As people and organizations adopt cloud applications and services, Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASBs) have become a must-have for any information security team. CASBs are a key component of an overall Security Service Edge (SSE) solution and they provide critical capabilities such as governing access and activities in managed and unmanaged cloud services, securing sensitive data and preventing its loss, and protecting against internal and external threats. CASBs enable organizations to extend their information protection policies and programs from their on-premises infrastructure and applications to the cloud. When used with a Secure Web Gateway (SWG), CASB provides an integrated SSE solution for cloud and web security. For organizations that are considering deploying CASB, it’s useful to consider the specific use cases they’re likely to address within these broad topic areas as they inform functional and architectural requirements.
Here’s a list of the 20 most common CASB use cases.