Cloud computing is one of the fastest-growing trends in workplaces today. Nearly entire business can be run through applications hosted on cloud servers. This decreases operational costs by reducing reliance on internal computer hardware, software, and support staff. However, cloud computing is not spared from issues, including security. Following are ways organizations recognize and protect against shadow IT, or unauthorized usage of cloud services.
Recognizing Shadow IT
The first step in protecting an organization against unauthorized cloud usage is to initiate a cloud discovery process. Special shadow IT CASB tools collect and analyze firewall and proxy log data that includes cloud services in use throughout the organization. The shadow IT CASB tools also provide information about unknown services.
Assessing Risk
Once the cloud discovery process identifies all services, CASB solutions set up and apply risk score cards using a number of attributes and sub-attributes. The IT security team then reviews the risk score generated and decides whether to allow any number of cloud services.
Develop Governance Policies
Internal IT teams use risk assessment information and ratings to create cloud governance policies. These policies drive CASB solutions that integrate within the organization’s firewall and other structures to enforce rules that make cloud computing more secure.
CipherCloud introduced the first CASB solution to the market in 2011 and continues to reshape the cloud security market. CipherCloud’s recognized data protection expertise forms the foundation for the industry’s only zero-trust CASB solution, providing seamless zero-trust security across all clouds with unified policies, trusted data protection, and automated compliance for the cloud-mobile era. CipherCloud CASB+ provides you a full picture of every cloud application accessed by your users – whether those applications are approved, unapproved or blacklisted.
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