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CASBs and the Long Tail of SaaS
This post was originally published here by Rich Campagna In the past couple of years, enterprises have devoted massive time and resources to securing well known SaaS applications like Office 365, Salesforce and Box, often relying on tools like IDaaS and Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASBs). These deployment projects typically represent a very visible first step towards cloud adoption for a […]
Avoid a Breach: 5 Tips to Secure Data Access
This post was originally published here by Jacob Serpa. Although the cloud is a boon to productivity, flexibility, and cost savings, it can also be a confusing tool to utilize properly. When organizations misunderstand how to use it, they often expose themselves to threats. While there aren’t necessarily more threats when using the cloud, there are different […]
CASB For Hire
This post was originally published here by Jacob Serpa. Recently, a trivia-loving employee at Bitglass uncovered an interesting job opening on a leading financial institution’s careers page. The position was titled “Cloud Access Security Broker Principal Architect” and was focused on ensuring the full implementation of a cloud access security broker (CASB). This obviously highlights the growing importance […]
CASBs: Top of the Class in Higher Ed
This post was originally published here by Rich Campagna. It should come as no surprise that Higher Education, like every other industry, is increasingly turning to Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASBs) like Bitglass to protect sensitive data in the move to the cloud. After all, these organizations are adopting cloud applications more aggressively than most industries, enticed […]
Agentless CASB, FTW
This post was originally published here by Rich Campagna . Hardly a day goes by without a widely reported breach or hacking event in a major enterprise. Deloitte has the misfortune of being today’s top information security news story. In this case, it’s been reported that Deloitte email servers, hosted on Microsoft Azure, were compromised after […]
CASB: Come for O365, Stay for Any App
This post was originally published here by Rich Campagna. The Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) market, barely 4 years old, has rapidly evolved from a visibility tool for unsanctioned cloud apps, to the de facto data protection standard as enterprises adopt cloud and mobile. Early entrants in the space drew much press and funding, but after the […]
Reaching HIPAA Compliance With Bitglass
This post was originally published here by Jacob Serpa. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA, is a U.S. law critical for healthcare organizations. The law aims to safeguard protected health information, or PHI, which is any data that uniquely identifies an individual. PHI can take the form of social security numbers, medical record […]
The Great CASB: Part Four
This post was originally published here by Jacob Serpa. Why You Don’t Need MDM In Part One, we discussed why you need a CASB in light of current business trends (cloud, BYOD, et cetera). In Part Two, we described the cybersecurity capabilities that companies need as they take advantage of the cloud. In Part Three, we detailed the mobile security […]
EU Courts: Companies Don’t Have Unilateral Right to Monitor Employees
This post was originally published here by Salim Hafid. In a major victory for privacy advocates, Europe’s Court of Human Rights has ruled on organizations’ abilities to monitor employee communications with limited consent. While precedent set in 2016 gave employers blanket ability to monitor traffic “to verify that the employees are completing their professional tasks during working […]
Bitglass Survey: 30% Take over 24 Hours for Breach Response
This post was originally published here by Chantelle Patel. In the game of cloud security, you win or you lose. Year over year, more organizations are under threat and losing the battle to keep data safe from malicious outsiders and careless insiders. Earlier this month, Bitglass partnered with Crowd Research Partners to survey over […]
