Netskope, a leader in Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), today announced it has been selected as the preferred cloud access security broker (CASB) vendor for the Canadian Federal Government under Shared Services Canada's (SSC) cybersecurity procurement vehicle (CSPV). The SSC CASB CSPV aims to provide government users secure access to cloud-based applications including all software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications from wherever they are located.
The Government of Canada (GC) selected Netskope following a competitive process for a commercially available CASB service to meet its business needs across a broad spectrum of government organizations and agencies.
The objective of the CASB service is to enable the on-going adoption, use and delivery of SaaS cloud services by the GC departments. The CASB service will enhance the security posture of GC services, applications, and data as they are transposed into public cloud environments; enabling full visibility and monitoring of GC cloud environments to prevent, detect, and rapidly respond to cyber threats and ensuring the confidentiality, privacy, and safeguard of GC data according to GC policies.
"With the hybrid workforce becoming the new norm, Canadian government agencies and departments are relying more and more on giving their users direct-to-cloud access to SaaS applications and to web applications in general," said Paul Tanasi, Federal Regional Manager, Netskope. "There's a requirement to secure these users and to gain back some of the visibility and control that they were used to when everyone was working from the office. They need a solution to address cloud service risks, enforce security policies, and comply with regulations, especially when cloud services are beyond their perimeter and out of their direct control. Netskope's CASB solution will provide that ability to confidently adopt cloud applications and services without sacrificing security or performance."