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Cloud access security brokers

Cloud access security brokers

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Cloud access security brokers

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- [Instructor] Organizations of all kinds are rapidly expanding their use of cloud services, ranging from complete infrastructure deployments to the use of specialized cloud applications. This leaves cybersecurity teams in the difficult position of trying to track the flow of sensitive information. While security teams may have tools already in place to track the presence of sensitive information within their organization's internal systems, this process becomes far more complicated when employees make use of cloud services. The issues that arise from employee use of cloud services come in two forms. First, employees may make use of cloud services without the knowledge of the IT team. An employee might discover a new service on their own, open an account, and transfer sensitive information into that cloud account. But the danger doesn't stop there. The second risk is that even when employees make use of vetted and approved…

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