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Cloud app control

DataSecurity Plus' Cloud Protection module offers cloud app control as one of its control policies to manage access to cloud applications based on the following:

  • App category
  • Reputation score

Prerequisite: Ensure that you have enabled threat analytics to fetch category details and reputation scores from our in-house threat analytics database. Here's how you can configure threat analytics.

Category-based cloud app control

Admins can restrict access to specific unsafe and unproductive cloud application categories. Certain application categories, such as Adult and Pornography, Entertainment and Arts, Fashion and Beauty, Gambling, Games, Hacking, Illegal, Malware, and Phishing, may be considered unsafe and could violate your organization's cloud usage policy.

Here's how admins can block an application by category:

  • Navigate to Cloud Protection > Configuration > Cloud App Control > Category.
  • Select the application categories to block and click the move icon ⇆ to move the selected categories to the blocked categories column.
  • Click Apply.

Reputation score-based cloud app control

A cloud application's reputation score ranges from 0 to 100, with 100 indicating the highest level of trust and security. To ensure a secure web usage, it is recommended that admins block cloud applications with scores below the range of 30–50, though the specific value could vary based on your environment and security needs.

Here's how admins can block an application based on its reputation score:

  • Navigate to Cloud Protection > Configuration > Cloud App Control > Reputation.
  • Enter the reputation score below which cloud applications will be automatically blocked.
  • Check the box to block websites with an unknown reputation score.
  • Review the choices and click Apply.

Note: An unknown reputation score indicates the application couldn't be verified using the current threat analytics database and will be blocked when the checkbox is enabled. Since the threat analytics database up may become accessible if its score is revised and meets the required threshold value.

How to know the category and reputation score of an application

Admins can refer to the URL lookup provision to know the category an application belongs to and its reputation score.

Here's how admins can make use of URL lookup:

  • Navigate to Cloud Protection > Configuration > Cloud App Control.
  • Click URL Lookup.
  • Enter a domain name and click Search to know its reputation score and category.

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