TechValidate Research on Cisco Cloudlock


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 theĀ 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%.




About This Data

This data was sourced directly from verified users of Cisco Cloudlock by TechValidate.

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