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PROS

The risk rating of each cloud application is very useful, allowing quick determination of safety and access permissions.
Skyhigh Security provides excellent threat protection capabilities and enhances security management significantly.
Data loss prevention and user behavior analysis are valuable features in the suite.
Skyhigh offers cloud security features, making it highly recommended for protecting data in cloud environments.
Its performance is well-regarded, with stability and scalability being key strengths in its market positioning.

CONS

Skyhigh for Google Drive interface and policy engine is seen as confusing and limited compared to other Google Drive CASB capabilities.
Skyhigh lacks support for custom applications built by customers, providing only for applications from major SaaS vendors.
The reporting process could be improved, as the database sometimes becomes full.
There is limited availability of training resources for Skyhigh compared to competitors like Cisco, affecting engineers and architects who require better knowledge for configuration.
Initial deployment can be challenging and time-consuming, potentially taking up to six months for proper installation and usage.
 

Skyhigh Security Pros review quotes

it_user732489 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Security Support Analyst with 5,001-10,000 employees
Sep 6, 2017
All the information available on each service, including its risk assessment.
informat755811 - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Security Analyst at a tech services company
Oct 16, 2017
DLP policies and anomalies.
it_user757164 - PeerSpot reviewer
INNOVATOR,ENGINEER,DREAMER! at a tech company with 51-200 employees
Oct 18, 2017
Box API features with DLP capabilities.
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it_user758346 - PeerSpot reviewer
Student at Marri Educational Society's Marri Laxman Reddy Institute of Technology and Management at a tech company with 51-200 employees
Oct 19, 2017
Tokenization.
it_user774504 - PeerSpot reviewer
Supervisor, IT Security at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
Nov 17, 2017
Shadow IT reporting capabilities.
it_user775083 - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Assurance Manager at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees
Nov 19, 2017
It help us monitor high risk services, blocking them, and also feeding them to our egress points.
it_user776880 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Security Analyst at a tech services company
Nov 23, 2017
User analytics.
it_user789939 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Security at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Dec 15, 2017
Skyhigh has given us categorization and rating of websites separate from what the web proxy places on the logs.
reviewer826926 - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Security Analyst at Kronos at a tech company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Feb 26, 2018
The risk rating of each cloud application has been very useful. Whenever we discover a new application is use, we are able to quickly determine if this application is safe to use and whether or not we should allow our end users to be able to access it.
user8988 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Analyst Governance and Compliance at a aerospace/defense firm with 10,001+ employees
Jan 31, 2019
There is [a feature] called cloud registry where we can see a risk assessment for the cloud services being used. If we want to add a new cloud service or a new cloud application, we can check into it and do an assessment through the cloud registry.
 

Skyhigh Security Cons review quotes

it_user732489 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Security Support Analyst with 5,001-10,000 employees
Sep 6, 2017
Iron out the few bugs that I've seen.
informat755811 - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Security Analyst at a tech services company
Oct 16, 2017
The Skyhigh for Google Drive interface and policy engine is a bit confusing and limited when compared against other Google Drive CASB capabilities.
it_user757164 - PeerSpot reviewer
INNOVATOR,ENGINEER,DREAMER! at a tech company with 51-200 employees
Oct 18, 2017
SkyHigh has the ability to place users or groups on a ‘Watchlist’; which allows you to see certain views with these Watchlists users/groups in them. This is great when you are looking at live data but if I wanted to generate a report on "only" the watchlists.
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it_user758346 - PeerSpot reviewer
Student at Marri Educational Society's Marri Laxman Reddy Institute of Technology and Management at a tech company with 51-200 employees
Oct 19, 2017
De-tokenization.
it_user774504 - PeerSpot reviewer
Supervisor, IT Security at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
Nov 17, 2017
Support for securing more cloud apps.
it_user775083 - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Assurance Manager at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees
Nov 19, 2017
Needs integration with other technology ecosystems.
it_user776880 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Security Analyst at a tech services company
Nov 23, 2017
The services take some time to load. It would be helpful if the loading time was reduced.
it_user789939 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Security at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Dec 15, 2017
The tool could improve flexibility with the creation of reports/querying data.
reviewer826926 - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Security Analyst at Kronos at a tech company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Feb 26, 2018
Though the Skyhigh Dashboard is processing large amounts of data, the speed of the Dashboard could be improved.
user8988 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Analyst Governance and Compliance at a aerospace/defense firm with 10,001+ employees
Jan 31, 2019
The only thing we have faced is that sometimes, randomly, the portal becomes too slow.