Shifting to the Cloud: Addressing
Cybersecurity
Organizations of all kinds continue to undergo a shift to the cloud
as the culture of work increasingly relies on remote workers. Using
traditional VPNs to access information that is stored on-premise,
has introduced security vulnerabilities in many cases. For this
reason, organizations are opting to shift this data to the cloud. The
cloud, however, can also introduce security vulnerabilities, if
necessary, solutions and tools are not in place. Many security tools
that work well for data stored on-premise will not translate to the
cloud automatically. The Aurora team often recommends
Symantec CASB to extend security protection to the cloud.
What is a CASB?
A CASB, or a Cloud Access Security Broker, is a security broker
that sits between an end-user and the data in the cloud. It will help
govern the use of services like Teams, Slack, Salesforce, Google
Drive, and other popular cloud services. It will monitor activity that
goes between the cloud and each user, ensuring that data is not
being compromised. Having improved visibility minimized the risks
associated with storing and sharing data in the cloud. An essential
function of a CASB is to enforce security policies in the cloud.
Benefits of Symantec CASB
Aurora is a trusted premier partner with Symantec, A Division of
Broadcom with a deep knowledge of the Symantec security
portfolio. The Aurora staff has expertise in Symantec solutions
such as Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Endpoint Security, Symantec
CASB (Cloud SOC), and more. Each solution has strong
capabilities. One benefit of implementing Symantec CASB is its
ability to integrate with other Symantec solutions to better protect
many aspects of your organization’s environment. Integrating a
CASB with other solutions helps support continuous risk
monitoring, adapting access control, and user productivity.
Symantec’s CASB continuously monitors malware, compromised
accounts, and data loss by gathering data from the cloud,
endpoints, and web gateways. It will monitor and indicate the risk
associated with each user that accesses the cloud and enforce
policies to these security events. This solution uses artificial
intelligence (AI) to automate these processes. It will automatically
indicate risks as high risk or low risk, forcing high-risk users to use
multi-factor authentication (MFA) to ensure that the right user is
accessing the right data at the right time.
Next Level: SASE
Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) is a framework that is used
to better protect data in the cloud. It is a combination of several
solutions including CASB, Web Security, Data Loss Prevention,
and more to provide a more secure and thorough approach to
security in the cloud. To learn more about CASB, Aurora’s
partnership with Symantec, A Division of Broadcom, or the SASE
framework, visit http://aurorait.com/.