CAIQ
CAIQ is the Consensus Assessments Initiative Questionnaire, a standardized cloud-security questionnaire from the Cloud Security Alliance aligned to its Cloud Controls Matrix.
Why It Matters
In security reviewsA completed CAIQ lets a vendor answer many buyers' cloud-security questions once using a recognized format, reducing custom questionnaire work.
Workflow Context
Where it shows upShared during security reviews as a standardized alternative to a buyer's bespoke questionnaire.
Common Mistakes
What to avoid- Treating caiq as a universal term with no workflow context.
Use this as an editorial checkpoint when the term appears in a buyer review, internal workflow, or vendor evaluation.