November 13, 2023 at 07:07AM
SaaS applications like Salesforce, Hubspot, Outreach, Asana, Monday, and Box are essential for marketing teams to collaborate on campaigns and initiatives. However, ensuring their security is complex. This article discusses the use cases of marketing SaaS applications, such as managing external users, addressing public link vulnerabilities, securing connected credit cards, protecting highly sensitive data, and managing permissions for connected apps. It also highlights the importance of SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM) platforms in ensuring the security and integrity of these applications.
From the meeting notes, here are the key takeaways:
1. Marketing departments heavily rely on Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications for effective operations.
2. Marketing apps such as Salesforce, Hubspot, Outreach, Asana, Monday, and Box are commonly used by marketing teams, agencies, freelancers, and subject matter experts.
3. It is crucial to ensure the security of these apps due to the complexity involved in managing multiple applications, application owners, configurations, users, and interconnected apps.
4. Managing external users with appropriate permissions and monitoring their access is essential to prevent unauthorized access.
5. Publicly shared links can inadvertently expose sensitive assets to unintended recipients, and careful administration is required to mitigate this risk.
6. Security measures need to be implemented with respect to connected credit cards, as marketing budgets involve significant sums of money.
7. Protection of highly sensitive data, such as prospect and customer data stored in CRM systems and other marketing tools, requires robust access controls, multi-factor authentication, and constant monitoring of internal user behavior.
8. Marketing teams utilize various connected applications, each with different levels of permission requirements, and organizations need visibility into the risk associated with these applications.
9. SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM) platforms enable security teams to collaborate with marketing and ensure the security of SaaS applications.
10. SSPMs monitor and manage internal and external users, enforce access controls, and safeguard sensitive data, ultimately protecting the organization’s reputation.
11. It is recommended to explore SSPM solutions to secure the entire SaaS stack and maintain the efficiency and productivity of marketing stakeholders.