SaaS Security
Create SSPM Policies to Monitor SaaS App Settings
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Create SSPM Policies to Monitor SaaS App Settings
Create SaaS Security Posture Management policies to identify a group of app settings for SSPM to
monitor.
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SaaS Security Posture Management scans your SaaS apps for misconfigured settings at regular
intervals. Each setting is associated with one of SSPM's built-in rules. When SSPM
detects a misconfigured setting, SSPM alerts you by setting the rule's status to
Failed in the Security Configurations view. A daily digest email that SSPM sends to
the app owner also includes information about failed rules.
In addition to SSPM's built-in rules, you can create policies to monitor app
settings. In an Application Settings Policy, you identify the specific
settings for specific app instances for SSPM to monitor. If SSPM detects that any of
the settings are misconfigured, SSPM notifies you and sets the policy's status to
Failed in the Security Configurations view.
In addition
to creating these polices to monitor SaaS app settings, you can create Plugin Access
Control policies to detect when users install third-party plugins that you don’t
want to allow in your environment.
- Log in to Strata Cloud Manager.Select ..A Policy Creation page for an app settings policy opens.On the Basic Information tab, specify the following information about your policy:
- The Name of the policy. This name will appear in the list of policies on the Policies tab of the Settings Management page. For this reason, specify a meaningful name that will be distinguishable from the other policies in the list.
- A Description of the policy. After you create the policy, this description will appear on the details page for the policy. Describe the purpose of the policy for administrators who might be viewing the policy later.
- The Severity of the policy, so administrators
will know how seriously they should treat violations of the policy. You
can specify one of the following severity levels, which will be shown
for the policy on the Policies tab of the
Settings Management page.
- High — Means that violations of this policy indicate a significant vulnerability in your security posture. Specify this severity level if the misconfigured settings that SSPM detects for this policy have the potential to be exploited and result in significant damage if left unaddressed.
- Medium — Means that violations of this policy will indicate issues that pose a potential security risk, but are less severe than the High severity level. Remediation of these issues should be prioritized, but they may not require immediate attention.
- Low — Means that violations of this policy will have a minimal impact on security or are relatively low-risk. Specify this severity level to indicate that, while the misconfigured settings might not pose an immediate threat, they should still be addressed to maintain a healthy security posture.
Go to the Next tab of the Policy Creation page to configure the policy.On the Config Selection tab, select the apps and settings that SPPM will monitor for this policy.- Locate the settings that you want SSPM to monitor for this policy. To help you locate the settings that you want to monitor, you can filter the table list by app or by the current setting status.To select a setting, set its Alert toggle to the on position.When you have finished selecting all the settings that you want SSPM to monitor for this policy, go to the Next tab of the Policy Creation page to verify the policy configuration.Go to the Next tab of the Policy Creation page to configure the policy actions.On the Policy Actions tab, select one or more actions.These are the actions that you want SSPM to take when it detects that a monitored setting has become misconfigured. You specify an action for each setting that SSPM is monitoring for the policy. The following actions are available:
- Ticket: If you are using the Jira or ServiceNow issue tracking system to manage your team's tasks, SSPM can create a tickets in the issue tracking system about the misconfigured setting that SSPM detected for the policy. To configure SSPM for ticket creation, you must have linked SSPM to a Jira or ServiceNow instance. From the Configure Ticketing area, you can select the issue tracking system and specify information such as the type and instance of the issue tracking system, and the type of ticket to create.
- Notify: SSPM can send information about the misconfigured setting that SSPM detected for the policy to an email address. If you have configured webhooks in SSPM to send notifications to a channel in Slack or Microsoft Teams, SSPM can also send notifications to one of those webhooks. SSPM sends the email notifications to the email address of the user who created the plugin access control policy. SSPM sends webhook notifications to the webhook you select in the Configure Notification area.
Review the information on the Summary tab to verify that the information is correct. If necessary, you can Edit the information. When you're sure that this is the policy that you want to create, Save the policy.
