SaaS applications have changed the way employees and organizations operate, how an application is purchased and provisioned, and how employees access and use the apps.
Today, IT departments are no longer a part of this process. As a result, security gaps arise due to the lack of sufficient control and visibility for which applications are hosting corporate data.
With the ease at which SaaS applications can be rolled out — and the benefits of increased productivity and agility — it is easy to forget that the organization is responsible for securing data and managing access for SaaS applications.
Cloud Security | Shared Responsibility Model for SaaS | |
Data Security & Compliance | Customer
Responsibility |
User & Device Access | |
Application Security | Cloud Service Provider Responsibility |
Network Security | |
Infrastructure Security |
To adopt SaaS applications in a secure manner, proactive organizations use SonicWall Cloud App Security 2.0.
SonicWall Cloud App Security offers comprehensive next-generation security for your users and data within SaaS applications, including email, messaging, file-sharing and file storage.
Cloud App Security seamlessly integrates with sanctioned SaaS applications using native APIs. This approach provides email security and Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) functionalities, which are required to protect the current SaaS landscape. This includes:
SonicWall Cloud App Security
When deployed with a SonicWall next-generation firewall (NGFW), Cloud App Security offers shadow IT visibility and control at no extra cost. SonicWall Cloud App Security ensures the safe adoption of cloud applications — all without impacting employee productivity and at a low total cost of ownership (TCO).
Drawbacks of a Secure Email Gateway
Typically, when organizations move their email to the cloud, they either rely exclusively on the email provider’s built-in security or supplement it with a traditional secure email gateway. This approach is inefficient because the gateway:
SonicWall Cloud App Security includes email security designed for cloud email platforms, such as Office 365 and G Suite.
The solution delivers virtual in-line protection using real-time APIs to intercept and stop malicious email from reaching your employees’ inboxes. This approach enables Cloud App Security to:
Secure Your Entire Cloud Office Suite, Including Office 365 or G Suite
When organizations move to cloud office solutions, such as Microsoft Office 365 and Google G Suite, a whole suite of productivity tools become available. SonicWall Cloud App Security protects entire productivity suites.
Data Security for Sanctioned SaaS
SonicWall Cloud App Security does not sit in the traffic path of user-to-cloud or cloud-to-cloud. Instead, the solution analyzes all cloud service traffic (e.g., log events, user activities, data files and objects, configuration state, etc.) and enforces the necessary security policies through direct integrations with native APIs of the cloud service.
This enables the solution to provide coverage for that app, regardless of the user’s device or network. The solution provides easy deployment, granular control and zero impact on the user experience.
Only API-based solutions can inspect data-at-rest within SaaS apps since inline, proxy-based solutions inspect only the data uploaded to the cloud from behind a firewall. Since many organizations already have a large volume of data stored in the cloud, APIs are used to enforce policies on this data.
Other capabilities — only possible when connecting directly to an app via API — include the ability to scan security configuration settings within the app and suggest changes that bolster security, as well as the ability to scan the sharing permissions on files and folders to assess the risk of third-party and external access to corporate data.
Cloud App Security provides deep visibility, advanced threat protection using Capture ATP sandbox and data loss prevention for SaaS applications, such as cloud-based email, alongside file sharing and cloud storage apps like Google G Suite and Microsoft Office 365.
Cloud App Security Made Simple, Affordable
To protect SaaS applications, SonicWall Cloud App Security leverages the SonicWall Capture Cloud Platform, which combines the global security intelligence of the Capture Threat Network and the advanced threat prevention of the multi-engine Capture ATP sandbox. The cloud-native solution is delivered through Capture Security Center
SonicWall extends automated, real-time breach detection and prevention capabilities into SaaS environments, helping organizations safely leverage cloud applications to enhance employee productivity and enable collaboration.
SonicWall Cloud App Security ensures the safe adoption of cloud applications without impacting employee productivity and at a low total cost of ownership.
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