Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps Monthly Commit
Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps provides comprehensive visibility and control over your organization's Software as a Service (SaaS) applications, ensuring data security and compliance on a monthly commitment.
- Enhanced Visibility: Gain deep insights into SaaS app usage, data sharing, and potential risks across your cloud environment.
- Threat Protection: Detect and mitigate advanced threats, malware, and risky user activities within your connected cloud apps.
- Data Security: Implement granular policies to control data access, prevent data leakage, and ensure compliance with regulations.
- Automated Control: Automate security workflows and responses to identified threats and policy violations.
Product Overview
Product Overview
Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps is a Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) solution designed to give businesses deep visibility into their SaaS applications. It helps detect and combat cyber threats, manage data security risks, and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements across a wide range of cloud services.
This solution is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations who are responsible for managing cloud security. It integrates with existing Microsoft security tools and other third-party applications, fitting into a layered security strategy to protect sensitive data and user activity within the cloud.
- Discover and Control SaaS Usage: Identify all SaaS applications in use, including unsanctioned 'shadow IT', and enforce usage policies.
- Protect Sensitive Data: Apply data loss prevention (DLP) policies, encrypt sensitive files, and monitor data sharing activities.
- Protect Against Cyber Threats: Detect and block malware, ransomware, and phishing attempts targeting cloud applications.
- Assess Cloud App Risk: Score cloud apps based on risk factors and compliance certifications to make informed decisions about their use.
- Meet Compliance Requirements: Achieve and maintain compliance with industry regulations through automated monitoring and reporting.
Empower your IT team with essential cloud security controls and threat intelligence to safeguard your business data and operations.
What This Enables
Enable Teams to Discover and Control SaaS Usage
Enable teams to identify all cloud applications being used, including unsanctioned shadow IT, and enforce policies to control their usage. This prevents unauthorized data access and mitigates risks associated with unvetted applications.
cloud-first environments, hybrid cloud deployments, BYOD policies, remote workforce enablement, digital transformation initiatives
Protect Sensitive Data Across Cloud Apps
Protect sensitive data by implementing granular data loss prevention (DLP) policies, encrypting files, and monitoring data sharing activities within connected cloud applications. This ensures compliance and prevents accidental or malicious data exfiltration.
regulated industries, data-intensive operations, intellectual property protection, remote collaboration security, compliance-driven organizations
Detect and Mitigate Advanced Cloud Threats
Detect and combat advanced threats such as malware, ransomware, and phishing attacks targeting cloud applications and user accounts. Automated threat intelligence and behavioral analytics help identify and respond to suspicious activities in real-time.
security-conscious organizations, businesses with high-value data, organizations facing evolving threat landscapes, proactive security postures, incident response readiness
Key Features
Cloud App Discovery
Identify all SaaS applications in use, including unsanctioned shadow IT, to gain full visibility and control over your cloud environment.
Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
Prevent sensitive data from leaving your organization by enforcing policies on data access, sharing, and encryption within cloud apps.
Threat Detection and Analytics
Detect and respond to advanced threats, malware, and risky user behavior with AI-driven analytics and real-time alerts.
Conditional Access App Control
Enforce granular access policies for cloud apps based on user, location, device, and application risk to minimize exposure.
Sanctioned App Governance
Manage the risk associated with sanctioned cloud apps by assessing their security posture and compliance certifications.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require stringent data protection and compliance with regulations like GDPR and CCPA, making robust CASB capabilities essential for monitoring sensitive financial data in cloud applications.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must adhere to HIPAA and other privacy regulations, necessitating strong controls over patient data accessed and stored in cloud applications to prevent breaches.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services companies handle highly confidential client information, requiring advanced security measures to protect intellectual property and client data from unauthorized access or leakage in cloud environments.
Retail & Hospitality
Retailers and hospitality groups manage vast amounts of customer data, including payment information, making them targets for cyber threats and requiring comprehensive security to protect sensitive data and maintain customer trust.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps?
Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps is a Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) that provides visibility into your SaaS applications, helps detect and combat cyber threats, and ensures data security and compliance.
Who is this product for?
This product is for businesses of all sizes, particularly SMB and mid-market companies, looking to enhance their cloud security posture. It is managed by IT Managers and IT Professionals within these organizations.
How does this product help with compliance?
It helps meet compliance requirements by providing visibility into data usage, enforcing security policies, and detecting threats that could lead to compliance violations.
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.