Research Topic
SaaS Governance
SaaS Governance Best Practices for Cloud Customers
- Are highly business process specific;
- Handle and store critical business and personal data.
- Integrate a broad array of service components, operating over a deep application stack.
- May depend on multiple cloud service providers.
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| Press Mention | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| The perils of SaaS misconfigurations | Help Net Security | April 14, 2022 |
| Business teams increase cybersecurity risk due to poor SaaS management | Tech Target | April 14, 2022 |
| Dismal SaaS management ups cybersecurity risk | SC Media | April 15, 2022 |
| SaaS misconfigurations lead to cybersecurity incidents | Security Magazine | April 19, 2022 |
| Cyberskirmishing in Russia's hybrid war. Hafnium gets evasive. Qbot's new tactics. Enemybot described. Patch Tuesday notes. | The CyberWire | April 12, 2022 |
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SaaS Governance Best Practice for Cloud Customers (Coming Soon!)
The SaaS Governance Best Practice for SaaS Customers is a baseline set of fundamental SaaS governance practices for SaaS Customers. It enumerates and considers risks during all stages of the SaaS adoption lifecycle and takes into account the SaaS usage lifecycle. It will also aim to provide mitigation measures from the cloud customer’s perspective.
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