CASB Vendors Up Their Threat Protection Game With Big-Name Threat Intelligence Collaborations
Cloud access security broker (CASB) vendors CipherCloud and Bitglass have both recently announced partnerships with big-name cyber threat intelligence (CTI) providers to improve the threat protection features of their products. The partnerships, with FireEye and CrowdStrike respectively, will bring industrial strength CTI to their customers.
The promise of cloud-based threat protection is real-time detection and prevention of zero-day attacks. It relies on the ability of the service provider to quickly identify threats across a large customer base and make that intelligence instantly available to all other customers. Larger vendors such as Cisco and McAfee traditionally have had an advantage over smaller and more pure-play vendors in this field. However, CipherCloud鈥檚 partnership with FireEye and Bitglass鈥� collaboration with CrowdStrike may help level the playing field.
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Anurag Kahol, chief technology officer and cofounder of Bitglass, says, 鈥淲e鈥檙e proud to leverage CrowdStrike鈥檚 industry-leading technology to deliver a robust cloud ATP solution that stops threats and empowers enterprises to embrace the cloud applications and BYOD policies that spur innovation and productivity.鈥�
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These announcements will certainly be welcomed by existing CipherCloud and Bitglass customers and may help drive higher market share.
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Our Take
Threat protection may not always be the primary use case for companies considering a CASB solution, but it is a valuable feature. When it comes to pure-play CASB vendors, customers are often left wondering how their vendors can obtain the high-quality threat intelligence needed to provide the necessary level of protection. With these announcements, CipherCloud and Bitglass offer up a strong answer to this question.