More and more cloud-based apps are being used
by businesses, such as Dropbox, Box and Microsoft-created
services like OneDrive and Office 365. Now Microsoft has
launched Microsoft Cloud App Security, a service designed specifically
to help protect companies and their employees who use cloud-based apps.
Microsoft says that, according to its
surveys, each employee in a company uses 17 cloud apps and workers in 91% of
organizations grant access to their personal accounts to their company's cloud
storage services. Microsoft Cloud App Security provides those organizations the
following features to protect their employees and the company as a whole:
App Discovery: Cloud App
Security identifies all cloud applications in an enterprise’s network—from all
devices—and provides risk scoring and ongoing risk assessment and analytics
Data Control: With
special focus on sanctioned apps, enterprises can set granular controls and
policies for data sharing and loss prevention (DLP) leveraging API-based
integration. They can use either out-of-the box policies or build and customize
their own
Threat Protection: Cloud
App Security provides threat protection for the Enterprise’s cloud applications
leveraging user behavioral analytics and anomaly detection