{"id":17116,"date":"2015-09-08T15:23:12","date_gmt":"2015-09-08T15:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businesscloudnews.com\/?p=234381"},"modified":"2015-09-08T15:23:12","modified_gmt":"2015-09-08T15:23:12","slug":"microsoft-unveils-cloud-security-plans-for-adallom-amid-rising-cloud-unrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/microsoft-unveils-cloud-security-plans-for-adallom-amid-rising-cloud-unrest\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft unveils cloud security plans for Adallom amid rising cloud unrest"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Cloud<\/a>Microsoft has announced its plans for Israeli founded cloud security firm Adallom, the cloud security firm it bought for a reported<\/a> $250 million.<\/p>\n

Detail of the plans for its new acquisition was unveiled in a Microsoft blog<\/a> by corporate VP for cloud and enterprise marketing Takeshi Numoto. Though reports of the acquisition emerged in July details of Microsoft\u2019s cloud security strategy have only just been unveiled.<\/p>\n

The frequency of advanced cybersecurity attacks has made security \u2018top of mind\u2019 among cloud users, according to Numoto. The acquisition of Adallom will expand Microsoft\u2019s existing identity assets by acting as a cloud access security broker, allowing customer to see and control application access, Numoto explained. It will also protect critical company data stored across cloud services. Adallom helps secure and manage popular cloud applications including Salesforce, Box, Dropbox, ServiceNow, Ariba and Microsoft\u2019s own Office 365.<\/p>\n

Adallom will complement existing Microsoft offerings as part of Office 365 (serving in a monitoring capacity) and the Enterprise Mobility Suite (EMS), which includes Microsoft\u2019s Advanced Threat Analytics system. Microsoft had previously bought another cloud-security vendor, Aorato, with Israeli Defence Force ties, in 2014. Aorato was rebranded as Advanced Threat Analytics.<\/p>\n

Adallom\u2019s technology monitors the use of software-as-a-service applications and was created by founders 2012 by Assaf Rappaport, Ami Luttwak and Roy Reznik who met while serving in intelligence for the Israel Defense Forces.<\/p>\n

The unveiling of Microsoft\u2019s cloud defence plans coincides with an independent report, by Osterman Research, that 76 per cent of UK firms are concerned about the lack of security in the cloud, with consumer-grade cloud storage of corporate documents being named as the chief cause of unease.<\/p>\n

The report found that employees preferred consumer-focused file sync and share (CFSS) solutions to enterprise-grade file sync and share (EFSS) solutions in the workplace, and often failed to consider the security risk posed by CFSS solutions.<\/p>\n

Services that will be monitored by Microsoft\u2019s new cloud security acquisition, such as Dropbox, which allow consumers to instantly sync files across all devices, but do not provide the same protection of information as EFSS, were identified in Osterman Research\u2019s report as a particular cause for concern.<\/p>\n

\u201cUse of CFSS over EFSS significantly increases corporate risk and liability,\u201d the Osterman Research report warned.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are thrilled to welcome the Adallom team into the Microsoft family,\u201d said Numoto in his Microsoft blog, \u201ccybercrime will persist in this mobile-first, cloud-first era, but at Microsoft we remain committed to helping our customers protect their data.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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