6 Security SaaS Solutions You Never Knew You Needed

With a 40% increase in data breaches in 2016, it’s no doubt that enterprises need to buckle down on security more than ever before. This means that 2017 has to be the year to review all SaaS solutions across the board to protect your business as much as possible. Here are six solutions that will defend any company from digital attacks.

Bluelock is a disaster recovery service provider that is altering the way businesses guard their data and a way to always stay open for operation, no matter what. Bluelock’s team of experts is dedicated to ensuring partner companies consistently deliver a secure and seamless digital experience, even for the most complex IT environments. Their goal is to continuously think about present difficulties and innovative ways to develop an easy-to-use solution that allows their clients to focus on their core business, not on the hardware behind it.

LightCyber, a behavioral attack detection platform, uses behavior-based profiling to accurately and efficiently detect active cyber attacks on a company’s digital assets. The platform delivers alerts that include automated investigative data with rich user, endpoint, and network context enabling swift triage and ultimately a resolution. The value of LighCyber is the ability to detect and effectively stop attacks before the damage is done, without having to wade through tons of alerts each day.

Menlo Security is an interesting solution all on it’s own. They are an isolated platform that eliminates the threat of malware reaching devices while delivering seamless user experience, which we all know how important user experience can be. The platform stores users' web session and content activity contained in the isolation platform where it is analyzed and only sent on to the user if it is clear of malware. And for those that don’t know, malware is software that is meant to harm a business’s hardware and/or software.

SmartFile, being a leader in file governance and management, offers file sharing that makes it easy to see where files are being shared, with whom, and how often. Keeping a tight rein on data and information from your company shouldn't be hard work, and SmartFile makes sure to keep it as easy and accessible as possible. Both HIPAA-compliant and fully encrypted, the software platform enables any company to seamlessly share and organize data in an intuitive, user-friendly way.

CloudPassage provides an on-demand, automated security platform that works in any infrastructure, at any scale. That’s an offering you don’t find often with security solutions. CloudPassage's solution deploys quickly, within minutes, and scales dynamically with no servers to provision or configure. It allows clients to install layered security at every capacity and workload to ensure information and critical data is always remaining safe and secure.

Okta prides itself on being a single sign-on security solution. This means that Okta emphases on the identity and management aspects of cloud security.  That being said, Okta wants to “grant people access to applications on any device at anytime, while still enforcing strong security protections.” It provides a robust central administrative dashboard that gives managers the ability to customize security measures as needed. With offering one of the broadest integrated networks in the security industry, adding SSO (single sign-on) capabilities is boundless on either app or desktop.

Cyber attacks and security breaches are on the rise and need to be taken extremely seriously in the coming year. As a business owner research these top six SaaS security solutions to best protect your business’ data and operations. After all, security breaches not only affect the business’ information but also, in the end, profit.