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Security Control of Cloud Apps is Within Reach - Reportlinker ReviewNEW YORK, Oct. 1, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Security Control of Cloud Apps is Within Reach Although poor visibility was a primary reason for failure, other risk management technologies were not up to the task either becuse they were technically immature, not broadly accepted in the market, or too costly. Fast forward to today, and a new category name for the Cloud Security Bridge has gained a foothold: the Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB). More importantly, many of the technical and usability shortcomings of "first generation" solutions have been mitigated. Additionally, cloud adoption is at a much higher level than years ago; and, with that, addressing the risks associated with cloud usage has risen in priority among IT and security organizations. Simply, IT and security organizations cannot afford to ignore the risk. Lastly, CASBs have a narrower solution focus. Rather than aim to have visibility and apply policy controls on users' interactions across all types of "as a Service" cloud services (Software, Infrastructure, and Platform), most CASBs focus exclusively on Software as a Service (SaaS) or, as used in this SPIE, cloud apps. By all accounts, this security category is growing in stature or, at minimum, is prepping for future growth. In the last two years, a significant number of start-ups have launched products; additional funding rounds have been completed (e.g., Netskope closed a $ million funding round this month); a subset of start-ups have been purchased (Imperva acquired Skyfence in 2014, Microsoft acquired Adallom earlier this year); and larger, established companies are active either through reseller agreements (e.g., Cisco in a reseller partnership with Elastica, Raytheon Websense partnering with Imperva Skyfence); or, more recently, in developing their own CASBs (e.g., IBM's September launch of its organically-built Cloud Security Enforcer hosted in the IBM cloud). Read the full report: http://www.reportlinker.com/p03309916-summary/view-report.html
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