Cloud Access Security Broker ensures application security

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Cloud Access Security Broker ensures application
security

• Taking the cyber crimes lightly can be a
  dangerous game for enterprises if they ignore the
  threats related to cyber crimes.Cyber crimes
  like data theft and unauthorized data access or
  network penetration will continue to happen
  unless all applications, networks, servers and
  cloud environments are not monitored properly or
  are not secured via proper security
  system.Hence, Cloud Access Security
  Broker (CASB) is the solution to all problems
  regarding (and resulting from) unauthorized
  access and an assurance regarding application
  security.

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What is CASB?

• Cloud Access Security Broker is a software tool
  or service that serves as a moderator between an
  organizations on-premises infrastructure and a
  cloud providers infrastructure.Acting as a
  gatekeeper, it analyzes and verifies user
  behaviour to spot unscrupulous access and allows
  the organization to extend the reach of their
  security policies beyond their own
  infrastructure.How CASB works?
• Cloud Access Security Broker ensures that network
  traffic between on-premises devices and the cloud
  provider complies with the organizations
  security policies. CASB must be able to give
  insight into cloud application usage across cloud
  platforms and unsanctioned use of identity. CASB
  uses auto-discovery to identify cloud
  applications in use. It identifies high-risk
  applications, high-risk users and other key risk
  factors.All kinds of Cloud Access Security
  Brokers may enforce a number of different
  security access controls. Such controls include
  encryption and device profiling. They may also
  provide other services that can include (but are
  not limited to) credential mapping when Single
  Sign-On (SSO) is not available for application
  security.When corporate data is moved to the
  cloud and workers of the corporate organization
  access data from mobile devices, they bypass
  existing security technologies. This results in a
  SaaS security gap and poses to be a big risk to
  application security.

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• Responding to this gap, many organizations use
  firewall or proxy to block cloud services en
  masse. However, with thousands of cloud services
  available today, organizations block the ones
  that are well known. This causes employees of the
  organization to seek out and use lesser-known,
  potentially riskier cloud services that have not
  being blocked by the organization. CASB solutions
  can help overcome these issues.Key pillars of
  CASB

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• VisibilityThis functionality gives
  organizations visibility into users, data,
  services and devices.
• Compliance
• This functionality provides file content
  monitoring. This monitoring helps organization to
  find and report on regulated data in the cloud.
• Data Security
• Data Security functionality adds additional layer
  of protection over data that includes encryption.
• Threat Protection
• This functionality analyzes traffic patterns to
  identify compromised accounts and malicious
  usage.To know more about Cloud Access Security
  Broker and the other security services offered by
  our Security Operations Center, contact us at
  enquiry_at_leosys.net or call us at 407-965-5509.