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Classic API Data Protection: End of Life Announcement

The Classic API Data Protection platform has been the foundation of Netskope’s CASB API security offering for many customers. As Netskope continues to invest in its Next Generation API Data Protection platform, built for modern SaaS and AI app coverage — the classic platform will reach end of life on June 1, 2027. This guide outlines the key dates, impact, and steps to migrate without disruption to your security coverage.

Key Dates

Date	Milestone
May 1, 2026	End Of Life (EOL) announcement and transition window opens.
June 1, 2027	End of Service – Classic API Data Protection platform is decommissioned.

To learn more, see Classic API Data Protection: End of Life Announcement and Migration Guide.

What is CASB?

CASB, or Cloud Access Security Broker, is a security policy enforcement point placed between cloud service providers and their users to ensure security policies and compliance. It helps organizations protect their data by providing visibility, data security, threat protection, and compliance management across cloud services. To learn more: Cloud Access Security Broker.

Use an out-of-band API connection into your sanctioned cloud services to find sensitive content, enforce out-of-band policy controls, and quarantine malware. This deployment option has the advantage of being simple and friction-less to deploy, requiring only a few steps and granting access to the sanctioned app from the Netskope console using OAuth. The other advantage is that the API connection enables inspection of content that already resides in the sanctioned app. This is not possible with a proxy deployment. There are two limitations to API Data Protection. First, visibility and control is out-of-band, so visibility and control are after-the fact versus proactive and real-time. Second, only sanctioned cloud services are supported.

If you are looking to explore the Next Generation API Data Protection platform, follow the Next Generation API Data Protection Platform documentation.

API Data Protection API Connectors

Netskope API Data Protection works by directly connecting to the cloud app using the APIs published by the app, and uses OAuth to gain delegated access to the app.

Netskope’s API Data Protection provides a complementary deployment model to provide cloud visibility, policy, and data security services by directly connecting to the cloud service using the APIs published by the cloud services. The API Connector works in conjunction with the Netskope cloud proxy to provide defense-in-depth security services. The API Connector is only available for data security related services such as DLP, Active Encryption, and Active Permissions Management.