Trend Micro Cloud App Security Standard Academic
Trend Micro Cloud App Security Standard Academic provides essential protection for your institution's cloud applications, safeguarding user data and critical information for up to 5,000 users.
- Academic Focus: Tailored security solutions designed for educational institutions.
- Cloud Application Protection: Secures data and defends against threats in cloud-based applications like email and collaboration suites.
- User-Based Licensing: Scalable protection for 2,001 to 5,000 users, ensuring comprehensive coverage.
- Threat Defense: Proactively identifies and mitigates malware, phishing, and other advanced threats targeting cloud environments.
Product Overview
Product Overview
Trend Micro Cloud App Security Standard Academic is a subscription-based cybersecurity solution specifically designed for educational institutions. It offers robust protection against malware, phishing, and other advanced threats targeting cloud-based applications such as Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace, ensuring the integrity of academic data and user communications.
This service is ideal for academic organizations, including universities, colleges, and K-12 school districts, with 2,001 to 5,000 users. It integrates directly into cloud environments, providing visibility and control over application security without requiring complex on-premises infrastructure.
- Advanced Threat Detection: Identifies and blocks sophisticated malware, ransomware, and phishing attacks.
- Data Loss Prevention: Helps prevent sensitive academic and personal data from leaving the cloud environment.
- Email Security: Protects against malicious links, attachments, and impersonation attempts within email.
- Collaboration Security: Secures content shared and stored within collaboration platforms.
- Simplified Management: Centralized console for easy policy enforcement and threat monitoring.
Trend Micro Cloud App Security Standard Academic offers academic institutions a powerful yet accessible way to enhance their cloud security posture and protect their digital assets.
What This Solves
Secure Cloud-Based Collaboration Tools
Enable teams to collaborate securely within platforms like Microsoft Teams and Google Workspace. Streamline the sharing of sensitive academic research and student information by automatically scanning files and links for threats.
Higher education, K-12 education, research institutions, online learning platforms
Protect Against Advanced Phishing Attacks
Automate the detection and blocking of sophisticated phishing and business email compromise (BEC) attacks targeting faculty and staff. Protect against credential theft and financial fraud by analyzing email content and sender reputation.
Universities, colleges, school districts, academic administration
Safeguard Student and Faculty Data
Support compliance with data privacy regulations by preventing the accidental or malicious leakage of sensitive personal and academic information. Ensure data stored in cloud applications remains protected against unauthorized access.
Educational institutions, research facilities, student services departments
Key Features
Advanced Threat Protection
Defends against malware, ransomware, phishing, and zero-day exploits targeting cloud applications.
Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
Helps prevent sensitive academic and personal data from being exfiltrated from cloud environments.
Email Security
Secures email communications by blocking malicious links, attachments, and impersonation attempts.
Collaboration Security
Protects files and communications within platforms like Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace.
Academic Licensing
Provides cost-effective security tailored to the needs and budgets of educational institutions.
Industry Applications
Education & Research
Educational institutions handle vast amounts of sensitive student and research data, making them prime targets for data breaches and phishing attacks, necessitating specialized cloud application security.
Government & Public Sector
Public sector entities, including educational bodies, must comply with strict data privacy regulations and protect citizen information stored in cloud services, requiring robust security controls.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
While this SKU is academic, healthcare organizations also rely heavily on cloud collaboration and email, facing similar risks of data breaches and requiring advanced threat protection for sensitive patient information.
Non-Profits
Non-profit organizations, including many educational charities and foundations, often manage sensitive donor and beneficiary data in the cloud and require cost-effective, advanced security solutions.
Frequently Asked Questions
What cloud applications does Trend Micro Cloud App Security Standard Academic protect?
This service primarily protects major cloud applications such as Microsoft 365 (including Exchange Online, OneDrive, SharePoint Online, Teams) and Google Workspace (including Gmail, Drive, Docs, Chat).
How is this different from the security built into Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace?
While native security offers a baseline, Trend Micro Cloud App Security provides advanced, multi-layered threat detection and data protection capabilities that go beyond standard offerings, specifically addressing sophisticated threats targeting cloud environments.
Is this product suitable for smaller academic departments?
This specific SKU is licensed for 2,001-5,000 users. For smaller deployments, alternative licensing options may be available. Please consult with your Zent Networks representative.
Deployment & Support
Deployment Complexity
Low — self-service
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.