It鈥檚 how we work, what we do: we click, swipe, scroll, upload, download, and share our way through the day, often without a second thought about security. We expect to be secure as we enjoy the convenience of doing business in the cloud, but sometimes it鈥檚 our own behavior that creates the most challenging vulnerabilities.
Every so often, we鈥檙e stopped in our tracks: an official-looking phishing email gets through the cracks, or a team member uploads information from a compromised source. Now we鈥檙e dealing with an insider threat or a compromised account, and the only answer is quick and responsive remediation. That鈥檚 where CASBs come in.
What is a CASB?
A 鈥淐ASB鈥� (CAZ-bee) is a cloud access security broker: on-premise or cloud-hosted software that sits between cloud service consumers and cloud service providers to enforce security, compliance, and governance policies for cloud applications such as听Office365, SharePoint, Salesforce, and even the big players like Amazon and Azure.听CASBs help protect corporate data in the cloud. The term 鈥淐ASB鈥� originated with research giant Gartner, who recently released a Magic Quadrant (the company鈥檚 unique research methodology) rating CASB vendors on the market. Gartner calls CASB 鈥渢he fastest growing security category ever.鈥澨齋kyhigh听Networks was first to market in this space, launching the first CASB in 2012. The cloud security startup was acquired by McAfee in January 2018.
What are the Benefits of听Skyhigh?
Skyhigh听is a听CASB听market leader听earning听top placement by听key analysts: Gartner, Forrester and IDC.听Here are听some useful听benefits of听Skyhigh听and why听CASBs听matter to companies doing business in the cloud:
Data Loss Prevention
Skyhigh听enforces听data loss prevention (DLP) policies across the cloud by incorporating shadow听IT,听real-time听and near real-time听protections, and alerting, reporting and preventing DLP compromises.
Greater Understanding of Risk and Use
You can only protect yourself from what you can see.听Skyhigh鈥檚听shadow IT provides听visibility听of听the听cloud services听installed听and听active听in your environment听and details about听who is using the service听and for what听purpose鈥攁ll听of which听help听to听develop a听risk profile听for your organization.听Also,听Skyhigh鈥檚听configuration audit service can be leveraged to find potential misconfigurations and risks听in your听PaaS听and听IaaS听environment.
Enable productivity on the go but safely
With team members on the go,听personal devices play a part in getting business done.听Skyhigh听can be configured to听block the download of corporate data to personal devices by preventing unauthorized transfers to sources outside of your acceptable environment.听To do so,听Skyhigh听uses听state-of-the-art scanning techniques听coupled with proven McAfee DLP engine.
Threat Detection
Detection precedes remediation.听Skyhigh听can detect compromised accounts, insider threats,听and malware by providing visibility by auditing cloud application logs and听homing听in on suspicious events.
Control Security Settings
Audit and tighten the security settings of your cloud services听by providing near听real-time configuration and auditing of your infrastructure. Spot what your infrastructure engineers missed!
What is听Skyhigh听as a Service?
Companies who want the benefit of using the听Skyhigh听CASB while streamlining their investment have the option of working with a managed service provider (MSP) to host and manage听Skyhigh听for their teams.听MSP solutions provide an unlimited number of policy changes to allow your security strategy to grow with your business. Additional benefits of听Skyhigh听as a Service include customized reporting and dashboards, engineering support, multi-tier help desk, and 24×7 operation and support.
Find out more
The 木瓜AV cyber team听is a McAfee Managed Service Provider听delivering听Skyhigh听as a Service to customers of all sizes, in public sector and commercial markets. Find out more by contacting听Andy Woods听at听andy.woods@木瓜AVtech.com.
