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White paper

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

Sunil V Jainapur,

Associate Architect – Security Solutions

Published: December 14, 2022
The Secret Sauce For a Successful Cloud Strategy white paper

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps is a Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) that helps organizations control the data hosted in multiple cloud services. By using MS Defender for Cloud Apps, you can perform anomaly detection on your activity Logs. Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps also supports deployment modes, including reverse proxy, log collection, and API connectors. This provides rich visibility and sophisticated analytics to defend against cyber threats across all Microsoft and third-party services.

MS Defender for Cloud Apps helps IT departments identify and assess what cloud applications are used cross-departmentally. With integrations into Defender for Endpoint, Conditional Access, and Azure Information Protection, MS Defender can gain insights into how your organization’s data is being used and accessed to provide ample data protection. Additionally, MS Defender enforces threat protection by analyzing user behavior.

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Learn more about why MS Defender for Cloud Apps is the premier CASB companies use to secure their cloud applications, apply policies, and protect sensitive data.  

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