Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
What is Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps?
Defender for Cloud Apps includes additional capabilities that extend beyond the traditional cloud access security broker (CASB) scope to strengthen app posture and protect against malicious cloud apps. Ensure holistic coverage for your apps by combining SaaS security posture management, data loss prevention, app-to-app protection, and integrated threat protection.
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88 Likeliness to Recommend
97 Plan to Renew
82 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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Emotional Footprint Overview
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+88 Net Emotional Footprint
The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.
How much do users love Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps?
Pros
- Enables Productivity
- Saves Time
- Effective Service
- Respectful
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Feature Ratings
Cloud Discovery
Cloud Security Posture Management
Policy Management
Data Loss Prevention
Web Content Filtering
Threat Integration
User Behaviour Analytics
Zero Trust
Record Management
Access Control
Encryption/Tokenization
Vendor Capability Ratings
Ease of Implementation
Ease of Data Integration
Business Value Created
Usability and Intuitiveness
Ease of IT Administration
Ease of Customization
Quality of Features
Breadth of Features
Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement
Vendor Support
Availability and Quality of Training
Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps Reviews
Jack B.
- Role: Human Resources
- Industry: Biotechnology
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Sep 2022
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Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps from other similar products?
Throughout our hybrid cloud systems, Microsoft Defender for Cloud offers system security and malware protection. It provides us with greater visibility so that we can stop, identify, and react to security concerns. There are many functionalities to discover right now, and the application is really fast, secure, and straightforward to use.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
It has vulnerability assessment features as well, which allows us to find the specifics of a specific threat and grading framework as per CVSS, we are able to discover the recommendation after this Integrated tool we are able to quickly go with remedial work. The best part is that It's tracking threats in the best possible way as this is less chance to locate false optimistic. Protecting against dangers is, in my view, the best course of action.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Since this is a Microsoft product, the graphical user interface is fantastic and the reports and monitoring are adequate, but you can't immediately find out if a zero day issue has occurred. It still isn't developed enough to handle and provide thorough reports for the most recent security flaws, like Log4J.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
These days, security solutions are essential. The solution is Microsoft Defender for Cloud if your infrastructure is based on Microsoft. Additionally, I've linked this with my system and am using Microsoft security. In order to safeguard our cloud based assets from outside threats and prevent internal mishaps with good reporting tools we use this.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
Lily A.
- Role: Finance
- Industry: Banking
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Jan 2022
Effective way to secure all our cloud applications
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps from other similar products?
Its ability to inspect data in authorized Apps is very much effective and helps to maintain zero trust with good analytics and quality reporting capabilities. Wed content filtering ability helps block unwanted content and suitable for policy management. Our organization depends to this great platform to control access to to all our Cloud applications and very effective tool to Cloud discovery and user behavior analytics.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Its ability to inspects data in authorized Apps is very much effective. Excellent access control functionality. Content filtering capability. Quality analytics and real-time reporting features. Policy management is made easy on this platform.
What do you dislike most about this product?
No dislikes to this powerful CASB. It is very easy to get started with an intuitive user interface and quality technical support to any problem with immediate response and feedback. Excellent tool with effective Clouds discovery and threat integration capabilities.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Excellent tool that provides quick and easy security to all our Cloud Apps and better access control to this applications with quality analytics and reporting features. Zero trust to any Cloud Application and user behavioral analytics capabilities are very much helpful.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
Lina M.
- Role: Finance
- Industry: Banking
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Jan 2022
Excellent defender for all our cloud services
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps from other similar products?
Extremely power tool and multimode CASB for complete visibility across all our cloud services and good control over data sharing and enables our admin to monitor and remediate unusual activity and block risky SaaS application and also configure polices on a granular level.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Secure protection to sensitive cloud data. Suspicious activity monitoring. Manage threats to compliance. Helps discover and manage shadow IT. Good reporting features. Compliant and protected data. Security when moving data to cloud.
What do you dislike most about this product?
No dislike for Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps which is straightforward to use and an extra protector to all our cloud services providing secure protection to our sensitive data.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Excellent Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps is highly effective solution that provides an extra security layer to all our cloud SaaS applications, increasing visibility, and control to storage, feeling confident always when moving data to cloud, that sensitive data and information is safe and secure.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing