Updated on January 4, 2024

API Protection (Managed App Activities) use cases

API Protection (Managed App Activities) use cases

Here are some widely used real world use cases that will address your organization’s API Protection (Managed App Activities) needs.

Use Case #	Category	Use case description
1	Observe – Managed App Activities	Create a list of publicly accessible documents in an API-Protected service
2	Observe – Managed App Activities	Create a list of externally shared documents stored in an API-Protected service
3	Observe – Managed App Activities	Create a list of private documents stored in an API-Protected service
4	Observe – Managed App Activities	Create a list of executable or other files stored in an API-Protected service
5	Observe – Managed App Activities	Create a list of users with most public files stored in an API Protected service
6	Observe – Managed App Activities	Create a list of users with non-expiring links to files stored in an API-Protected service
7	Observe – Managed App Activities	Create reports on activity or incidents in an API-Protected service
8	Monitor – Managed App Activities	Investigate specific external user activity to determine risk posture
9	Monitor – Managed App Activities	Investigate specific internal user activity to determine risk posture
10	Monitor – Managed App Activities	Identify and act on individual files or folders on a case-by-case basis
11	Monitor – Managed App Activities	Alert when a file is made public
12	Monitor – Managed App Activities	Alert when a file is externally shared
13	Monitor – Managed App Activities	Alert when a file is shared with large number of users (internal/external)
14	Monitor – Managed App Activities	Alert when a file is shared with specific groups
15	Protect – Managed App Activities	Create a policy to allow sharing with approved external users
16	Protect – Managed App Activities	Create a policy to block sharing with identified external users
17	Protect – Managed App Activities	Create a policy to identify and modify internal and external sharing

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