Identify and act on individual files or folders on a case by case basis

Identify and act on individual files or folders on a case by case basis

Prerequisites for the API protection use casesRoles/actors using the use cases
  • Tenant creation
  • User accounts created
  • CASB API Protection connected to CSP (Cloud Service Provider)
  • CSP (Cloud Service Provider) administrator
  • Cloud governance team
  • Security Analyst

Navigation to API protection users (internal and external) is detailed in the API-Protection ‘Observe’ VRP category. For internal users, the following view is displayed with public files and non-expiring links.

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For external users, the following view is displayed.

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Clicking the files provides a list of all files accessed by a user (highlighted in the red box shown above). Clicking a specific file (such as VMWorld in the image below), would provide file attribute details and its usage such as DLP violations, Sharing, Links, Recent activities and Versions.

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Clicking on the username in the ‘Internal users’ link would provide user activity details as shown below:

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Select the files and click the “TAKE ACTION” button and finally, select the desired option.

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To learn more: Understanding API Protection

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