Lookout, Inc. has announced new enhancements to its Lookout Cloud Security Platform, which aims to assist organizations in discovering, assessing, and protecting their data as it moves across networks. These enhancements provide organizations with a unified solution for securing their data, maximizing visibility, and protecting access across all applications.
The Lookout Cloud Security Platform is the company’s Security Service Edge (SSE) offering, which continuously monitors the risk posture of users and their devices. It provides dynamic and granular zero-trust access based on the sensitivity level of apps and data, enabling organizations to protect their workers, devices, applications, and data from unauthorized access and internet-based threats.
The platform includes services such as Secure Private Access (ZTNA), Secure Internet Access (SWG), and Secure Cloud Access (CASB). With these services, Lookout aims to safeguard customers’ sensitive information as it moves across networks, clouds, applications, and devices.
One of the key enhancements is the ability to discover and onboard all private apps with enterprise app discovery. Unlike traditional VPNs, Lookout Secure Private Access offers granular access control, limiting users to specific applications. This reduces the overall attack surface and prevents lateral movement of threats, minimizing the risk of compromised accounts or devices compromising the entire infrastructure. The enhancement allows IT teams to see all private applications being accessed by their users and define and enforce access and data protection policies for these apps.
Another enhancement is the extension of zero-trust protection with firewall as a service. The Lookout Cloud Security Platform now has an integrated cloud firewall that offers granular visibility and access control into non-web traffic, stopping zero-day threats. This allows customers to apply more granular security and access policies across all of their apps and both internet and intranet traffic.
The platform also expands data classification and protection capabilities in Google Drive through an integration with Google Drive labels. This integration helps Lookout customers classify sensitive data with Google Drive labels and enforce security policies based on these labels to protect data stored in Google Drive’s API mode.
To ensure the security of guest networks and IoT devices, Lookout has enhanced traffic inspection capabilities. This expansion of data and threat protection helps prevent malware infections and data exfiltration from these access points.
Additionally, Lookout has enhanced its integration with remote browser isolation (RBI) and cloud sandboxing to provide advanced threat protection from phishing and zero-day threats. This integration improves the user experience and prevents users from accessing malicious sites and content.
According to Pete Finalle, Research Manager at IDC, protecting data is crucial in today’s digital world. Lookout’s new cloud security features offer greater assurance to IT organizations that their data is safe and their users are protected.
Aaron Cockerill, Executive Vice President of Product at Lookout, highlighted that the company is the only vendor that unifies cloud and endpoint security into one platform. With the latest enhancements, Lookout aims to strengthen the protection of users and data from security threats and enhance the end-user experience.
In conclusion, Lookout, Inc. has introduced enhancements to its Lookout Cloud Security Platform to help organizations better secure their data as it moves across networks. These enhancements provide a unified solution for data protection, visibility, and access control. With the integration of new features, Lookout aims to safeguard sensitive information and strengthen defense against modern cybersecurity threats.