In today's dynamic digital landscape, organizations are increasingly leveraging a diverse array of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications. While publicly available SaaS apps offer immense benefits, many organizations also rely on custom-built or specialized in-house applications. This presents a unique challenge: how to effectively monitor the security posture of these custom SaaS apps alongside your standard, out-of-the-box solutions?

Netskope Security Posture Management (SSPM) has the answer! We're thrilled to announce our new Bring Your Own App (BYOA) feature, designed to extend SSPM's comprehensive monitoring capabilities to your custom SaaS applications.

What is Bring Your Own App (BYOA)?

BYOA allows you to seamlessly integrate any custom SaaS app, whether it's publicly available or developed internally, into Netskope SSPM. This means you can now define configuration attributes to be monitored, create custom rules, and enjoy continuous monitoring and reporting for all your unique applications.

The Benefits of BYOA

• Extended Coverage: Expand your security posture monitoring beyond pre-supported SaaS apps to include your unique custom applications.
• Centralized Monitoring: Gain a single, unified view of the security posture for all your SaaS apps – both supported and custom – from one intuitive dashboard.
• Integrated Reporting: Benefit from unified reporting and alerting across your entire SaaS application ecosystem, simplifying compliance and threat detection.

How to Add a Custom App in SSPM with BYOA

Integrating your custom app with SSPM is a streamlined process designed for efficiency. Here's a high-level overview of the steps involved:

1. Register Your Custom Application: Begin by registering your custom app's metadata with SSPM. This involves providing an app name (following specific naming conventions) and an optional app logo via API.
2. Onboard an Instance of your Custom App: Once registered, your custom app will appear in the SSPM UI for onboarding. Set up a security posture instance by providing an instance name and administrator email.
3. Define Configuration Attributes: SSPM supports a wide range of predefined attributes for users, roles, groups, and 3rd Party Apps. Additionally, you can define custom configuration attributes specific to your application, such as external_sharing (boolean) or tags (list of strings).
4. Push Data to your Custom App Instance: Utilize APIs to push data for users, roles, groups, 3rd Party Apps, and custom configurations to your custom app instance within SSPM.
5. Create Custom Rules and Policies: Leverage Netskope Governance Language (NGL) to create custom rules tailored to your application's security requirements. These rules can then be integrated into a policy to enable continuous monitoring of your instance.

For detailed documentation, refer here.

Beyond Integration: Leveraging SSPM's Full Potential

Once your custom app is integrated into SSPM, you can take full advantage of all SSPM's robust features, including:

• Single Pane of View: Comprehensive visibility into the security posture of all your monitored SaaS apps.
• Posture Score: A clear, actionable score indicating your overall security posture.
• Advanced Analytics Reports: In-depth insights to identify and address potential risks.
• Alerting and Monitoring: Notifications and surveillance for any deviations from your security policies.

Ready to extend your security posture monitoring to every corner of your SaaS environment? Explore Netskope SSPM's new BYOA feature today and experience a new level of control and visibility!

Further Information

• Documentation