activeDEFENCE vs. SaaS Security by Palo Alto Networks

The threats faced by an organization's infrastructure have become increasingly aggressive, encompassing a wide range of issues from malware and advanced persistent threats (APTs) to extortion attempts and internal security breaches. In today's business environment, it is crucial to consider the rapid growth of smartphones, tablets, and the consumerization of IT, along with the challenges posed by remote workers, contractors, partners, and essential services hosted in the cloud. As a result, the necessity for robust security protocols has intensified, making them more complex than ever before. To effectively protect your data and systems, it is vital to implement a flexible, multi-layered defense strategy that encompasses every facet of your IT landscape, including the network, perimeter, data, applications, and endpoints, while also identifying and managing vulnerabilities that could potentially place your organization at risk. Activereach provides an extensive array of network security solutions aimed at defending your business against emerging threats, optimizing network performance, and boosting operational efficiencies, all of which contribute to a more secure and resilient infrastructure. Moreover, as the digital landscape keeps changing, maintaining a proactive approach to security is essential not only for immediate protection but also for ensuring long-term organizational success and stability.

SaaS Security is a cutting-edge solution designed to secure the SaaS applications and data enterprises rely on, powered by Precision AI® and built natively within a SASE framework. It offers unmatched visibility by automatically discovering and categorizing thousands of SaaS and generative AI apps, addressing the challenges posed by unmanaged shadow IT and complex app configurations. SaaS Security protects sensitive data across growing SaaS and AI ecosystems, including conversational AI tools where data leakage risks are rising. Its AI Access Security monitors sanctioned and unsanctioned AI platforms, preventing unauthorized data sharing with external AI training models. The platform employs advanced multimodal data loss prevention, reducing false positives and securing data across email, collaboration apps, and GenAI services. Continuous risk mitigation detects and remedies misconfigurations, enforces multi-factor authentication, and aligns security settings with industry best practices. Inline AI-driven threat prevention stops zero-day malware and phishing attacks instantly, while user and entity behavior analytics detect anomalous SaaS activities. All SaaS security controls are managed from a unified cloud console, providing a centralized view for easy policy management and incident response. SaaS Security empowers enterprises to secure their SaaS landscape with precision, speed, and scalability. Customers benefit from measurable results, including a 46% reduction in breach likelihood, 69% operational efficiency gains, and a 98% return on investment.