Security—Cloud
Winner:
McAfee MVision Cloud
With MVision Cloud, McAfee provides data and threat protection across all cloud environments—Software as a Service, Infrastructure as a Service and Platform as a Service—making McAfee the first cloud access security broker (CASB) to accomplish the feat. Leading use cases include enforcement of data loss prevention policies for cloud-based data; prevention of unauthorized sharing of sensitive data; and the blocking of corporate data downloads to personal devices. Other key capabilities include detection of compromised accounts and insider threats, malware detection, encryption of cloud data and auditing of security settings for cloud services. In additon, MVision Cloud has led the way among CASB offerings in terms of supporting Microsoft Teams.
Finalists:
Barracuda Cloud Security Guardian for Azure
As Microsoft's Azure cloud platform continues to grow, Barracuda Networks has launched Cloud Security Guardian for Azure—an agentless offering for providing full visibility and compliance around public cloud workloads. The offering also offers automated remediation as well as security scores and alerts.
Fortanix Self-Defending Key Management Service
Fortanix's Self-Defending Key Management Service provides encryption for cloud-based applications and data, while ensuring full control for customers over their keys and secrets. The offering stands out by using Fortanix's unique runtime encryption technology that leverages Intel Software Guard Extensions (SGX).
Infocyte Managed Detection and Response for AWS
Focused on serving small and midmarket organizations, Infocyte's Managed Detection and Response for AWS offering exposes, investigates and eliminates threats and vulnerabilities, both in AWS and hybrid environments. The offering provides automated inspection of cloud workloads along with continuous activity auditing.
Sophos Cloud Optix
Sophos Cloud Optix provides continuous monitoring, compliance, analytics and remediation across AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud. The AI-powered tool offers automatic discovery of all public cloud assets through a single console—ultimately delivering continuous visibility of cloud infrastructures.
