Measuring SaaS Security by Business Unit, Subsidiary or Team

In our latest update, we add a new dimension to improve accountability and reporting – the ability to measure SaaS Security posture by business unit, subsidiary, team, or any other bucket of choice 

Detection and response sit at the heart of any well-thought-out cybersecurity program. However, for all the benefits of detection and response, there is still some confusion in the marketplace about these tools. This article aims to detangle the confusing threat detection SaaS landscape.

The healthcare industry is under a constant barrage of cyberattacks and has traditionally been one of the most frequently targeted industries. While the adoption of SaaS apps has led to better collaboration among medical professionals and improved patient outcomes, medical facilities must adhere to strict industry standards to ensure the highest level of security and compliance for healthcare data.

A short recap of the Identity Security for Human and Non-Human Identities webinar where CEO and co-founder of Adaptive Shield, Maor Bin, dives into the identity risks in SaaS applications, and explains how to defend the SaaS environment through a strong identity security posture.

Adaptive Shield has made its debut on the Cyber 66, the Citizens JMP annual list of the hottest privately held cybersecurity companies. The annual survey highlights the 66 most well-positioned companies currently influencing the cybersecurity landscape.

The rapid uptake of cloud services is presenting a challenge for organizations to keep their ecosystems safe from security breaches. To provide guidance, Gartner® recently published a Quick Answer report for security and risk management leaders on security posture management tools for cloud environments.

On first read McKay's escapade seems as a lighthearted reminder of the potential for mischief in digital spaces. This was how the cyber community of Hacker News of Y Combinator received this news, which prompted users to share their own experiences from the old days, including a story from the days of dialup internet. However, as the thread continued, some people started wondering about the security impact.

GitHub is in the news again, with malicious repositories stealing login credentials and cryptocurrency from developers’ devices. According to researchers at antivirus firm G-Data, these repositories, which are near clones of legitimate repositories, all lead to one of at least 13 GitHub repositories that install the RisePro malware.

The NIST cybersecurity framework is one of the world's most important guidelines for securing networks. It can be applied to any number of applications, including SaaS. In this article, we'll explore some universal configurations, explain why they are important, and guide you in setting them in a way that improves your SaaS apps' security posture.

This partnership offers GuidePoint Security customers access to Adaptive Shield SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM) to gain control of the SaaS stack, and minimize risk.

While SSPMs find security misconfigurations and identify high-risk elements within the SaaS stack, it is the SOAR-driven automated remediation that is essential to limiting risks and handling these threats. Read our blog to learn how SSPM and SOAR work together in action.

In recent weeks, a concerning wave of cyber attacks has been targeting Microsoft Azure environments, compromising crucial user accounts, including those of senior executives. Proofpoint researchers have identified an ongoing malicious campaign, which utilizes sophisticated techniques like credential phishing and cloud account takeover (ATO). 

Recent incidents continue to shed light on vulnerabilities that organizations face. A notable case involves a networking products company whose support website inadvertently exposed sensitive customer information, as reported by KrebsOnSecurity. This incident underscores the critical importance of robust security measures in safeguarding customer data. In this blog post, we'll delve into the details of the exposure, explore potential causes, and discuss actionable items to enhance security in Salesforce.

A major player in the US telecommunications industry, with over 117,000 employees, recently experienced an insider data breach that has impacted nearly half of its workforce. The breach, discovered on December 12, 2023, occurred on September 21, 2023, when an unauthorized employee accessed a file containing sensitive information of over 63,000 employees.

Media firms in the business of image and reputation don’t want to get bad publicity. With regulations requiring companies to report data breaches, information companies handling personal data must take extra cybersecurity caution.Take for example the case study of a European-headquartered global media and information services company with an annual revenue of over $10 billion.

AT&T Cybersecurity recently discovered phishing attacks conducted over Microsoft Teams. During a group chat, threat actors distributed malicious attachments to employees, which led to the installation of DarkGate malware on the victim’s systems. 

Adaptive Shield is honored to announce that Frost & Sullivan recently assessed the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) security posture management (SSPM) industry and based on its findings, recognizes Adaptive Shield with the 2023 Global Technology Innovation Leadership Award.

In a recent cybersecurity event reported by Lawrence Abrams in Bleeping Computer and disclosed by the Microsoft Security Response Center, Microsoft found itself at the center of a cyber-attack. Nobelium, a Russian state-sponsored hacking group also known as APT29 and Midnight Blizzard, breached Microsoft corporate email accounts for over a month. The attack, which was discovered on January 12, underscores the need for enhanced cybersecurity measures, even for industry giants like Microsoft.

New 2024 Forrester Consulting TEI study finds 55% improvement in SaaS Security posture significantly lowered data breach risk for enterprise using Adaptive Shield.

Over the last few years, the access vectors to SaaS data have widened well beyond misconfiguration management, as explained by these videos. This blog article breaks down the fast evolution of SaaS security from 2020 to 2024, including videos on key topics.

The new year is coming up fast, making it the perfect time to talk about the top 7 trends shaping SaaS security in 2024 and what security teams can expect in the new year.

As we near the end of 2023, it's an opportune moment to assess your roster of SaaS users. Beyond the potential cost savings from eliminating unnecessary license fees, maintaining a well-organized user inventory plays a crucial role in fortifying the security of your SaaS applications. Here are five compelling security reasons to clean your user list.

On December 13, MongoDB detected an exposure in their systems, of customer account metadata and contact information. This blog dives into the details and recommends how to protect your organization from risk.

Proud to be named a Strong Performer, Forrester’s Wave Report acknowledges Adaptive Shield’s capabilities. Within this blog post, Maor Bin analyzes the report, highlighting some of its findings and opening avenues for discussion.

With 31% of ex-employees having access to critical company data stored on SaaS apps, organizations need to efficiently and effectively offboard users to reduce this risk and ensure a secure SaaS stack. The NEW Offboarding Guide provides organizations with a step-by-step on how to ensure all ex-employees are properly offboarded.

Everyone's favorite retail store holiday relies heavily on SaaS apps to facilitate every sale, inventory check, and delivery. While retailers are hyper-focused on sales for Cyber Monday, they must also remain vigilant in protecting their entire SaaS app stack.

Threat actors leveraged compromised credentials to access Sumo Logic’s Amazon Web Services account. This blog article takes a look at the details of the breach and provides organizations with best practices to prevent attackers from using old keys that may have been compromised.

Marketing professionals are dependent on apps like Salesforce, Hubspot, and Outreach to enable Marketing professionals to develop and execute marketing campaigns. However, just like any other SaaS apps, these tools present their own set of SaaS security challenges that organizations need to handle.

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are exciting times for organizations. Initially, most of the attention is focused on integrating two companies into a single entity, and exploring the new capabilities brought on due to the merger. In this environment, surrounded by organizational changes and amid swirling questions surrounding responsibility, SaaS security is often nothing more than an afterthought that falls through the cracks.

Earlier this week, ServiceNow acknowledged a misconfiguration that could expose sensitive corporate information to the public. In this blog, we analyze the issue, explaining why this critical application misconfiguration could have serious consequences for businesses, and offer remediation guidance.

At Adaptive Shield, our commitment to our team as well as to our customer’s business continuity are unwavering. This blog aims to shed light on the measures we are taking to ensure business continuity during these uncertain times.

Customizing permission sets that match the needs of employees is not always easy, but right-sizing permissions across the SaaS stack is crucial in keeping data protected.

Join Eliana V as she explains the risks and realities of 3rd-party app access with flair.

A 7-step breakdown of Kickstart Your SaaS Security Program guide that explores the challenges inherent in SaaS security, shows why SaaS security became a top priority for most CISOs, and provides nuts-and-bolts guidance on how to establish the foundations of a strong SaaS security strategy.

Technology partnership between Adaptive Shield and Wiz enables mutual customers to reduce cloud risk and secure their entire SaaS stack

As the SaaS security attack surface continues to widen, organizations require a comprehensive approach to handling the entire SaaS ecosystem. Today, Identity Threat Detection & Response (ITDR) capabilities are a crucial aspect of SaaS security and require deep knowledge and proven expertise.

Simple Storage Service (S3) buckets in Amazon Web Services (AWS) have been known to be the leakest buckets, but recently analysts have started referring to GitHub as the new S3 bucket, find out why.

Adaptive Shield today announced a new investment from Blackstone Innovations Investments, which will be used to accelerate Adaptive Shield’s mission to protect companies as the number of SaaS applications used by enterprises has continued to grow rapidly.

SaaS security is not a new problem, however, the attack surface has widened. It started with managing misconfigurations and now goes far beyond.

Both traditional retailers with physical stores and online sellers are in fierce competition for customers, but one area they should both agree on is the importance of keeping a secure SaaS stack.

There's a common misconception that high-tech companies have a SaaS security advantage over older industries that are not burdened by decades of legacy systems. In reality, attacks and data breaches are just as likely to harm tech companies.

A new vulnerability has been discovered in Microsoft Teams, compromising the confidentiality and integrity of sensitive data and user accounts.

Like all businesses, franchises need to prevent their data from falling into the hands of threat actors. However, food franchises also pose a unique challenge as restaurants are often individually owned while still operating under the same organization.

As SaaS adoption continues to grow in the business landscape, it brings emerging security challenges that high-tech and telecom companies must grapple with. 

The attack surface in the SaaS ecosystem is widening and organizations need to know how to secure their SaaS data.

In addition to being ISO 27001 certified and GDPR compliant, Adaptive Shield ensures highest global standards with new ISO 27701 (privacy) and SOC 2 Type II (security) certifications.

Password policy and protocol settings prevent unauthorized visitors from accessing your SaaS. How do SaaS configurations measure up?

Telecom companies are facing challenges when it comes to securing their SaaS applications. This is due to the complexity of the SaaS model and the fact that telecom companies are not always equipped to handle the unique security requirements of SaaS.

Most people don’t realize SaaS apps can be carriers for malware. How do your malware protection settings compare?

Several organizations, including banks and healthcare providers, have had their data leaked as a result of a misconfiguration in Salesforce Communities. Unfortunately, this is not a one-off event. This post will cover the leak as well as best practices to secure your Salesforce Community. 

Data leakage protection protects your data from unauthorized viewers. How do SaaS configurations measure up?

CASBs and SSPM are complementary solutions, however, they each focus on different aspects of SaaS data security. This blog will dive into the key differences between the two solutions and how CASB and SSPM can work together to create a consolidated SaaS security program.

Better understand the difference between CSPM and SSPM and the value derived from each solution.

Access Control has the highest impact on your company’s SaaS security posture. How do your SaaS configurations compare?

In our Benchmarks for SaaS Apps series, we’ll share benchmark data for five high-impact security domains.

There are essentially two ways to share files and documents out of a SaaS application: Make the resource available to specific users or make it available to "anyone with a link". Many users think that the latter is far more convenient, but the truth is that it opens organizations to significant risk.

The RSA conference is back for 2023 and there is a lot happening but only so many hours in the day. That's why we have gathered a list of the top 7 activities for the SaaS security aficionados to hit at RSA 2023. 

A vulnerability within Microsoft's OAuth application registration allows an attacker to create hidden forwarding rules that act as a malicious SaaS rootkit.

NIST is considered a leading authority in the field of global cybersecurity standards. Understanding how to set these standards for your SaaS ecosystem security may be challenging but is crucial.

Dive into the 5 key findings from the new SaaS-to-SaaS Access Report, Uncovering the Risks & Realities of Third-Party Connected Apps.

Our new report takes a look at the how volume of applications being connected to the SaaS stack and the risk they represent to company data.

When SaaS apps first grew in popularity, it wasn't clear who was responsible for securing the data/ Nowadays, most security and IT teams are aware of the shared responsibility model, where the provider is responsible for the app and the organization is responsible for the data. The bigger question today is where does the data responsibility lies on the organization's side?

Oftentimes, security teams assume that data stored within SaaS apps is less sensitive than other corporate IP and accept that the security tools built into the SaaS app are strong enough to provide adequate protection. This assumption, however, is leaving critical data exposed online, putting organizations at risk of data exposure, ransomware, and regulatory fines.

Adaptive Shield has partnered with Datadog, the observability service for cloud-scale applications, to provide joint customers with the ability to stream and visualize SaaS security alerts from Adaptive Shield.

The move to SaaS and other cloud tools has put an emphasis on Identity & Access Management (IAM), and the tools used to define IAM make up its identity fabric. Unfortunately, these tools are being pushed to their limits due to decentralized IT, evolving threats, and zero-trust tools. An SSPM solution helps add a layer to an organization's identity fabric by enabling continuous monitoring and suspicious behavior alerts.

Nissan North America security incident affected almost 18,000 customers. Read all about the breach and how to protect your organization from one like it.

User permissions are considered a headache to configure by both admins and users, but they remain crucial to protect organizations from both external attacks and internal data-sharing errors.

With an average of 100 apps being used, the average security team is flying blind without visibility and control over a critical mass of their organization’s entire SaaS app stack. It’s important that all SaaS apps be managed at scale, which is why organizations need a solution that offers both comprehensive checks and breadth of app coverage.

Over the last year, we’ve seen increasing evidence of an upcoming recession. While no one knows exactly what 2023 will bring to the labor market, organizations need to be prepared for potential downsizing.

Over the holiday weekend, Slack detected a breach after noticing suspicious activity, and in their investigation found that stolen Slack employee tokens were the source of the breach. This is one of many examples that shows how crucial it is for organizations to secure their repositories.

As executives are planning an acquisition or divestiture within the next 12-18 months, M&A due diligence is key to business resurgence, strategic growth, and capability expansion. Unfortunately, one area that’s often overlooked during M&A due diligence is a target company’s SaaS landscape.

Healthcare organizations have been cautious in moving toward cloud technologies and SaaS applications. However, as the industry begins to shift and embraces the cloud, healthcare security professionals need to understand how SaaS security impacts their Health Insurance Portability and Accessibility Act (HIPAA) compliance posture.

This past year has seen its fair share of breaches, attacks, and leaks, forcing organizations to scramble to protect their SaaS stacks. With SaaS sprawl ever growing and becoming more complex, organizations can look to four areas within their SaaS environment to harden and secure. 

Gartner named SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM) as a must-have solution in the “4 Must-Have Technologies That Made the Gartner Hype Cycle for Cloud Security, 2021”. Read about why having an SSPM is important and it's benefits.

A recap of a webinar with our CEO Maor Bin and Panorays's CTO Demi Ben Ari, where they discuss how to pinpoint your SaaS app risks from evaluation to usage.

The expansion of our SSPM platform enables security teams to discover and manage all SaaS apps connected to the core SaaS stack.

Forrester interviews customers across different organizations who have implemented an SSPM solution Embrace A Paradigm Shift In SaaS Protection: SaaS Security Posture Management report. This blog will discuss the key takeaways from the report.

Every SaaS app user and login is a potential threat, which is why identity and access management (IAM) is crucial for a strong SaaS security posture. However, it is IAM Governance that enables the security team to act upon arising issues by providing constant monitoring of the company’s SaaS Security posture as well as its implementation of access control. 

Groundbreaking number of integrations within the company’s SSPM platform enables security teams to easily integrate, monitor and mitigate risk across their SaaS stack.

When creating a Sandbox, the mindset tends to be that the Sandbox will have no effect on the production or operational system. This mindset is not only wrong, but extremely dangerous. This article will walk you through what is a SaaS sandbox, why it is vulnerable, and how to secure it.

The highlights from our SaaS Security Trends, Challenges and Solutions for 2022 webinar, led by our CEO Maor Bin and Okta VP of Strategy Stephen Lee.

It's been a year since the release of The Ultimate SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM) Checklist. If SSPM is on your radar, the 2023 checklist edition covers the critical features and capabilities when evaluating a solution.

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) sets standards across various industries. ISO 27000:2018 and ISO 27001:2013 can be used to help build out a strong security posture. Read more to understand the two recent yet different versions of ISO compliance standards and how SSPM can help security teams ensure ISO compliance.

Security teams are responsible for securing the organizations' SaaS app stack but they can't execute this task without full control of the SaaS app of which up to 40% are owned by business departments.

Adaptive Shield partners with Tenable, the Cyber Exposure Management company, to provide a consolidated posture management solution that correlates the risk of SaaS users and their endpoints.

A deep dive into the recently discovered GIFShell attack technique, which enables bad actors to exploit several Microsoft Teams features to act as a C&C for malware, and the best practices to protect against it.

The ease with which SaaS apps can be deployed and adopted is remarkable, but it has quickly become a double-edged sword. On one hand, the availability of SaaS tools enables employees to work from anywhere. For IT and security teams however, the adoption of SaaS apps has become a daunting endeavor. Misconfigurations are brought on by many different factors, the top three can be summed up into the three V’s.

As the investment in SaaS apps continues, new critical SaaS challenges emerge beyond the classic use case of misconfiguration and user permissions management, such as SaaS-to-SaaS access and device-to-SaaS-user posture management. This blog will give a brief overview of the trends in SaaS security.

Employees now use their personal devices, whether their phone or personal laptop, etc. to get their jobs done. If the device’s hygiene is not up to par, it increases the SaaS app attack surface for bad actors. Read more to find out how to combat these risks.

When SaaS platforms ask for permissions' access, they are usually granted without a second thought, not realizing that these addition connections present more opportunities for bad actors to gain access to their company's data. Read all about the SaaS-to-SaaS connection process and how to combat its risks.

It’s not a new concept that Office 365, Salesforce, Slack, Google Workspace or Zoom, etc. are amazing for enabling the hybrid workforce and hyper productivity in businesses today. However, there are three main challenges that have arisen stemming from this evolution.

Adaptive Shield has been recognized as a Trust Award finalist in the Best Cloud Security Posture Management Solution category for the 2022 SC Awards.

Adaptive Shield is officially On the Radar in Omdia's report for an innovative solution making a big impact in the SaaS security space. 

The old days of buying new software, installing it on the company servers, and making sure everything works is gone - all hail the new IT king, SaaS apps. Yet the ease of connection should not create a false sense of security. Every SaaS platform’s settings need to be hardened to protect the company's assets. This blog post aims to ease that burden by providing a basic SaaS security checklist to make sure the basics are covered.

After 2 years of virtual events, RSA Conference 2022 in San Francisco brought back face-to-face interaction. And wow, what an experience! From live sessions and parties to games and demos galore, RSA was packed with it all. Here’s a recap of Adaptive Shield at RSA. 

The SaaS app attack surface has widened and recent research shows that up to 63 percent of organizations have dealt with security incidents because of a SaaS misconfiguration. Here are some of the best practices for an SSPM solution to help you secure your SaaS app stack.

When it comes to keeping SaaS stacks secure, IT and security teams need to be able to streamline detection and remediation of misconfigurations in order to best protect their SaaS stack from threats. However, while companies adopt more and more apps, their increase in SaaS security tools and staff has lagged behind, as found in the 2022 SaaS Security Survey Report. 

Every year the leaders and entrepreneurs of the cybersecurity world come together for four days for the annual RSA Conference. Finally, after many years of the event being virtual, RSA is back in its physical form. This year's conference will feature numerous presentations from industry leaders offering unique insights and fresh perspectives on the world of cloud and SaaS security. We have gathered a list of the 13 top talks taking place at RSA 2022. 

A recap of a webinar with our CEO, Maor Bin and Omdia Senior Principal Analyst, Rik Turner discussing how SSPM is solving the SaaS security challenge of "too much to do, too little time".

The 2022 SaaS Security Survey Report, in collaboration with CSA, examines the state of SaaS security as seen in the eyes of CISOs and security professionals in today’s enterprises.