Cloud service and cloud application usage are both steadily rising throughout both enterprise and small-to-medium sized businesses. Organizations are increasingly turning to Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB) and other technology and security vendors to address cloud service risks, enforce security policies, and comply with regulations, even when cloud services are beyond their perimeter and out of their direct control.
Webroot® BrightCloud Cloud Service Intelligence enables our partners to enforce data-centric security policies to prevent unwanted interactions with cloud services and associated applications by providing cloud application-specific threat intelligence. Through a suite of three components – Cloud Application Classification, Cloud Application Function, and Cloud Application Reputation – partners are able identify, classify, and control access based on the application’s classification, function, and reputation score.
Benefits of BrightCloud Cloud Service Intelligence for Technology Providers
- Ability to better address application risks and identify and stop shadow IT behavior
- Helps with set up and enforcement of policies pertaining to use of cloud applications
- Provides a more complete reputation score through use of intelligence based on multiple factors, helping better manage cloud services and application risk
- Assists in monitor of data use and movement throughout an organization
- Supports data loss prevention and data discovery efforts, a critical element of cloud application deployment and use
When combined with BrightCloud Web Classification and Web Reputation, BrightCloud Cloud Service Intelligence offers a complete filtering solution.
Learn more about the risks associated with cloud service and application adoption, and how cloud-specific intelligence can help in this whitepaper and Product Bulletin.