What is the Consensus Assessments Initiative Questionnaire (CAIQ)? | UpGuard

**Executive Summary:** This document provides an overview of the Cloud Security Alliance's Consensus Assessments Initiative Questionnaire (CAIQ), detailing its purpose to standardize cloud provider security control attestation, the Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) domains and mappings to industry standards, the STAR registry levels for transparency and auditing, the CSA GDPR Code of Conduct, and how vendor risk management and automation (including UpGuard's tools) can streamline security assessments and continuous monitoring.