{"id":345,"date":"2021-06-18T16:22:28","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T16:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecloudmarathoner.com\/?p=345"},"modified":"2021-08-09T16:38:03","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T16:38:03","slug":"what-is-mcas-and-why-would-you-need-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elyusubov.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/18\/what-is-mcas-and-why-would-you-need-it\/","title":{"rendered":"What is MCAS and why would you need it?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hello cloud marathoners,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The MCAS (Microsoft Cloud App Security) \ud83d\udee1\ufe0f\ud83d\udd10 – helps to identify and combat cyberthreats across all your cloud services. This is a cloud access security broker (CASB) that provides multifunction visibility, control over data travel, and sophisticated analytics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is a high level architecture diagram from Microsoft docs<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What are the main benefits of this cloud service?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Here are the main three benefits ot brings alone:
\u2714\ufe0f Discovery & Manage your apps
\u2714\ufe0f Govern access to apps and resources
\u2714\ufe0f Check compliance on your cloud apps<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check out this detailed level architecture of\u00a0#appsecurity<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0Microsoft Azure \u2122<\/a>\u00a0\ud83d\udc4d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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MCAS – Microsoft Cloud App Security.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n


What are the main use cases for your business?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u2714\ufe0f Shadow IT Discovery & Control
\u2714\ufe0f Secure Access
\u2714\ufe0f Security Poster Management
\u2714\ufe0f Threat Protection
\u2714\ufe0f Information Protection
\u2714\ufe0f User & Entity Behavioral Analytics<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another beauty of above architecture lies in a fact that you could easily integrate this model with third party SaaS apps, all listed on a diagram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you\u00a0Matt Soseman<\/a>\u00a0for bringing this diagram \u00a0#SharingIsCaring<\/a>\u2764\ufe0f\ufe0f<\/p>\n\n\n\n

F\u1d0f\u029f\u029f\u1d0f\u1d21 \u1d0d\u1d07 \ud83c\udfaf \u1d00\u0274\u1d05 become \u1d00\u00a0#cloudmarathoner<\/a>\u00a0\u26c5\ud83c\udfc3\u200d\u2642\ufe0f\ud83c\udfc3\u200d\u2640\ufe0f – \ud835\udc0b\ud835\udc04\ud835\udc13’\ud835\udc12 \ud835\udc02\ud835\udc0e\ud835\udc0d\ud835\udc0d\ud835\udc04\ud835\udc02\ud835\udc13 \ud83d\udc4d

#microsoftazure<\/a>
#MCAS<\/a>#securitymanagement<\/a>
#OAuth<\/a>#secureaccess<\/a> #appsec<\/a>
#threatprotection<\/a>
#securityengineering<\/a>
#bestpractices<\/a>
#continuouslearning<\/a><\/p>\n

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