Great visibility for the Microsoft 365 stack.
We use Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps to gain visibility over user actions inside of our environment, as well as assessing the …
Microsoft Defender for Cloud AppsFormerly Microsoft Cloud App Security
Overview
What is Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps?
Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps (formerly Microsoft Cloud App Security) is a multimode cloud access security broker.
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What is Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps?
Microsoft's CASB helps customers to achieve Zero Trust security. Defender for Cloud Apps uses an enforcement engine at its core, providing real-time policy evaluation. The engine delivers protection by analyzing signals, applying organization-wide policies and threat intelligence, and ensuring identities are verified and authenticated and devices are safe. It conditionally grants access to data, apps, infrastructure, and networks, providing continuous and comprehensive visibility, analytics, and automation.
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Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps Technical Details
| Operating Systems | Unspecified |
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| Mobile Application | No |
Frequently Asked Questions
Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps (formerly Microsoft Cloud App Security) is a multimode cloud access security broker.
Cisco Umbrella, Zscaler Internet Access, and Netskope CASB are common alternatives for Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps.
The most common users of Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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May 31, 2022
Great visibility for the Microsoft 365 stack.
- Drastic increase in visibility over user actions.
- Increase in visibility over DLP alerts in our M365 stack.
- Increase in productivity by blocking unneeded applications from gaining and abusing user consent.
January 05, 2022
Excellent defender to our Cloud Apps
- Up-to--date information about every Cloud compliance requirement.
- DLP alerts and activity from suspicious IP address.
- Block downloads to avoid data leaks.
December 15, 2021
A good value when bundled with Defender, but lacking overall
- Positive: more insight into what our users are doing
- Positive: bundled with other MS tools we utilize heavily, so no extra cost
December 08, 2021
Security Review of MCAS
- ROI is great cause its included on our E5 license
- MCAS has filled a monitoring gap in SasS based applications
December 01, 2021
Microsoft Cloud App Security live up to Expectation
- it has a positive impact
- less spend on security for clients
- easy apply and less efforts
November 26, 2021
Unparalleled insights that help you improve your cloud security posture with Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
- Cloud App Security saves us thousands of dollars finding and rectifying apps security issues
- Identity Security Posture helps the organization identity stay in shape, saving thousands of dollars on security consultations
- The cost of suffering a breach cannot be quantified, CAS helps minimize the chances of the attackers succeeding, with excellent historical logging for most operations
November 25, 2021
Good for storage
- Improved Communication
- More awareness of staff
- Quick document creation
- It has good features which helps our organization to quickly fix challenges.
- It depends on the requirements. Certain requirements are really complex.
- The deployment itself is quite fast because [Microsoft Cloud App Security] is on the cloud, but there are a lot of requirements from the regulations and the bank's standards perspective.
November 17, 2021
Top notch protection against cloud threats
- Able to have a security app on cloud
- Doesn't add to capital expenditure
- Integrates with almost anything with incredible customer support
- Risk assessment policies need improvement
December 06, 2019
Microsoft Cloud App Security CASB works well for data protection, DLP, and threat detection in SaaS
- We have discovered over 4K SaaS services in use at our company
- We have been able to enforce DLP and Data protections in SaaS apps where we could not before!
- MCAS is being utilized by our Threat Detection programs due to it's unique view and capabilities tied to UBA.