SaaS Footprint Identified

Motiwala said the company probes the network to uncover the kind of apps that employees are using. The scan uncovers specific users, the file downloads, sites visited, content details and other information to get a snapshot on application usage and the kind of data being shared by specific employees outside the company. One company that indicated it authorized only a few cloud apps for usage found nearly 70 cloud applications used by its marketing department alone without authorization. The report that is generated creates the foundation to discuss moving into the next step.