CASB, Skyhigh and I

If you are one of those who are wondering what is CASB – then first familiarize yourself with it. A few years ago, CASB as a product / category didn’t even exist – but today, Gartner considers this as one of the hottest growing areas in Enterprise security. In fact, the ascendance of CASB as a critical security technology was on full display at this year’s Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit. CASB’s presence was more prominent than ever before, with Gartner calling it a must-have enterprise security technology and predicting that by 2020, 85% of enterprises will be using a CASB. There is also a magic quadrant under way – read more here about the upcoming MQ.

Figure: Pictoral Representation of where a CASB sits in an organization

I made the decision 2 months ago to leave the comforts of Oracle to join a leading startup in the CASB space – Skyhigh Networks. So far, looking at the customer momentum and the kind of customer problems that we are solving, I am super thrilled to be part of this hyper growth startup. Sure there are challenges to be faced – but then nothing that is unsurmountable. The best part is that the leaders of this organization are committed, passionate and always willing to roll up their sleeves to solve the customer problems and get things done. In fact, some of the relentless energy spent has led to us discovering potent and brute force attacks before other vendors can pick it up – for example, read about the sophisticated attack on Office 365 high value accounts that happened and which Skyhigh discovered.

If you are interested in knowing more about Skyhigh and what we do, feel free to drop me a note – either through comments or via my Twitter handle – we can then connect to discuss. Also, needless to say, we are hiring – so, if you are interested in joining us, look at the open job positions and apply.