Microsoft Cloud App Security is a powerful CASB designed to protect data at rest within Microsoft and other popular cloud applications, such as DropBox and Box. The Xcellhost cloud automatically includes CASB protection for data as it moves between users and the Internet. The combination of Xcellhost cloud with Microsoft Cloud App Security provides the most powerful protection for both cloud data in motion and cloud data at rest. Implementing Microsoft Cloud App Security as a standalone product can be challenging. Those challenges include:

• The need to gather user Internet activity log data in order to forward this data to Microsoft Cloud App Security is the responsibility of IT staff. Since users are mobile and work from places beyond the traditional office, gathering the logs for Internet activity can be challenging so that consistent visibility is available in and and out of the office.
• The need to create logging servers that can send the data to Microsoft Cloud App Security for analysis. The need to create and manage these logging servers typically involves creating virtual appliances that then must be managed by IT staff which is against SaaS principles and increases costs.
• The need to synchronize Microsoft Cloud App Security policies and signatures to firewalls and gateways so the unsanctioned applications are controlled. This involves specialized technology integrations that must be implemented by overburdened IT staff and the results are typically limited to firewalls and on-prem gateways that can only protect users within the office.
• The need to manage multiple separate policies from different platforms to enforce CASB controls for data in motion and data at rest which increases operational overhead, increases costs and leads to poor end-user experience due to mismatching policies.