A SIX-PART FRAMEWORK FOR EFFECTIVELY MANAGING AND SECURING SAAS APPLICATIONS
by David Politis
SaaS is Revolutionizing the Workplace
Controlling Your SaaS Environment presents a new framework for managing, securing, and supporting mission-critical applications in this new modern workplace.
This book is amazing—it will be incredibly useful for many IT and security professionals.
I wish I’d had this book years ago.
Andy Schwab Author of Ultralight IT: A Guide for Smaller Organizations
David Politis is the founder and CEO of BetterCloud, the first-ever SaaS Application Management and Security Platform. David’s entire career has been dedicated to improving the modern workplace through innovative, next-generation cloud (SaaS) technology. His extensive industry experience and thought leadership give him unique foresight into the future of cloud management and security.
Featured In
The SaaS Application Management and Security Framework™
The first of its kind, the Framework™ proposes core building blocks that enable IT and security teams to holistically address several key challenges often faced in SaaS environments.
CENTRALIZATION
All systems of record in a single view.
DISCOVERABILITY
Filter down data sets to locate relevant, specific objects.
INSIGHTS
Monitor applications and surface critical insights.
ACTION
Take action against data objects.
AUTOMATION
Automate actions against data objects.
DELEGATION
Delegate granular admin privileges and create custom roles.
AUDITABILITY
Audit activity across applications to ensure compliance.
This is a must read for every modern IT leader. You should read this immediately to help audit, protect, and optimize your current environment.
Ryan Donnon IT and Data Manager at First Round Capital
The SaaS Application Management and Security Framework™ helps IT and security teams execute flawlessly across scenarios and use cases common in modern workplaces.
INSIDER THREAT DETECTION
Identify common insider threat behavior and bring it to your team’s immediate attention.
SECURITY POLICY ENFORCEMENT
Scope and automatically enforce policies to ensure a secure environment.
REGULATORY COMPLIANCE
Ensure compliance with industry regulations across your applications and data.
LEAST PRIVILEGE MODEL
Maintain a true least privilege model across all of your applications.
EXTERNAL USER MANAGEMENT
Securely grant external users access to exactly what they need, for the time they need it, and nothing more.
AUTOMATED EMPLOYEE ONBOARDING
Orchestrate complex, multi-step policies for critical but repetitive scenarios like employee onboarding and offboarding.
HELP DESK OPERATIONS
Empower your help desk with a platform built for resolving issues across your SaaS applications.
ROLE-BASED PERMISSIONS
Grant specific permission sets to certain users, including HR, security, managers, and more, and enforce those across SaaS apps.
MULTI-INSTANCE APPLICATION MANAGEMENT
Consolidate multiple instances of applications like Slack or Salesforce into a single management and security console.
Hits all the key elements for evaluating and executing the rapid pace of change and management for enterprise SaaS environments.
BetterCloud is the first SaaS Application Management and Security Platform, enabling IT to centralize, orchestrate, and operationalize day-to-day administration and control across SaaS applications.
