Zscaler announces Integration with Microsoft Cloud App Security

Zscaler Inc., announced at the Zenith Live user conference in Las Vegas, the first closed-loop integration with Microsoft Cloud App Security.

The Zscaler platform-Microsoft Cloud App Security integration feature set delivers the security of the Zscaler security cloud coupled with the functionality of the Microsoft Cloud App Security solution, providing a streamlined service that allows enterprises to securely embrace the cloud.

Customers typically utilize cloud access security brokerage (CASB) functionality for a range of use cases, such as identifying and blocking restricted applications, gaining granular visibility, assessing application risk scores, applying controls, implementing data leakage prevention (DLP), and threat protection for permitted applications.

Zscaler’s inline CASB functionality protects all users on and off the network, providing visibility, risk scoring, control, DLP, and threat protection for all traffic coming and going. Zscaler has partnered with Microsoft to integrate with cloud application security discovery capabilities, sharing risk assessment and log data to assist customers control access to sanctioned applications including field level controls, unauthorized third-party file sharing, user behavioral analysis and configuration audits.

With this new Zscaler closed-loop integration, joint customers can now leverage the power of Microsoft Cloud App Security within Microsoft Enterprise Mobility + Security and the Zscaler platform to discover and control cloud applications regardless of location or connection. The new integration helps customers perform comprehensive risk assessments of all their cloud services, enforce application control policies, and define risk profiles around key initiatives like GDPR compliance and data protection.