Guest:

  • Adrian Sanabria, Director of Valence Threat Labs at Valence Security, ex-analyst

Topics:

  • When people talk about “cloud security” they often forget SaaS, what should be the structured approach to using SaaS securely or securing SaaS?
  • What are the incidents telling us about the realistic threats to SaaS tools?
  • Is the Microsoft 365 breach a SaaS breach, a cloud breach or something else?
  • Do we really need CVEs for SaaS vulnerabilities?
  • What are the least understood aspects of securing SaaS?
  • What do you tell the organizations who assume that “SaaS vendor takes care of all SaaS security”?
  • Isn’t CASB the answer to all SaaS security issues? We also have SSPM now too? Do we really need more tools?

Resources:

  • VIdeo (LinkedIn, YouTube)
  • EP76 Powering Secure SaaS … But Not with CASB? Cloud Detection and Response?
  • Valence 2023 State of SaaS Security report
  • DHS Launches First-Ever Cyber Safety Review Board
  • Enterprise Security Weekly podcast
  • CloudVulnDb and another cloud vulnerability list
  • Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB) by CISA