San Jose, CA,  : Exclusive Networks, the global specialist VAD for cybersecurity and cloud solutions, today announced its U.S. and Canadian partnerships with Bitglass, the Next-Gen CASB company. The companies’ joint mission is to expand Exclusive Networks’ delivery of services and to help customers use Bitglass’ policy-enforcing cloud access security broker (CASB) to improve data and threat protection in the cloud and on any device, anywhere.

Founded in 2013, Bitglass’ CASB solution enables enterprises to confidently make use of the cloud by ensuring security and regulatory compliance for data that has gone beyond the corporate perimeter. Often described as a policy enforcement point, a CASB provides prevention of data leakage, visibility and clean-up after high-risk events, and zero-day protection from known and unknown malware. Able to learn and adapt on the fly, Bitglass’ Next-Gen CASB delivers comprehensive protection for newly discovered cloud applications, malware threats, behaviors, and devices, as well as established applications like Office 365, AWS, Box, and Salesforce.

Other Bitglass features include:

• Data Loss Prevention (DLP) and Contextual Access Control
• User and Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA)
• Zero-Day Shadow IT Discovery
• Single Sign-On (SSO) and Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
• An agentless architecture that is easily deployed and perfect for securing personal and mobile devices

Listed as a Leader in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Cloud Access Security Brokers, California-based Bitglass was recognized among vendors due its ability to execute and its completeness of vision.¹ The company was also ranked by Gartner as the highest placed CASB in the application of consistent policies across all cloud services.² Bitglass has an overall rating of 4.7 out of 5 for the CASB market, as reviewed by 57 customers on Gartner Peer Insights, as of September 23, 2019.³

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