Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps Governance - Monthly Subscription
Enhance your cloud application security and governance with Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps Governance, providing monthly subscription access to advanced threat protection and compliance tools.
- Continuous Monitoring: Access to real-time visibility into your cloud app usage and potential risks.
- Threat Detection: Coverage for identifying and mitigating advanced threats targeting your SaaS applications.
- Compliance Management: Protection against compliance gaps by enforcing security policies across cloud apps.
- Policy Enforcement: Entitlement to automate the remediation of security misconfigurations and policy violations.
Product Overview
Product Overview
Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps Governance is a cloud access security broker (CASB) solution that provides deep visibility, threat protection, and compliance control over your Software as a Service (SaaS) applications. It helps organizations discover unsanctioned apps, monitor user activity, detect and remediate threats, and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
This subscription is designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals within SMB and mid-market companies who are responsible for securing their organization's cloud footprint. It integrates with your existing Microsoft 365 environment and other cloud services to offer a unified security posture management solution.
- Discover and Control: Gain visibility into all cloud apps in use, sanctioned or unsanctioned.
- Protect Sensitive Data: Prevent data leakage and enforce data loss prevention policies.
- Detect and Respond: Identify and mitigate advanced threats, malware, and anomalous user behavior.
- Manage Compliance: Ensure adherence to regulatory standards and internal policies.
- Automate Governance: Streamline security operations with automated policy enforcement and remediation.
Empower your IT team with essential cloud security governance, offering enterprise-grade protection without the enterprise overhead.
What This Enables
Secure Cloud Application Usage
Enable teams to discover and monitor all cloud applications being used within the organization, including unsanctioned 'shadow IT'. Streamline the process of assessing the risk associated with these applications and enforcing organizational policies.
organizations with cloud-first strategies, businesses using multiple SaaS applications, companies with remote workforces
Protect Sensitive Data in SaaS
Automate the protection of sensitive data stored and shared across cloud applications. Support teams in preventing data leakage by implementing granular access controls and data loss prevention policies.
businesses handling regulated data, companies with strict data privacy requirements, organizations with BYOD policies
Detect and Respond to Cloud Threats
Empower security operations to identify and respond to advanced threats targeting cloud applications. Streamline the detection of malware, anomalous user behavior, and compromised accounts.
companies with dedicated security teams, organizations facing evolving cyber threats, businesses with critical cloud-based operations
Key Features
Cloud App Discovery
Gain complete visibility into all cloud applications in use, enabling better risk management and policy enforcement.
Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
Prevent sensitive data from leaving the organization by enforcing policies on data sharing and access in cloud apps.
Threat Protection
Detect and remediate advanced threats, malware, and anomalous user activities across your SaaS environment.
Conditional Access Policies
Enforce granular access controls based on user, location, device, and application risk to secure access.
Compliance Reporting
Easily generate reports to demonstrate adherence to regulatory requirements and internal security standards.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require stringent data protection and compliance with regulations like GLBA and SOX, making robust cloud app governance essential for managing sensitive customer data.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must adhere to HIPAA regulations, necessitating strict controls over patient data accessed via cloud applications to prevent breaches and ensure privacy.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services handle highly confidential client information, requiring advanced security measures to protect data integrity and client confidentiality across cloud platforms.
Education & Research
Educational institutions manage large volumes of student and research data, requiring governance to protect sensitive information and comply with data privacy laws like FERPA.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps Governance?
It is a cloud access security broker (CASB) solution that provides visibility, threat protection, and compliance control for your organization's Software as a Service (SaaS) applications. It helps manage risks associated with cloud app usage.
What types of cloud applications does this cover?
This solution covers a wide range of SaaS applications, including popular services like Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Salesforce, and many others. It helps discover both sanctioned and unsanctioned applications.
How does this help with compliance?
It helps maintain compliance by providing visibility into data handling, enforcing security policies, and detecting potential violations of regulatory standards like GDPR, HIPAA, or PCI DSS.
Deployment & Support
Deployment Complexity
Medium — IT-assisted
Fulfillment
Digital Delivery
License keys / portal provisioning
Support Model
Zent Networks Managed
Renewal, add-license, and lifecycle management included
Subscription Terms
Cancellation
Cancel anytime — no charge on next cycle
You may cancel this subscription at any time. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period. You will not be charged for the following billing cycle. Access remains active through the end of the paid term.
Returns
Subscription licenses are non-refundable
Digital software licenses and SaaS subscriptions cannot be returned once activated or provisioned. Contact a Zent Networks account manager if you have questions before purchasing.