Centrify Inks Deal with Cloud Access Security Brokers
Centrify announced on Monday that it has formed technology integration partnerships with five cloud access security brokers: Cloudlock, Elastica, Imperva, Netskope and Skyhigh Networks.
The new integrations will help enterprises take control over cloud applications to ensure that enterprise data is safe from security risks, Centrify said. With the integrations, IT administrators get deeper visibility into SaaS application usage, and end-users are able to access apps with one-click on the device of their choice.
“As users, and devices, and especially applications have moved outside the firewall beyond IT control, identity has become the new security perimeter,” Bill Mann, chief product officer of Centrify said in a statement. “Each application has standard users, privilege users and IT admins having various levels of access to sensitive information. The integration of Identity-as-a-Service and CASB technologies greatly assists in providing a complete layer of cloud security — providing deep visibility into SaaS applications and user behaviors on those apps. Our new CASB partnerships mean that end users benefit from password-free access to SaaS apps, while privileged users and IT benefit from maximum visibility and monitoring of app usage and suspicious behavior to ensure security is not compromised.”
Earlier this year, Centrify introduced a new channel partner tier specifically for system integrators and consulting partners.
Centrify Identity Service is integrated with its CASB partners to offer a complete solution for provisioning, governing and securing enterprise SaaS applications, according to Centrify.
“CloudLock’s mission is to turn cloud security into a business enabler for organizations and people,” said Gil Zimmermann, CEO and co-founder at CloudLock. “With our expanded cybersecurity-as-a-service, CASB+ offering and evolving partnership with Centrify, we enable organizations globally to leverage the most advanced security controls for apps they buy off the shelf or build themselves.”
Centrify said its customers using CASBs can access security capabilities including app discovery for sanctioned and shadow IT apps, threat detection and real-time protection and governance.
Forty-three percent of respondents to a recent Forrester Research survey reported to believe shadow IT practices were a major threat to their respective organizations.
