Security
2021 State of SaaS Brief
To learn more about SaaS file security exposure, we analyzed aggregate data from our customer base of 1,500+ companies. Here’s what we found.
How SaaS Management Platforms Reduce Security Risk
Learn about the hidden security risks of SaaS, how SaaS management platforms reduce them, and how the best SaaS platforms help maximize security and compliance.
What Is Zero Trust? All You Need to Know
Companies are increasingly adopting Zero Trust to secure their newly distributed workplaces. But what exactly is Zero Trust? And what do you need to implement it?
The Hidden Risks of SaaS
Your SaaS environment grows as each well-meaning employee adds another perfect, productivity-boosting SaaS application. But all too often, that new app ends up introducing enormous and unnecessary risks to your company’s SaaS environment. Here are the hidden risks of SaaS that can impact every IT organization.
The Fundamentals of Role-Based Access Control
Statista reports that there were a whopping 540 data breaches in 2020. The solution for many IT teams? A slightly more nuanced approach known as role-based access control (RBAC). This is not exactly a new approach, but it enables you to grant access based on the specific needs of each user’s role and business unit. Let’s take a closer look.
IT Considerations for a Remote World: How Tech Companies View DLP & Vulnerabilities
What should IT leaders in today’s remote work environment be thinking about when it comes to data protection, particularly with SaaS? We dug into the data to see how SaaS-savvy tech leaders view data loss vulnerabilities as well as what they do for data loss prevention (DLP).
Data Protection and SaaSOps on Your Zero Trust Journey
With the shift to remote work and continued acceleration of SaaS adoption, Zero Trust is more relevant than ever. Here, we talk about shared commonalities between the newer Zero Trust eXtended (ZTX) model and SaaSOps—specifically visibility and automated data protection.
4 insider threats that should keep you up at night
Learn about four of the most common, and most insidious, types of insider threats that you should be on the lookout for in your SaaS environment.
How to Keep Institutional Knowledge from Walking Out the Door
As boomers retire, companies are unwittingly losing valuable institutional data. Why? Because, while the retiree’s job is transitioned to a new employee, many organizations don’t consider the knowledge and experience walking out the door with that employee. Since boomers are the first generation to transfer their knowledge to machines and computer programs and not to apprentices and junior employees, it’s important to know how to transfer all of this data smoothly as part of an ongoing search journey.
6 Things You Should Look for When Selecting a Secure SaaS Vendor
Selecting the right SaaS vendors can prove instrumental in propelling your organization to the next level. However, that’s only one piece of the puzzle. You also need to select vendors with the right security measures in place. This is especially true if you are giving them access to other SaaS applications that are critical to your organization or process sensitive information. But how do you know if a SaaS vendor is secure? We sat down with BetterCloud’s Security Compliance Director Mosi Platt to find out.
