B software, chances are your enterprise customers will send you a CAIQ during procurement or vendor due diligence. Being ready means knowing where you stand before they ask.
Why It Matters
Answer procurement questionnaires faster
Your completed assessment becomes reusable evidence for RFPs and security reviews.
Build customer trust early
Publishing your security posture removes friction from sales conversations.
Find gaps before auditors do
A structured self-assessment surfaces weak controls before they become findings.
Complement ISO 27001
ISO covers your organization's ISMS; CAIQ covers your cloud service controls. Together they tell the full story.
17 Security Domains Covered
The CCM organizes cloud security controls into 17 domains — from identity and access management to supply chain transparency.
From Answers to Action
Not just a questionnaire score — a complete path to closing your cloud security gaps
Score Your Posture
Rate each control area and get an instant cloud security coverage view.
Identify Gaps
See exactly which controls are missing or partial, ranked by severity.
AI Remediation
Each gap comes with concrete steps, recommended tools, cost, and effort.
Fix on a Roadmap
Prioritized 30/90/180-day plan so improvements happen in the right order.
SaaS Providers
Prepare for enterprise security reviews and shorten sales cycles with a defensible security posture.
Cloud Service Teams
Benchmark your controls against the industry-standard framework your customers already know.
Procurement & Buyers
Understand what a completed CAIQ tells you about a vendor — and what to ask next.
Availability note: our free assessment today is based on ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and covers the organizational, people, physical, and technological practices that overlap heavily with CCM domains. A dedicated standalone CAIQ questionnaire module is rolling out next. Start with the free assessment now — your results and account carry forward when the CAIQ module ships.
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What Is a Security Questionnaire?
Why buyers send questionnaires and how to answer them well.
Know Your Cloud Security Before Your Customers Ask
Start with a free assessment. Get your security score, gap analysis, and remediation plan in about 30 minutes.