The Future Of Cloud Security

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The widespread adoption of the cloud has taken Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) from a tool that only the most security-conscious companies utilize to a necessary part of a well-rounded security portfolio. Since the beginning of the pandemic, migration to the cloud has become even more prevalent as employees increasingly work remotely. The digital transformation and the cyber-attacks that have been associated with it have increased the demand for more sophisticated cloud security.

Benefits of Symantec CASB

Symantec CloudSOC has a myriad of benefits to help protect organizations from threats in the cloud. It provides controls that protect an organization’s assets across cloud applications and supports adaptive access control, risk monitoring, and user productivity. CloudSOC works to monitor malware and data loss continuously by gathering data from the cloud using endpoints, gateways, and API. Risk monitoring is critical to catch threats before they turn into a full-fledged attack. Symantec CloudSOC uses artificial intelligence (AI) to automate risk monitoring. For example, high-risk users will be automatically ...
... forced to use multi-factor authentication to minimize the chance of data loss. A CASB is an essential tool for organizations that utilize the cloud because it applies the same policies that you use on-premise to the cloud.

Integrating CASB and DLP

While it is not required to integrate your existing Data Loss Prevention (DLP) solution and your CASB, it is recommended by many security experts to enforce DLP policies into the cloud.
Symantec’s DLP Cloud solution provides a data centric foundation that secures most valuable assets across the cloud, email, and the web. It combines enterprise Data Loss Prevention (DLP) and Symantec CASB
(CloudSOC). With it, customers can extend current policies and robust detection to cloud applications and use rich contextual data to manage all incidents directly from a single the DLP console. It delivers deep visibility into user activity and tracks and governs activity for both sanctioned and unsanctioned apps, including Box, Google Workspace (G Suite), and Office365.

Introducing SASE

To meet the increasing demand, a new framework has emerged to better protect organizations from threats. SASE combines SaaS (software as a service) capabilities and networking capabilities to help facilitate connectivity for remote years and for enforcing security policies. It is not just one solution, it is a combination of solutions that, together, provide accelerated protection. Symantec can help you achieve the SASE framework by combining Symantec CASB with other solutions. SASE is a combination of Secure Web Gateway, Data Loss Prevention, Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB), Zero Trust Network Access, SSL Inspection, and Web Isolation.