As technology adoption has shifted to be employee-led, just in time, and from any location or device, IT and security teams have found themselves contending with an ever-sprawling SaaS attack surface, much of which is often unknown or unmanaged. This greatly increases the risk of identity-based threats, and according to a recent report from CrowdStrike, 80% of breaches today use compromised identities, including cloud and SaaS credentials. Given this reality, IT security leaders need practical and effective SaaS security solutions designed to discover and manage their expanding SaaS footprint. Here are 5 key ways Nudge Security can help. Close the visibility gap Knowing the full scope of SaaS apps in use is the foundation of a modern IT governance program. Without an understanding of your entire SaaS footprint, you cannot say with confidence where your corporate IP is stored (Did someone sync their desktop to Dropbox?), you cannot make assumptions about your customer data (Did someone upload your customer list to a new marketing app?), and you certainly can't make strong assertions about your production data (Did someone clone their environment into a new AWS account to recreate a support issue?). But, given the pace of SaaS adoption, it is a never-ending, pain-staking task to collect and maintain an accurate SaaS inventory. Nudge Security addresses this problem with real-time, continuous SaaS discovery that does not require agents, browser plug-ins, network proxies, or…Read More
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