TechValidate Research on Cisco Cloudlock

23 Case Studies


Cisco Cloudlock Case Study

Federal Government

Introduction

This case study of a federal government is based on a December 2017 survey of Cisco Cloudlock customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled organization asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“It has allowed our team to have clear visibility into the plugins and services that are being leveraged through the SaaS solutions. This allows us to take a risk based approach to managing these access of the third party services to our cloud ecosystem.”

“Cross-platform capability.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled organization to evaluate and ultimately select Cisco Cloudlock:

  • Purchased Cloudlock to solve the following challenges:
    • More securely enable cloud app adoption
    • Protect sensitive organizational data
    • Meet compliance and governance requirements
    • Better detect account compromise
    • Better detect insider threats
    • Provide visibility into connected cloud apps

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of Cisco Cloudlock that the surveyed organization uses:

  • Purchased Cloudlock for the following reason:
    • Comprehensiveness of the solution
    • API-based approach
  • For connected applications, Cloudlock helped them to:
    • Block malicious and/or overprivileged applications
    • Sanction applications organization-wide

Results

The surveyed organization achieved the following results with Cisco Cloudlock:

  • Realized value from Cloudlock in > 1 week.
  • Achieved the following outcomes with Cloudlock:
    • Increased protection against data breaches
    • Improved compliance posture and lowered risk
    • Achieved control over third-party cloud apps
    • Improved visibility into cloud usage
  • Decreased their data exposure with the use of Cloudlock by 50% to 69%.
  • Agrees Cloudlock’s role in their cloud app security is critical.

Cisco Cloudlock Case Study

Large Enterprise Professional Services Company

Introduction

This case study of a large enterprise professional services company is based on a December 2017 survey of Cisco Cloudlock customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“We’re implementing Cloudlock in phases, so far we’ve only done DLP but we’ve resolved over 15k incidents!”

“I really like how user-friendly Cloudlock is, even for someone like me that doesn’t come from a security background.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select Cisco Cloudlock:

  • Purchased Cloudlock to solve the following challenges:
    • More securely enable cloud app adoption
    • Protect sensitive organizational data
    • Meet compliance and governance requirements
    • Better detect account compromise
    • Better detect insider threats
    • Provide visibility into connected cloud apps

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of Cisco Cloudlock that the surveyed company uses:

  • For connected applications, Cloudlock helped them to:
    • Identify the OAuth applications users have self-enabled
    • Understand the risk of OAuth applications connected to their environment
    • Block malicious and/or overprivileged applications
    • Sanction applications organization-wide

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with Cisco Cloudlock:

  • Realized value from Cloudlock in > 1 week.
  • Achieved the following outcomes with Cloudlock:
    • Increased protection against data breaches
    • Improved compliance posture and lowered risk
    • Improved protection against account compromises
    • Achieved control over third-party cloud apps
    • Improved visibility into cloud usage
  • Decreased their data exposure with the use of Cloudlock by 70% to 79%.
  • Agrees Cloudlock’s role in their cloud app security is critical.

Cisco Cloudlock Case Study

Educational Institution

Introduction

This case study of an educational institution is based on a December 2017 survey of Cisco Cloudlock customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled organization asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“We gained visibility into data loss with Cloudlock.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled organization to evaluate and ultimately select Cisco Cloudlock:

  • Purchased Cloudlock to solve the following challenges:
    • Protect sensitive organizational data
    • Meet compliance and governance requirements

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of Cisco Cloudlock that the surveyed organization uses:

  • Purchased Cloudlock for the following reason:
    • Ease of deployment
    • Threat insight
    • Ease of use
  • For connected applications, Cloudlock helped them to:
    • Understand the risk of OAuth applications connected to their environment
    • Block malicious and/or overprivileged applications

Results

The surveyed organization achieved the following results with Cisco Cloudlock:

  • Achieved the following outcomes with Cloudlock:
    • Improved compliance posture and lowered risk
    • Improved protection against account compromises
  • Decreased their data exposure with the use of Cloudlock by up to 50%.
    *States Cloudlock’s role in their cloud app security is important.

Cisco Cloudlock Case Study

Medium Enterprise Computer Software Company

Introduction

This case study of a medium enterprise computer software company is based on a December 2017 survey of Cisco Cloudlock customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“Cloudlock has given us significantly better controls around cloud DLP.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select Cisco Cloudlock:

  • Purchased Cloudlock to solve the following challenges:
    • More securely enable cloud app adoption
    • Protect sensitive organizational data
    • Meet compliance and governance requirements
    • Better detect account compromise
    • Better detect insider threats
    • Provide visibility into connected cloud apps

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of Cisco Cloudlock that the surveyed company uses:

  • Purchased Cloudlock for the following reason:
    • Ease of deployment
    • Threat insight
    • Ease of use
    • Comprehensiveness of the solution

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with Cisco Cloudlock:

  • Realized value from Cloudlock in < 1 hour.
  • Achieved the following outcomes with Cloudlock:
    • Increased protection against data breaches
    • Improved compliance posture and lowered risk
    • Improved protection against account compromises
    • Achieved control over third-party cloud apps
    • Improved visibility into cloud usage
    • Increased confidence in expanding their use of cloud applications
  • Decreased their data exposure with the use of Cloudlock by 75%.

Cisco Cloudlock Case Study

Large Enterprise Professional Services Company

Introduction

This case study of a large enterprise professional services company is based on a December 2017 survey of Cisco Cloudlock customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“I like Cloudlock’s ease of deployment, simple policy management, and the fact that I don’t need a large team to manage it.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select Cisco Cloudlock:

  • Purchased Cloudlock to solve the following challenges:
    • More securely enable cloud app adoption
    • Protect sensitive organizational data
    • Meet compliance and governance requirements
    • Provide visibility into connected cloud apps

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of Cisco Cloudlock that the surveyed company uses:

  • Purchased Cloudlock for the following reason:
    • Ease of deployment
    • Ease of use
    • Comprehensiveness of the solution
    • API-based approach
  • For connected applications, Cloudlock helped them to:
    • Identify the OAuth applications users have self-enabled
    • Understand the risk of OAuth applications connected to their environment
    • Block malicious and/or overprivileged applications
    • Sanction applications organization-wide

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with Cisco Cloudlock:

  • Realized value from Cloudlock in < 1 hour.
  • Achieved the following outcomes with Cloudlock:
    • Improved compliance posture and lowered risk
    • Achieved control over third-party cloud apps
    • Improved visibility into cloud usage
    • Increased confidence in expanding their use of cloud applications
  • Decreased their data exposure with the use of Cloudlock by 60%.
  • States that Cloudlock’s role in their cloud app security is critical.

Cisco Cloudlock Case Study

Global 500 Insurance Company

Introduction

This case study of a Global 500 insurance company is based on a December 2017 survey of Cisco Cloudlock customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“We like the simplicity of Cloudlock’s console.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select Cisco Cloudlock:

  • Purchased Cloudlock to solve the following challenges:
    • More securely enable cloud app adoption
    • Protect sensitive organizational data
    • Provide visibility into connected cloud apps

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of Cisco Cloudlock that the surveyed company uses:

  • Purchased Cloudlock for the following reason:
    • API-based approach
  • For connected applications, Cloudlock helped them to:
    • Sanction applications organization-wide

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with Cisco Cloudlock:

  • Achieved the following outcomes with Cloudlock:
    • Improved visibility into cloud usage
    • Increased confidence in expanding their use of cloud applications

Cisco Cloudlock Case Study

Educational Institution

Introduction

This case study of an educational institution is based on a December 2017 survey of Cisco Cloudlock customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled organization asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“Cloudlock helps us with internal compliance for high-risk data applications in the cloud.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled organization to evaluate and ultimately select Cisco Cloudlock:

  • Purchased Cloudlock to solve the following challenges:
    • Protect sensitive organizational data
    • Meet compliance and governance requirements
    • Better detect insider threats
    • Provide visibility into connected cloud apps

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of Cisco Cloudlock that the surveyed organization uses:

  • Purchased Cloudlock for the following reason:
    • API-based approach
  • For connected applications, Cloudlock helped them to:
    • Understand the risk of OAuth applications connected to their environment

Results

The surveyed organization achieved the following results with Cisco Cloudlock:

  • Achieved the following outcomes with Cloudlock:
    • Improved compliance posture and lowered risk
    • Achieved control over third-party cloud apps

Cisco Cloudlock Case Study

Educational Institution

Introduction

This case study of an educational institution is based on a December 2017 survey of Cisco Cloudlock customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled organization asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“We value Cloudlock’s integration with Google apps and its ease of use.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled organization to evaluate and ultimately select Cisco Cloudlock:

  • Purchased Cloudlock to solve the following challenges:
    • Protect sensitive organizational data
    • Meet compliance and governance requirements

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of Cisco Cloudlock that the surveyed organization uses:

  • Purchased Cloudlock for the following reason:
    • Comprehensiveness of the solution
    • API-based approach
  • For connected applications, Cloudlock helped them to:
    • Block malicious and/or overprivileged applications

Results

The surveyed organization achieved the following results with Cisco Cloudlock:

  • Realized value from Cloudlock in < 1 week.
  • Achieved the following outcomes with Cloudlock:
    • Increased protection against data breaches
    • Improved compliance posture and lowered risk
    • Improved visibility into cloud usage
  • Decreased their data exposure with the use of Cloudlock by 75%.
  • States Cloudlock’s role in their cloud app security is very important.

Cisco Cloudlock Case Study

State & Local Government

Introduction

This case study of a state & local government is based on a December 2017 survey of Cisco Cloudlock customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled organization asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“Cloudlock helped us to recognize compromised accounts and reduce the impact of compromise.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled organization to evaluate and ultimately select Cisco Cloudlock:

  • Purchased Cloudlock to solve the following challenges:
    • Protect sensitive organizational data
    • Provide visibility into connected cloud apps

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of Cisco Cloudlock that the surveyed organization uses:

  • Purchased Cloudlock for the following reason:
    • Threat insight
  • For connected applications, Cloudlock helped them to:
    • Identify the OAuth applications users have self-enabled
    • Understand the risk of OAuth applications connected to their environment
    • Block malicious and/or overprivileged applications

Results

The surveyed organization achieved the following results with Cisco Cloudlock:

  • Achieved the following outcomes with Cloudlock:
    • Increased protection against data breaches
    • Improved compliance posture and lowered risk
    • Improved protection against account compromises
    • Achieved control over third-party cloud apps
    • Improved visibility into cloud usage
  • States Cloudlock’s role in their cloud app security is very important.

Cisco Cloudlock Case Study

Financial Times

Introduction

This case study of Financial Times is based on a December 2017 survey of Cisco Cloudlock customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“Cloudlock gives us the ability to protect data from being incorrectly shared and capture breaches in data content.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select Cisco Cloudlock:

  • Purchased Cloudlock to solve the following challenges:
    • More securely enable cloud app adoption
    • Protect sensitive organizational data
    • Meet compliance and governance requirements
    • Better detect account compromise
    • Provide visibility into connected cloud apps

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of Cisco Cloudlock that the surveyed company uses:

  • Purchased Cloudlock for the following reason:
    • Ease of deployment
    • Ease of use
    • Comprehensiveness of the solution
  • For connected applications, Cloudlock helped them to:
    • Identify the OAuth applications users have self-enabled
    • Understand the risk of OAuth applications connected to their environment
    • Block malicious and/or overprivileged applications

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with Cisco Cloudlock:

  • Realized value from Cloudlock in < 1 week.
  • Achieved the following outcomes with Cloudlock:
    • Improved compliance posture and lowered risk
    • Improved protection against account compromises
    • Improved visibility into cloud usage
  • States Cloudlock’s role in their cloud app security is very important.

Cisco Cloudlock Case Study

Large Enterprise Computer Hardware Company

Introduction

This case study of a large enterprise computer hardware company is based on a December 2017 survey of Cisco Cloudlock customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“The biggest security outcomes we’ve seen are in the areas of third party OAuth App detection for G Suite and reg-ex policies for Google Drive where we can ensure that company IP is not being over shared.”

Challenges

The business challenge that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select Cisco Cloudlock:

  • Purchased Cloudlock to solve the following challenge:
    • In 2011, Google Apps did not provide many administration or reporting capabilities for Google Drive and Google Sites.

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of Cisco Cloudlock that the surveyed company uses:

  • Purchased Cloudlock for the following reason:
    • For its reporting, metrics, and administration capabilities in the area of Google Drive and Google Sites.
  • For connected applications, Cloudlock helped them to:
    • Identify the OAuth applications users have self-enabled
    • Understand the risk of OAuth applications connected to their environment
    • Block malicious and/or overprivileged applications

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with Cisco Cloudlock:

  • Achieved the following outcomes with Cloudlock:
    • Improved protection against account compromises
    • Achieved control over third-party cloud apps
    • Improved visibility into cloud usage
  • States Cloudlock’s role in their cloud app security is very important.

Cisco Cloudlock Case Study

State & Local Government

Introduction

This case study of a state & local government is based on a December 2017 survey of Cisco Cloudlock customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled organization asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“Cloudlock has helped us gain visibility and control over both document sharing in Google Drive and third-party application integrations via OAuth.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled organization to evaluate and ultimately select Cisco Cloudlock:

  • Purchased Cloudlock to solve the following challenges:
    • Protect sensitive organizational data
    • Meet compliance and governance requirements
    • Provide visibility into connected cloud apps

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of Cisco Cloudlock that the surveyed organization uses:

  • Purchased Cloudlock for the following reason:
    • Comprehensiveness of the solution
    • API-based approach
  • For connected applications, Cloudlock helped them to:
    • Identify the OAuth applications users have self-enabled
    • Understand the risk of OAuth applications connected to their environment
    • Block malicious and/or overprivileged applications
    • Sanction applications organization-wide

Results

The surveyed organization achieved the following results with Cisco Cloudlock:

  • Realized value from Cloudlock in < 1 week.
  • Achieved the following outcomes with Cloudlock:
    • Improved compliance posture and lowered risk
    • Achieved control over third-party cloud apps
    • Improved visibility into cloud usage
    • Increased confidence in expanding their use of cloud applications
  • Decreased their data exposure with the use of Cloudlock by more than 90%.

Cisco Cloudlock Case Study

State & Local Government

Introduction

This case study of a state & local government is based on a December 2017 survey of Cisco Cloudlock customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled organization asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“What I most value about Cloudlock is the ease of use.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled organization to evaluate and ultimately select Cisco Cloudlock:

  • Purchased Cloudlock to solve the following challenges:
    • Better detect account compromise
    • Provide visibility into connected cloud apps

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of Cisco Cloudlock that the surveyed organization uses:

  • Purchased Cloudlock for the following reason:
    • Ease of deployment
    • Threat insight
    • Ease of use
  • For connected applications, Cloudlock helped them to:
    • Identify the OAuth applications users have self-enabled
    • Understand the risk of OAuth applications connected to their environment
    • Block malicious and/or overprivileged applications
    • Sanction applications organization-wide

Results

The surveyed organization achieved the following results with Cisco Cloudlock:

  • Realized value from Cloudlock in < 1 hour.
  • Achieved the following outcomes with Cloudlock:
    • Increased protection against data breaches
    • Improved protection against account compromises
    • Achieved control over third-party cloud apps
    • Increased confidence in expanding their use of cloud applications
  • Decreased their data exposure with the use of Cloudlock by 85%
  • States Cloudlock’s role in their cloud app security is very important.

Cisco Cloudlock Case Study

Medium Enterprise Computer Services Company

Introduction

This case study of a medium enterprise computer services company is based on a December 2017 survey of Cisco Cloudlock customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“It has been a great experience working with Cloudlock customer success team.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select Cisco Cloudlock:

  • Purchased Cloudlock to solve the following challenges:
    • More securely enable cloud app adoption
    • Protect sensitive organizational data
    • Meet compliance and governance requirements
    • Better detect account compromise
    • Better detect insider threats
    • Provide visibility into connected cloud apps

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of Cisco Cloudlock that the surveyed company uses:

  • Purchased Cloudlock for the following reason:
    • Ease of deployment
    • Threat insight
    • Ease of use
    • Comprehensiveness of the solution
    • API-based approach
  • For connected applications, Cloudlock helped them to:
    • Identify the OAuth applications users have self-enabled
    • Understand the risk of OAuth applications connected to their environment
    • Block malicious and/or overprivileged applications
    • Sanction applications organization-wide

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with Cisco Cloudlock:

  • Realized value from Cloudlock in < 1 week.
  • Achieved the following outcomes with Cloudlock:
    • Increased protection against data breaches
    • Improved compliance posture and lowered risk
    • Improved protection against account compromises
    • Achieved control over third-party cloud apps
    • Improved visibility into cloud usage
    • Increased confidence in expanding their use of cloud applications
  • Decreased their data exposure with the use of Cloudlock by 65%

Cisco Cloudlock Case Study

Educational Institution

Introduction

This case study of a educational institution is based on a December 2017 survey of Cisco Cloudlock customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled organization asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“Cloudlock has allowed us to seamlessly integrate the Google Suite for Education into our organization. It has been a game changer for teacher growth and student success margins. "

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled organization to evaluate and ultimately select Cisco Cloudlock:

  • Purchased Cloudlock to solve the following challenges:
    • More securely enable cloud app adoption
    • Protect sensitive organizational data
    • Meet compliance and governance requirements

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of Cisco Cloudlock that the surveyed organization uses:

  • Purchased Cloudlock for the following reason:
    • Required by school district to have protection.
  • For connected applications, Cloudlock helped them to:
    • Block malicious and/or overprivileged applications

Results

The surveyed organization achieved the following results with Cisco Cloudlock:

  • Realized value from Cloudlock in < 1 week.
  • Achieved the following outcomes with Cloudlock:
    • Increased protection against data breaches
    • Improved protection against account compromises
    • Improved visibility into cloud usage

Cisco Cloudlock Case Study

Federal Government

Introduction

This case study of a federal government is based on a December 2017 survey of Cisco Cloudlock customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled organization asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“Cloudlock gives us ease of use and the ability to manage security concerns in Google Drive.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled organization to evaluate and ultimately select Cisco Cloudlock:

  • Purchased Cloudlock to solve the following challenges:
    • More securely enable cloud app adoption
    • Meet compliance and governance requirements
    • Better detect account compromise

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of Cisco Cloudlock that the surveyed organization uses:

  • Purchased Cloudlock for the following reason:
    • Ease of use
    • Comprehensiveness of the solution
  • For connected applications, Cloudlock helped them to:
    • Identify the OAuth applications users have self-enabled
    • Understand the risk of OAuth applications connected to their environment
    • Block malicious and/or overprivileged applications

Results

The surveyed organization achieved the following results with Cisco Cloudlock:

  • Realized value from Cloudlock in < 1 week.
  • Achieved the following outcomes with Cloudlock:
    • Improved compliance posture and lowered risk
    • Improved protection against account compromises
    • Achieved control over third-party cloud apps
  • States Cloudlock’s role in their cloud app security is very important.

Cisco Cloudlock Case Study

Large Enterprise Retail Company

Introduction

This case study of a large enterprise retail company is based on a December 2017 survey of Cisco Cloudlock customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“Cloudlock gives us control and monitoring of Shadow IT and the ability to discover and act on regulated data in the cloud.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select Cisco Cloudlock:

  • Purchased Cloudlock to solve the following challenges:
    • More securely enable cloud app adoption
    • Protect sensitive organizational data
    • Provide visibility into connected cloud apps

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of Cisco Cloudlock that the surveyed company uses:

  • Purchased Cloudlock for the following reason:
    • Ease of deployment
    • Ease of use
    • Comprehensiveness of the solution
    • API-based approach
  • For connected applications, Cloudlock helped them to:
    • Identify the OAuth applications users have self-enabled
    • Understand the risk of OAuth applications connected to their environment
    • Block malicious and/or overprivileged applications
    • Sanction applications organization-wide

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with Cisco Cloudlock:

  • Realized value from Cloudlock in < 1 week.
  • Achieved the following outcomes with Cloudlock:
    • Improved compliance posture and lowered risk
    • Improved visibility into cloud usage
    • Increased confidence in expanding their use of cloud applications
  • Decreased their data exposure with the use of Cloudlock by 60%.

Cisco Cloudlock Case Study

Educational Institution

Introduction

This case study of a educational institution is based on a December 2017 survey of Cisco Cloudlock customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled organization asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“We moved our on premise file storage environment, email, and calendaring to G Suite. Cloudlock provided the critical DLP platform that gave us visibility into and assurance that we were doing this in a secure way.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled organization to evaluate and ultimately select Cisco Cloudlock:

  • Purchased Cloudlock to solve the following challenges:
    • More securely enable cloud app adoption
    • Protect sensitive organizational data
    • Meet compliance and governance requirements
    • Better detect account compromise
    • Provide visibility into connected cloud apps

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of Cisco Cloudlock that the surveyed organization uses:

  • Purchased Cloudlock for the following reason:
    • Ease of deployment
    • Threat insight
    • Comprehensiveness of the solution
    • API-based approach
  • For connected applications, Cloudlock helped them to:
    • Identify the OAuth applications users have self-enabled
    • Understand the risk of OAuth applications connected to their environment
    • Sanction applications organization-wide

Results

The surveyed organization achieved the following results with Cisco Cloudlock:

  • Realized value from Cloudlock in < 1 week.
  • Achieved the following outcomes with Cloudlock:
    • Increased protection against data breaches
    • Improved compliance posture and lowered risk
    • Achieved control over third-party cloud apps
    • Improved visibility into cloud usage
    • Increased confidence in expanding their use of cloud applications
  • Decreased their data exposure with the use of Cloudlock by 70%

Cisco Cloudlock Case Study

Large Enterprise Computer Services Company

Introduction

This case study of a large enterprise computer services company is based on a December 2017 survey of Cisco Cloudlock customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“What I most like about Cloudlock is the capability and insight the product delivers with the expertise of support and development by knowledgeable and responsive staff.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select Cisco Cloudlock:

  • Purchased Cloudlock to solve the following challenges:
    • More securely enable cloud app adoption
    • Meet compliance and governance requirements
    • Provide visibility into connected cloud apps

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of Cisco Cloudlock that the surveyed company uses:

  • Purchased Cloudlock for the following reason:
    • Ease of deployment
    • Threat insight
    • Ease of use
  • For connected applications, Cloudlock helped them to:
    • Identify the OAuth applications users have self-enabled
    • Understand the risk of OAuth applications connected to their environment
    • Block malicious and/or overprivileged applications
    • Sanction applications organization-wide

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with Cisco Cloudlock:

  • Realized value from Cloudlock in < 1 day.
  • Achieved the following outcomes with Cloudlock:
    • Improved compliance posture and lowered risk
    • Achieved control over third-party cloud apps
    • Improved visibility into cloud usage
    • Increased confidence in expanding their use of cloud applications
  • States Cloudlock’s role in their cloud app security is very important.

Cisco Cloudlock Case Study

Redwood City Elementary School District

Introduction

This case study of Redwood City Elementary School District is based on a December 2017 survey of Cisco Cloudlock customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“What we like most about Cloudlock is that it works. The updates are non-intrusive to our workflow. The added features after the Cisco purchase have added value to our practices.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled organization to evaluate and ultimately select Cisco Cloudlock:

  • Purchased Cloudlock to solve the following challenges:
    • More securely enable cloud app adoption
    • Protect sensitive organizational data
    • Meet compliance and governance requirements
    • Better detect account compromise
    • Better detect insider threats
    • Provide visibility into connected cloud apps

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of Cisco Cloudlock that the surveyed organization uses:

  • Purchased Cloudlock for the following reason:
    • Comprehensiveness of the solution
    • API-based approach
  • For connected applications, Cloudlock helped them to:
    • Identify the OAuth applications users have self-enabled
    • Understand the risk of OAuth applications connected to their environment
    • Block malicious and/or overprivileged applications
    • Sanction applications organization-wide

Results

The surveyed organization achieved the following results with Cisco Cloudlock:

  • Realized value from Cloudlock in < 1 week.
  • Achieved the following outcomes with Cloudlock:
    • Increased protection against data breaches
    • Improved compliance posture and lowered risk
    • Improved protection against account compromises
    • Achieved control over third-party cloud apps
    • Improved visibility into cloud usage
    • Increased confidence in expanding their use of cloud applications
  • Decreased their data exposure with the use of Cloudlock by more than 90%.

Cisco Cloudlock Case Study

Chicago Public School System

Introduction

This case study of Chicago Public School System is based on a December 2017 survey of Cisco Cloudlock customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“The primary outcome we’ve gained has been the protection from oversharing of PII by our end users. In addition, the visibility into G Suite is tremendous in fully understanding the risks and determining how to correct/mitigate.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled organization to evaluate and ultimately select Cisco Cloudlock:

  • Purchased Cloudlock to solve the following challenges:
    • More securely enable cloud app adoption
    • Protect sensitive organizational data
    • Better detect account compromise

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of Cisco Cloudlock that the surveyed organization uses:

  • Purchased Cloudlock for the following reason:
    • Ease of deployment
    • Threat insight
  • For connected applications, Cloudlock helped them to:
    • Identify the OAuth applications users that have self-enabled

Results

The surveyed organization achieved the following results with Cisco Cloudlock:

  • Realized value from Cloudlock in < 1 day.
  • Achieved the following outcomes with Cloudlock:
    • Increased protection against data breaches
    • Improved visibility into cloud usage
  • States that Cloudlock’s role in their cloud app security is critical.

Cisco Cloudlock Case Study

Wisconsin Public Schools

Introduction

This case study of Wisconsin Public Schools is based on a December 2017 survey of Cisco Cloudlock customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

Cloudlock gives us app control and insight to information that should not be stored by users in the cloud."

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled organization to evaluate and ultimately select Cisco Cloudlock:

  • Purchased Cloudlock to solve the following challenges:
    • More securely enable cloud app adoption
    • Protect sensitive organizational data
    • Better detect account compromise
    • Better detect insider threats
    • Provide visibility into connected cloud apps

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of Cisco Cloudlock that the surveyed organization uses:

  • Purchased Cloudlock for the following reason:
    • Ease of deployment
    • Threat insight
    • Ease of use
    • Comprehensiveness of the solution
    • API-based approach
  • For connected applications, Cloudlock helped them to:
    • Identify the OAuth applications users have self-enabled
    • Understand the risk of OAuth applications connected to their environment
    • Block malicious and/or overprivileged applications
    • Sanction applications organization-wide

Results

The surveyed organization achieved the following results with Cisco Cloudlock:

  • Realized value from Cloudlock in < 1 day.
  • Achieved the following outcomes with Cloudlock:
    • Improved compliance posture and lowered risk
    • Improved protection against account compromises
    • Achieved control over third-party cloud apps
    • Improved visibility into cloud usage
    • Increased confidence in expanding their use of cloud applications
  • Decreased their data exposure with the use of Cloudlock by up to 50%.
  • States Cloudlock’s role in their cloud app security is very important.

Cisco Cloudlock Case Study

Medium Enterprise Energy & Utilities Company

Introduction

This case study of a medium enterprise energy & utilities company is based on a December 2017 survey of Cisco Cloudlock customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“Cloudlock has given us better visibility into how our cloud services are being used.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select Cisco Cloudlock:

  • Purchased Cloudlock to solve the following challenges:
    • More securely enable cloud app adoption
    • Protect sensitive organizational data
    • Better detect account compromise
    • Better detect insider threats
    • Provide visibility into connected cloud apps

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of Cisco Cloudlock that the surveyed company uses:

  • Purchased Cloudlock for the following reason:
    • Ease of deployment
    • Threat insight
  • For connected applications, Cloudlock helped them to:
    • Identify the OAuth applications users have self-enabled
    • Understand the risk of OAuth applications connected to their environment
    • Block malicious and/or overprivileged applications
    • Sanction applications organization-wide

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with Cisco Cloudlock:

  • Achieved the following outcomes with Cloudlock:
    • Achieved control over third-party cloud apps
    • Improved visibility into cloud usage
  • Decreased their data exposure with the use of Cloudlock by up to 50%.
  • States Cloudlock’s role in their cloud app security is very important.



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