Microsoft 365 Defender for Cloud Apps

It is a security solution that helps protect your cloud applications, such as Office 365 and/or third-party applications. With Defender for Cloud Apps, you can detect and prevent threats, control access and permissions, audit and monitor user activities, and comply with the rules and regulations of your industry.

Some of the benefits and advantages of using Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps are:

• Integral protection: Offers comprehensive protection against everything from phishing and malware to ransomware and data theft. You can block threats before they reach your cloud applications, and respond quickly to incidents with investigation and remediation tools.
• Visibility and control: Enables you to have a clear and detailed view of what is happening in your cloud applications, who is accessing them, what data is being shared and how it is being used. You can set policies and alerts to control access and permissions, prevent data leakage, and ensure compliance with privacy and security regulations.
• Integration and scalability: Easily integrates with your other Microsoft security solutions, such as Microsoft 365 Defender, Azure Sentinel and Azure Security Center. So you can have a unified, consistent view of your security environment, and leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning to improve your detection and response capabilities.

The Overcast team can help you and your teams integrate these solutions and many more, including:

• Discover and control the use of cloud applications (Shadow IT) in your organization.
• Assess and improve the security posture of your cloud applications (SSPM) through recommendations and policies.
• Protect your sensitive data in cloud applications through data loss prevention (DLP) and encryption.
• Detect and respond to advanced threats in cloud applications through threat protection (ATP) and extended detection and response (XDR).
• Protect applications that connect to other cloud applications using OAuth.