Palo Alto PA-1410 SaaS Inline Lizenz für HA-Geräte

Now, the benefits of the cloud outweigh the risks, and enterprises are migrating applications and data from their internal data centers to software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications such as Microsoft 365®, Google Workspace™, Slack® and Salesforce®. Enterprises are using an average of 288 different SaaS apps, and that number is growing 30 percent year over year. At the same time, Gartner predicts that the global public cloud services market will grow 19 percent in 2022 and that SaaS will remain the largest market segment, growing to $140 billion in the same year.

As sensitive data is uploaded, created, shared and accessed through more and more approved applications, it becomes increasingly vulnerable to loss and theft. If approved SaaS applications are not properly secured, they can create new risks. In addition, cloud threats have increased in scope and complexity, and attackers now use cutting-edge methods to circumvent standard defenses. As a result, sensitive data and users are at risk.

In addition to enterprise-approved applications, there are countless public SaaS applications that employees can access without IT's knowledge. Lack of visibility into SaaS usage prevents IT from controlling acceptable or unacceptable employee use of unapproved SaaS applications. This can lead to serious risks for the business, including data leaks and regulatory violations.

With location-independent working so prevalent today, all approved and unapproved SaaS applications remain accessible when employees bypass VPN systems that route traffic through the corporate data center. As a result, IT departments do not have the visibility or control they need over the extent of employee usage.