An integrated CASB implementation model to enhance enterprise cloud security

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • Wason, Rajat

• Enterprises are migrating towards cloud solutions for every possible business function. The obvious reason for this paradigm shift is that cloud technology allows enterprises to have more agile, scalable and reliable cloud services available to their employees and customers at all times. Due to the adoption of cloud services, enterprises are facing an upsurge in cloud related threats. Use of cloud technologies takes away the much needed control and visibility into the cloud network. This leaves enterprises at risk with regard to data security and compliance. In order to deal with the security concerns raised from cloud usage, enterprises are looking for highly effective security controls such as Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB). The research done in this paper aims to provide a CASB implementation model that helps enterprises in the deployment of CASB in their existing security mechanism, integrated with other security controls that deliver enhanced visibility into the cloud usage, dynamic control over cloud services use and uses machine learning based user and entity behavior analysis to provide protection against threats. In this paper, CASB solutions from the top vendors are compared to identify the strengths and weaknesses of each solution and a list of features/functions is provided that every CASB solution should possess to fit the security needs of all enterprises. The paper also rationalizes the efficacy of the CASB solution by providing protection against the top threats to cloud computing.

• Date created

  2020

• Subjects / Keywords

  • User and Entity Behavior Analysis
  • CASB
  • Cloud Access Security Broker

• Type of Item

  Research Material

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-v1mm-0895

• License

  Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International