CASBs Gaining Steam

2015 was a busy year for the budding cloud access security brokerage (CASB) market, and 2016 wasn’t any different. As the cloud continues to gain traction in the enterprise, CASB providers are starting to gain serious traction with partners and customers that are looking to secure their moves off-premises. According to Gartner, 85 percent of enterprises will be using a CASB solution by 2020. That is up from fewer than 5 percent today, Gartner said. Last year saw multiple acquisitions in the space, with big-name vendors such as Cisco, Blue Coat and Microsoft jumping in to buy CASB players. This year, Symantec also joined the fray when it picked up Blue Coat.