CASB Assessment and Deployment

Last updated on April 10, 2024

Challenges	Solution	Benefits
Inadequate visibility into activity in cloud applications – both sanctioned and unsanctioned	Gained understanding of both sanctioned and unsanctioned apps, rated them according to customers’ security risk, and selected those that conform to their risk tolerance.	Maximises cloud security by monitoring cloud activity.
Inability to enforce security policies on enterprise cloud services	Extended the reach of customers’ on-prem security policies to the cloud.	Ensures compliance and data privacy.
Lack of integration with other security tools and solutions	Extended coverage of on-prem DLP to the cloud	Identifies data loss channels in the organisation.
Inability to identify risky users	Helped organisation in identifying risky user behaviour such as data exfiltration and file oversharing	Analyses and disables accounts indicating malicious activity.
No defined implementation roadmap for CASB technologies.	Developed use cases and requirements for CASB solution. Performed vendor analysis. Developed a detailed implementation plan including high-level architectural diagram. Implemented the CASB solution.	Ensures the secure and compliant use of cloud apps and services.

About the Author

Yathaarth Swaroop is a Consultant at Encryption Consulting, working with PKIs, HSMs and working as a consultant with high-profile clients.