Securing SaaS Applications
With the growth of business-led IT, does SaaS security need to be a specific focus in a CISO’s architectural strategy?
Check out this post for the discussion that is the basis of our conversation on this week’s episode co-hosted by me, David Spark , the producer of CISO Series , and Geoff Belknap , CISO, LinkedIn . Our guest is Steve Zalewski , who is the other host of Defense in Depth.
Are SaaS applications becoming less secure or are we just having difficulty understanding how to secure them? “SaaS doesn’t stay secure over time,” said
Misha Seltzer
of
Atmosec (Acquired by Check Point)
. " An organization's SaaS ecosystem becomes more complex and difficult to understand as it grows larger.” We are seeing improvements in SaaS security, but that’s being offset by our ability to manage them. "SaaS security by design
CASB has its limitations for understanding SaaS. One of those is your ability to deploy it correctly
Methodically securing your SaaS apps may not be moving at the speed of business.
Duane Gran
of
Converge Technology Solutions Corp.
has been using DNS for discovery to sniff out frequently used applications. From there he and his team work with the business units to see if they’re applying the appropriate security. Gran’s concern is “This is slow and I worry that new applications emerge quicker than our efforts to secure them.” When the damage occurs, it’ll be quick. “SaaS data leakage gaps are not extended kill chain events and are much more likely to be simplistic ‘smash and grab’ operations,” said
Harold Byun
of
AppOmni
. “What this means is that traditional tooling and threat detection
What happens when a third-party application gets compromised? "What technical controls can you put in place to mitigate risk from apps
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1 年Another great discussion and pleasantly surprised with the two cohosts ?? … great comments/ideas. Some changes since this was recorded but spotted on the challenges and needs with SaaS apps and services