Are you ready to tackle the biggest SaaS challenge of 2023? SaaS apps are prime targets for cyberattacks as data breaches impacting big companies like Nissan and Slack make headlines is clear.
These apps store vast amounts of valuable information, making them a treasure trove for hackers. But don’t panic just yet. With the right knowledge and tools, you can protect your company’s sensitive data and prevent cyberattacks from wreaking havoc on your business.
Join us for a webinar that will give you the insight you need to overcome the biggest SaaS challenges of 2023. Led by Maor Bin, his CEO and co-founder of Adaptive Shield, this highly informative session offers actionable tips and actionable strategies. Protect your SaaS applications from potential threats.
A comprehensive understanding of potential entry points and challenges within the ever-evolving SaaS ecosystem is critical to better preparing and effectively protecting your organization.
2023 Violations
Two of the most notable breaches to date are those of Slack/Github and Nissan North American.
Slack/Github
The new year started with breaking news that Slack’s GitHub repository was compromised where some of Slack’s private code repositories were downloaded. Slack began investigating the detected breach after noticing suspicious activity and determined that stolen tokens of his Slack employees were responsible for the breach. This breach shows how important it is for organizations to protect their repositories and the sensitive data they store.
nissan north america
In mid-January, Nissan North America notified customers of a data breach at a third-party service provider. The security incident was reported to the Maine Attorney General’s Office, revealing that approximately 18,000 customers were affected by the breach. This vendor received customer data from Nissan for use in developing and testing software solutions, but was accidentally exposed due to a poorly configured cloud-based public repository. Unauthorized persons may have accessed data such as names, dates of birth, and Nissan account numbers. This breach demonstrates the increased risk of vulnerability and attack for organizations that allow access to external vendors, and the importance of using synthetic data to mimic real data.
To reduce the likelihood of this type of attack, organizations can learn about the top five security challenges expected in 2023.
Top 5 SaaS Security Challenges
Misconfiguration of SaaS
Enterprises can have thousands of security controls in their SaaS apps. This leaves the security team facing one of her biggest challenges. It’s about securing each setting, user role, and permissions to meet industry standards and company security policies. The challenge is compounded because the configuration can change with each app update, making it more difficult to comply with industry standards. Additionally, SaaS app owners tend to be part of the business sector and lack training or focus on app security.
Cross-SaaS access
SaaS-to-SaaS app integrations are designed for self-service and easy installation, but they pose a security nightmare. Employees connect third-party apps to enable her work remotely and improve company work processes. While this is effective for increasing productivity, the increasing amount of apps connected to his SaaS environment at the company creates challenges for security teams.
After connecting the app to the workspace, the employee is asked to grant permission for the app to access. These permissions include the ability to read, create, update, and delete corporate or personal data, not to mention the app itself can be malicious.[同意する], the permissions granted allow the attacker to access valuable corporate data. Users are often unaware of the importance of the permissions they grant to these third party apps.
Device to SaaS User Risk
Accessing SaaS apps through unmanaged devices poses a high level of risk to your organization. The risk is even greater if the device owner is a highly privileged user. Personal devices are susceptible to data theft and unknowingly outside the organization’s environment he may be infected with malware sharing SaaS data. A lost or stolen device also becomes a gateway for criminals to access your network.
Identity and access governance
Every SaaS app user is a potential gateway for attackers. In addition to validating role-based access management (as opposed to person-based access) and establishing an understanding of access governance, it is important to implement processes to ensure proper user access control and authentication settings. Identity and access governance gives security teams contextual visibility and control over what’s happening across all domains.
Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR)
Attackers are increasingly targeting SaaS applications through users. As more data moves to the cloud, they become an attractive target that can be accessed from any computer with proper login credentials. Threat detection and response (ITDR) mechanisms should be employed. This new set of tools can identify and alert security teams when there is unusual or suspicious user behavior, or when malicious apps are installed.
Gain full SaaS ecosystem security
To truly protect SaaS data, security teams must address the entire ecosystem surrounding the application. This means reviewing the endpoint security of devices accessing systems, monitoring user access for suspicious and anomalous behavioral patterns, leveraging SSPMs such as Adaptive Shield to measure the security posture of each application, and identifying identity threats. Develop detection and response (ITDR) capabilities. SaaS landscape.
Once your organization has taken these steps, you will be better prepared and ready to reduce your SaaS attack surface.
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