Security News
Votiro announced the launch of a cloud-based SaaS version of their Secure File Gateway solutions. The launch of the SaaS solution will provide customers working within or migrating to the cloud with a scalable way to completely eliminate file-borne attacks carried through email, web downloads, and website uploads.
AWS customers can now purchase the Obsidian SaaS security solution directly in AWS Marketplace and pay for the service through their integrated AWS bill. Obsidian protects against account compromise, insider threats, access misuse, data leaks, excessive privileges and weak posture in SaaS applications with its cloud detection and response platform.
Backup-as-a-service provider Rewind on Tuesday announced it has raised $15 million in Series A funding. Founded in 2015, the Ottawa, Canada-based company helps customers secure business-critical software-as-a-service application and cloud data, and claims more than 80,000 organizations in over 100 countries rely on its solutions.
Privacera announced the general availability of PrivaceraCloud, a new SaaS-based data security and governance platform that enables faster cloud onboarding and data access governance for hybrid and multi-cloud data services. PrivaceraCloud is ideal for enterprises looking to migrate data and analytical workloads from their on-premises Hadoop-based data lakes or private clouds to public cloud.
Incydr is Code42's new SaaS data risk detection and response solution, which enables security teams to mitigate file exposure and exfiltration risk without disrupting legitimate collaboration. Incydr keeps an eye on all file-associated events that happen across the company's environment and shortens the time it takes to detect and respond to data risk caused by an insider threat.
As a result, companies have to make sure the SaaS vendors keep their company's data secure, and that their employees use of these SaaS solutions is secure also when end users are not connected to the office network. They'll also look for BYOD security strategies and take a more modern approach to security architecture that includes cloud-based security and access management protections, such as multifactor authentication and federation with SaaS applications.
Ensure efficient use of available bandwidth, accelerating backups to the cloud and data recovery from the cloud by only transmitting data blocks that have been changed. "We have been testing DataProtect delivered as a Service for some time, and I am very pleased with its performance," said Tim Kovars, Senior Systems Engineer, Quarles & Brady LLP. "The UI is simple, clean, and easy to navigate, and data ingestion and retrieval have been a snap. As a long-term Cohesity customer, this is the type of innovation I have come to expect from this data management company."
Third-party SaaS apps can significantly extend the functionality and capabilities of an organization's public cloud environment, but they can also introduce security concerns. Assessing the risk of these applications is the key to maintaining a balance between safety and productivity.
Businesses tend to be as vulnerable as the weakest security settings they have enabled for their SaaS applications. Although SaaS platforms have dozens or even hundreds of built-in security configuration controls, it is the responsibility of the client to set them correctly.
Autonomous identity is no longer a far-out destination; it's just up ahead. SailPoint announced a series of planned updates to its SaaS identity platform to enable enterprises to automate important identity processes that match the speed and pace of today's dynamic business environment. The new features, which include role insights and access request recommendations, leverage machine learning algorithms to deliver on the SailPoint Predictive Identity vision.