Skyhigh Networks and Check Point Partner to Seamlessly Extend Security, Compliance, and Governance to Cloud Use
February 04 2016 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
The combined offering provides unparalleled
visibility, risk assessment, policy enforcement, and threat
protection for over 17,000 cloud services
Skyhigh Networks, the leading cloud access security broker
(CASB), and Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP),
the largest pure-play security vendor globally, today announced a
partnership to seamlessly extend security, compliance, and
governance policies to SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS services. The
integration allows mutual customers to leverage Skyhigh’s CASB
platform and Check Point’s Next Generation Firewall to proactively
enable the use of cloud services while enforcing internal policies,
complying with external regulations, and protecting corporate
data.
“Cloud is a reality of the modern workplace and our customers
want to ensure cloud use complies with their strictest security
policies and regulatory requirements,” said Alon Kantor, vice
president of business development at Check Point. “This partnership
brings together the leading CASB provider with the leading next
generation firewall and threat prevention provider to deliver the
best of both worlds: the cloud user experience employees want and
the cloud security controls IT needs.”
Cloud usage is at an all time high. According to the Q4 2015
Skyhigh Cloud Adoption and Risk Report, the average company uses
1,154 cloud services and uploads over 5.6 TB to file sharing
services each month. Companies lose visibility and control over
this vast migration of data to the cloud creating a cloud security
gap. Skyhigh’s partnership with Check Point addresses this gap and
enables companies to confidently embrace cloud services without
compromising their security requirements.
Skyhigh and Check Point allow companies to leverage and extend
their existing investments to the cloud versus an expensive and
time consuming “rip and replace” approach. Specifically, the
combined solution allows companies to:
- Provide visibility into cloud services
in use, based on a registry of over 17,000 services, as well as a
comprehensive risk assessment of each cloud service based on 50+
attributes
- Enable compliance by enforcing Data
Loss Prevention (DLP) policies on data moving to the cloud
- Protect company data by enforcing
granular, contextual policies to allow, block, or provide read-only
or limited access to selected cloud services
- Consolidate usage to company approved
cloud services by guiding users with just-in-time coaching
messages
- Identify data uploads to risky cloud
services or data downloads from cloud services that are known to
harbor malware
- Protect against data exfiltration
attempts by applying threat intelligence to analyze cloud traffic
patterns, detect anomalous behavior, and remediate against users or
cloud services.
“Companies want to embrace cloud services, but they can’t leave
behind security controls as corporate data moves off-premises,”
said Chris Cesio, vice president of business development at Skyhigh
Networks. “Our integration with Check Point makes companies’
existing security infrastructure cloud-aware, leveraging their
current investment for a seamless, end-to-end cloud security
solution.”
Please visit here to find out if your company is eligible for a
free Skyhigh cloud audit.
About Skyhigh Networks
Skyhigh Networks, the cloud security and enablement company,
allows enterprises to safely adopt cloud services while meeting
their security, compliance, and governance requirements. Over 500
enterprises including Aetna, DIRECTV, General Mills, HP, and
Western Union use Skyhigh to gain visibility, manage threats,
ensure compliance and protect corporate data across shadow and
sanctioned cloud services. Headquartered in Campbell, Calif.,
Skyhigh Networks is backed by Greylock Partners, Sequoia, and
Salesforce.com.
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