Microsoft announces shift to ‘comprehensive SaaS security solution’

Maayan Bar-Niv, Partner Group Product Manager, Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, stated in a blog post: "Software as a service – SaaS – apps are ubiquitous, hybrid work is the new normal, and protecting them and the important data they store is a big challenge for organizations. Today, 59 percent of security professionals find the SaaS sprawl challenging to manage and have identified cloud misconfigurations as the top risk in their environment. To combat these attacks effectively, security teams need a new approach that protects their data within cloud apps beyond the traditional scope of cloud access security brokers – CASBs. That’s why Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps is now delivering full protection of SaaS applications. This includes new investments in SaaS Security Posture Management, advanced threat protection as part of Microsoft’s extended detection and response solution, and app-to-app protection-while continuing to build upon other powerful CASB capabilities like Shadow IT discovery and information protection. Today, we are excited to announce that Defender for Cloud Apps is extending its SSPM capabilities to some of the most critical apps organizations use today, including Microsoft 365, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Okta, GitHub, and more." Reference Link