SaaS Security with Foresight — CrowdStrike Falcon Shield

SaaS applications have become indispensable in the business world – but with the increasing number of tools and user accounts, security risks also rise.

Software-as-a-Service is indispensable to modern business, yet every new app or user account enlarges your risk surface. Misconfigured sharing links, over-privileged identities, and shadow apps hide in plain sight. CrowdStrike Falcon Shield (formerly CrowdStrike Adaptive Shield) eliminates those blind spots. The solution continuously scans popular SaaS platforms, finds misconfigurations and permission gaps, and ranks them by risk. Integrated with the CrowdStrike Falcon platform, Falcon Shield adds end-to-end visibility and prescriptive guidance for locking down the SaaS stack you depend on every day.

Falcon Shield: Beyond Identity and MFA

MFA, IAM, and perimeter firewalls are mandatory, but they don’t catch risks buried in SaaS settings and shadow usage. Falcon Shield focuses on that modern perimeter. It

before they turn into breaches. Coverage spans Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Salesforce, GitHub, ServiceNow, and dozens more. The outcome: fewer blind spots, tighter control, and a stronger footing for secure cloud adoption.

Modern SaaS Security for a Complex Cloud World

True SaaS protection requires visibility, policy control, identity hygiene, and compliance—working together across many clouds. Falcon Shield unifies them in one console.

Automatic Discovery of Every SaaS Service

The platform auto-discovers all SaaS applications in use—even those IT never approved—by analyzing network, identity, and API signals. Each app is categorized, risk-scored, and mapped to users, data flows, and sharing links.

Continuous Configuration & Policy Monitoring

Misconfigurations trigger most SaaS incidents. Falcon Shield benchmarks every connected service against industry best practices and your custom policies. Deviations—disabled MFA, open shares, insecure API tokens—are flagged instantly with change history.

Risk-Based User & Permission Analytics

Across platforms, Falcon Shield consolidates every identity, role, and entitlement. It highlights dormant or over-privileged accounts, high-risk role combinations, and abnormal login patterns, then assigns a prioritized risk score. Native links to Azure AD, Okta, and Google centralize the identity view.

Deep Integrations with Your Security Stack

Out-of-the-box connectors push findings to SIEM, SOAR, and ITSM systems, so incidents flow into existing playbooks. Within the Falcon ecosystem, SaaS insights enrich endpoint telemetry, threat intel, and IR workflows—closing loops faster.

Audit-Ready Reporting & Compliance

Every policy, user action, and configuration change is logged with timestamps and responsible identities. Prebuilt reports support ISO 27001, SOC 2, and custom audits, turning compliance from spreadsheet pain to one-click evidence.

Five Business Benefits of Falcon Shield

Clarity Without Manual Chasing – Auto-discovery reveals exactly what SaaS tools your workforce uses, approved or not.
Centralized Policy Oversight – View and enforce configurations, rights, and violations across all apps from one dashboard.
Risk-Driven Decisions – Prioritized scores plus rich context spotlight the weaknesses that truly matter.
Fits Existing Workflows – Seamless SIEM/SOAR/ITSM and IdP integrations mean no process rewrites.
Audit Confidence – Forensics-grade logs and exportable reports satisfy regulators and board members alike.

The benefits for businesses – that's why Falcon Shield is worth it

Audit Confidence – Forensics-grade logs and exportable reports satisfy regulators and board members alike.

More overview with less effort

The automated detection and categorization of all SaaS services creates clarity about what is actually being used, without any manual tracking.

Central Management of Distributed Policies

Instead of checking each platform separately, companies keep configurations, permissions, and rule violations in one place – including a history of deviations.

Less risk through informed decisions

Prioritized risk scores and meaningful contextual data help to specifically address the vulnerabilities that truly matter.

Seamless integration into existing processes

The integration with SIEM, SOAR, and ITSM systems, as well as Identity Providers, ensures that Falcon Shield fits into all existing processes.

More security in audits and proof of obligations

All security-relevant processes are documented in a way that ensures compliance and can be quickly and clearly reported both internally and externally when needed.

Whether for security teams, identity architects, or IT managers: Falcon Shield is aimed at everyone who wants to maintain an overview of their SaaS landscape and strategically minimize security risks. Especially in distributed organizations with many tools and users, the solution ensures transparency, regulatory compliance, and automated control—without the need for constant manual monitoring.

Your Partner for Resilient SaaS Security concentrade

Technology alone isn’t enough; architecture, integration, and process determine real-world protection. concentrade plugs Falcon Shield into your environment without disruption and keeps it evolving as you scale.

Discover & Design – We map current SaaS usage, shadow IT, and risks, then craft a defense blueprint aligned with business goals.
Implement & Integrate – Identity providers, SaaS APIs, and existing security tools connect smoothly; data flows from day one.
Operate & Optimize – Ongoing support, policy tuning, and audit prep ensure your SaaS security matures with the organization.

What we deliver

End-to-end project ownership—planning, rollout, operations
Deep identity and SaaS-security expertise proven in enterprise deployments
Flexible service tiers, from co-managed to fully managed
Strategic advisory to future-proof your security architecture

Secure Your SaaS Stack with concentrade & CrowdStrike

More Control Over Your Cloud—Powered by Falcon Shield & concentrade

SaaS fuels agility—if it’s secured. Falcon Shield gives you the visibility and automated controls; concentrade turns them into an actionable, long-term strategy. From proof-of-concept to enterprise rollout, we provide clarity, experience, and a laser focus on the essentials. Get in touch to transform your SaaS estate from an unknown risk into a strategic security asset.

FAQs

How does Falcon Shield find unregistered (shadow-IT) apps?

Network and identity telemetry reveal SaaS domains and OAuth authorizations, even without formal IT onboarding. Each discovery is risk-scored and added to the inventory.

Can we set different security policies per SaaS tool?

Yes. Define global baselines, then override by app group—for example, stricter MFA and sharing rules for HR systems than for chat platforms.

Is incident prioritization manual or automatic?

Automatic. Risk scores factor user privileges, app criticality, anomaly history, and usage context, guiding escalations and playbooks.

How are configuration changes tracked?

Falcon Shield records every policy or rights change with timestamp, affected object, and acting identity, and instantly flags violations.

Will Falcon Shield work with our existing IAM deployment?

It integrates with major IdPs (Azure AD, Okta, Google) to overlay SaaS-specific monitoring without disrupting current IAM workflows.