SaaS applications host sensitive data across a wide range of platforms, not just the commonly monitored ones like Google Drive, OneDrive and SharePoint. Critical data can also be found in less obvious applications such as Salesforce, Slack, GitHub, NetSuite, and Zoom, including confidential financial reports, private messages, source code and customer transaction data. Each platform offers extensive sharing and collaboration features, complicating the task of ensuring that user actions adhere to security policies.
The diverse methods of data sharing—APIs, external links, and internal features—along with the distributed ownership of SaaS apps, create gaps in visibility and control for security teams. This lack of comprehensive oversight increases the risk of severe consequences like identity theft or financial fraud.
Valence offers a holistic approach to identifying and managing data across a broad spectrum of business-critical SaaS applications. Our centralized platform provides visibility for both security teams and SaaS admins into where sensitive data resides, how it is shared, and who has access to it. By continuously monitoring and analyzing these applications, Valence helps detect risky data sharing practices, misconfigurations, and overly permissive access controls. For instance, Valence can reveal external shares of legal documents in OneDrive, financial data in NetSuite, or customer information in Salesforce, ensuring that such data is handled according to least privilege principles. This proactive approach enables organizations to strengthen their data protection strategies and reduce the risk of data breaches.
Human errors like the massive Google Drive misconfiguration at Ateam that allowed “anyone with the link” to view sensitive data highlight the dangers of SaaS data security risks. Discover more real-world examples in the report.
Valence helps you uncover sensitive data across all your SaaS applications, providing insights into data sharing practices and access controls. Gain a comprehensive view of where your data is exposed and take action to secure it.
Identify and protect sensitive data across a range of critical SaaS applications
Achieve a unified view of data sharing practices and access permissions
Support data privacy regulations by ensuring strong data protection practices across SaaS applications
Monitor potential data exposure across business critical SaaS applications beyond just Google Drive or OneDrive
Gain real-time visibility into how and with whom data is shared, identifying any risky or unauthorized practices
Enforce least privilege access controls for internal users, external collaborators, and third-party integrations
Continuously monitor SaaS environments for potential security threats
Consolidate oversight of sensitive data across multiple SaaS applications for more efficient risk management
Identify SaaS applications exposing sensitive data with a free risk assessment. Uncover misconfigurations, overly permissive access, and risky integrations. Protect your valuable data in SaaS.
