Cloud Apps Discovery
Uncover shadow IT: identify, assess, and control all cloud apps in use. Shadow IT discovery is included in M365 E3.
Shadow IT Is Not a Policy Problem. It Is a Visibility Problem.
Every unsanctioned cloud app is a potential data leak: customer data in Trello, contracts in Dropbox, passwords in LastPass. The traffic already passes your firewall or proxy — the record exists, nobody evaluates it. And a policy cannot govern an app nobody knows is in use.
Cloud App Discovery is already included in Microsoft 365 E3 (via Entra ID P1). Your existing firewall and proxy logs feed the analysis — continuously, without touching a single endpoint. All that is missing is activation, analysis, and a governance process.
ACTIVITIES IN DETAIL
DELIVERABLES
Privacy Frame: Anonymization and works council agreement settled before the first log
Cloud Discovery: Continuous log feed from your existing firewall or proxy
Risk Analysis: Top 50 apps assessed, generative AI apps as their own pass
App Governance: Sanctioned and unsanctioned classification against risk score thresholds
Blocking: Block script for supported appliances, domain list for the rest, proven on one app
Review Routine: The weekly discovered-app review with roles and escalation path
Next steps after Cloud Apps Discovery
A cleanly configured tenant is the foundation. These blueprints build directly on it
