# Best Cloud Data Security Software - Page 4 *By [Lauren Worth](https://research.g2.com/insights/author/lauren-worth)* Cloud data security software secures information stored in or transferred through cloud services and cloud-based applications, enforcing access control policies, monitoring network connections for threats, providing encryption and data loss prevention, and enabling administrators to manage governance and permissions across cloud environments. ### Core Capabilities of Cloud Data Security Software To qualify for inclusion in the Cloud Data Security category, a product must: - Provide confidentiality functionality to encrypt or mask data - Monitor network connections for cloud-based threats - Enable administrative access control over data stored in the cloud ### Common Use Cases for Cloud Data Security Software Security and IT teams use cloud data security software to protect sensitive data as organizations increasingly rely on cloud infrastructure. Common use cases include: - Encrypting sensitive data stored in cloud applications to prevent unauthorized access - Monitoring and auditing cloud data access to detect anomalous behavior or policy violations - Enforcing data governance policies including permissions, compliance controls, and data loss prevention rules ### How Cloud Data Security Software Differs from Other Tools Cloud data security tools offer many of the same capabilities as traditional [data security software](https://www.g2.com/categories/data-security), but provide functionality specifically designed for information stored in or passing through cloud data services. While traditional data security tools are built for on-premises environments, cloud data security platforms are purpose-built to address the unique access patterns, shared responsibility models, and threat vectors of cloud infrastructure. ### Insights from G2 on Cloud Data Security Software Based on category trends on G2, encryption capabilities and cloud access monitoring stand out as the most valued features. These platforms deliver improved visibility into cloud data exposure and faster policy enforcement as primary outcomes of adoption. ## Best Cloud Data Security Software At A Glance - **Leader:** [Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud](https://www.g2.com/products/acronis-cyber-protect-cloud/reviews) - **Highest Performer:** [CrashPlan Platform](https://www.g2.com/products/crashplan-platform/reviews) - **Easiest to Use:** [Druva Data Security Cloud](https://www.g2.com/products/druva-data-security-cloud/reviews) - **Top Trending:** [Check Point Harmony Email & Collaboration](https://www.g2.com/products/check-point-harmony-email-collaboration/reviews) - **Best Free Software:** [Sprinto](https://www.g2.com/products/sprinto-inc/reviews) --- **Sponsored** ### Safetica Safetica’s Intelligent Data Security protects sensitive data where teams work, using powerful AI to deliver contextual awareness, reduce false positives, and stop real threats without disrupting productivity. With Safetica, security teams can maintain visibility and control over sensitive data, stay ahead of insider risks, maintain compliance, and secure sensitive cloud-based data. ✔️ Data Protection: Classify, monitor and control sensitive data across devices and clouds in real time. ✔️ Insider Risk and User Behavior: Spot risky behavior, detect intent, and stop insider threats to stay ahead of the careless handling of sensitive data, compromised user accounts and malicious user activity. ✔️ Compliance and Data Discovery: Prove compliance with audit-ready reporting for data in use, in motion, and at rest. ✔️ Cloud Security: Protect Microsoft 365, cloud, and file-sharing platforms to secure sensitive cloud-based data by monitoring, classifying files, and enforcing policies on M365 file operations. Safetica covers the following data security solutions: ✅ Data Loss Prevention: Discover, classify, and protect sensitive data through visibility, continuous monitoring, and real-time awareness alerts defending against data loss, empowering users, and to support regulatory compliance. ✅ Insider Risk Management: Enhance the protection of sensitive data from insider threats with real-time detection of anomalous behavior while also gaining insight into employee productivity. ✅ Cloud Data Protection: Continuously protect valuable data across Microsoft 365 by extending existing protection policies —ensuring secure access, responsible sharing, and visibility into cloud-based workloads across devices and hybrid environments. ✅ AI-Powered Contextual Defense: Access an intelligent, adaptive layer of protection that learns typical user behavior to detect anomalies and proactively mitigate insider threats with real-time detection, risk scoring, and dynamic response. ✅ Data Discovery and Classification: Discover and classify sensitive data using content and contextual analysis —giving you the insight to identify risks, reduce exposure, and enforce compliance. ✅ Reporting and Administration: Safetica’s centralized console delivers clear, actionable insights—serving as a single source of truth for reviewing threats, enforcing policies, and investigating incidents. ✅ Device Control: Prevent unauthorized data access and reduce the risk of data loss by monitoring, controlling, and securing external devices connected to USB and peripheral ports across endpoints. ✅ User Activity and Workspace Audit: Protect sensitive data and reduce organizational risk by detecting both malicious and unintentional user activity —ensuring security, compliance, and visibility across your entire environment. ✅ Regulatory Compliance: Ensure data privacy and effortlessly maintain local and international compliance standards including GDPR, HIPAA, SOX, PCI-DSS, GLBA, ISO/IEC 27001, SOC2 or CCPA. [Visit company website](https://www.g2.com/external_clickthroughs/record?secure%5Bad_program%5D=ppc&secure%5Bad_slot%5D=category_product_list&secure%5Bcategory_id%5D=1859&secure%5Bdisplayable_resource_id%5D=1859&secure%5Bdisplayable_resource_type%5D=Category&secure%5Bmedium%5D=sponsored&secure%5Bplacement_reason%5D=page_category&secure%5Bplacement_resource_ids%5D%5B%5D=1859&secure%5Bprioritized%5D=false&secure%5Bproduct_id%5D=99330&secure%5Bresource_id%5D=1859&secure%5Bresource_type%5D=Category&secure%5Bsource_type%5D=category_page&secure%5Bsource_url%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.g2.com%2Fcategories%2Fcloud-data-security%3Flocale%3Dpt%26page%3D4&secure%5Btoken%5D=1ef087d964d0426d10663f34ac5ce7e98fd278ba44f7b74ab51e5d7c88a8030b&secure%5Burl%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.safetica.com%2Fwhy-safetica%3Futm_source%3Dg2%26utm_medium%3Dppc%26utm_campaign%3Dg2clicks&secure%5Burl_type%5D=custom_url) --- ## Top-Rated Products (Ranked by G2 Score) ### 1. [Seclore Data-Centric Security Platform](https://www.g2.com/products/seclore-data-centric-security-platform/reviews) Seclore helps enterprises secure their most valuable asset — data — by protecting the file itself rather than relying solely on network or device security. With a data-centric approach, Seclore ensures that sensitive information remains protected, controlled, and visible, regardless of where it travels or who it’s shared with. Persistent File Protection Security follows the file everywhere, whether it’s stored internally, emailed, or shared with external partners, ensuring sensitive information never goes unprotected. Smart Classification & Rights Management Files and emails are automatically classified, with usage rights applied based on content. Access permissions stay with the file, ensuring policy compliance without slowing down productivity. Complete Control at All Times Grant, adjust, or instantly revoke access, even after files are shared outside your organization — so you always remain in control. Built-In Compliance and Auditability Every action on protected files is logged in an unalterable audit trail, which simplifies compliance reporting and reduces risk exposure. Seamless Integration Works with the tools your teams already use, including Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Salesforce, and Box, and integrates easily with existing security systems such as DLP, CASB, and identity solutions. The Business Impact With Seclore, organizations can protect sensitive data end-to-end, simplify compliance, and reduce the risk of data breaches — all without disrupting collaboration. By making data-centric security scalable and straightforward, Seclore empowers enterprises to safeguard information while enabling employees and partners to work freely and securely. **Average Rating:** 4.6/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 15 **User Satisfaction Scores:** - **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 9.3/10 (Category avg: 9.3/10) - **Quality of Support:** 8.5/10 (Category avg: 9.0/10) - **Ease of Use:** 8.5/10 (Category avg: 9.0/10) **Seller Details:** - **Seller:** [Seclore](https://www.g2.com/sellers/seclore) - **Year Founded:** 2011 - **HQ Location:** Santa Clara, US - **Twitter:** @secloretech (1,269 Twitter followers) - **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/seclore/?originalSubdomain=in (478 employees on LinkedIn®) **Reviewer Demographics:** - **Company Size:** 56% Enterprise, 44% Mid-Market #### Pros & Cons **Pros:** - Access Control (1 reviews) - Customization (1 reviews) - Data Protection (1 reviews) - Data Security (1 reviews) - Features (1 reviews) **Cons:** - Access Issues (1 reviews) - Access Limitations (1 reviews) - Access Management (1 reviews) - Access Restrictions (1 reviews) - Authentication Issues (1 reviews) ### 2. [Thales Cloud Security for Enterprises](https://www.g2.com/products/thales-cloud-security-for-enterprises/reviews) Maximize security and control in the cloud with Gemalto's portfolio of SafeNet access management, authentication, encryption and key management solutions. These flexible solutions can be deployed on-premises or on demand from the cloud and integrate with a growing ecosystem of today's leading technologies, so your data stays secure now and into the future as your business continues its digital transformation. **Average Rating:** 4.0/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 1 **User Satisfaction Scores:** - **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 9.3/10) - **Quality of Support:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 9.0/10) - **Ease of Use:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 9.0/10) **Seller Details:** - **Seller:** [Thales Group](https://www.g2.com/sellers/thales-group) - **HQ Location:** Austin, Texas - **Twitter:** @ThalesCloudSec (6,933 Twitter followers) - **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/22579/ (1,369 employees on LinkedIn®) - **Ownership:** EPA:HO - **Total Revenue (USD mm):** $15,854 **Reviewer Demographics:** - **Company Size:** 50% Mid-Market, 50% Small-Business ### 3. [Adaptive](https://www.g2.com/products/adaptive-automation-technologies-inc-adaptive/reviews) Adaptive is a cloud security company with a modern approach to data protection with its unique control plane that safeguards data and brokers’ access to human and non-human identities. The Adaptive architecture protects data closer to the source, ensuring strict access control over every database connection and minimizing sensitive data exposure. Adaptive’s combined approach to data access and protection eliminates blind spots in data security, making it ideal for modern organizations where data is constantly in motion. Due to Adaptive’s agentless architecture, end users get faster and auditable access and data protection across infrastructure without changing existing workflows and tools. **Average Rating:** 5.0/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 1 **User Satisfaction Scores:** - **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 9.3/10) - **Quality of Support:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 9.0/10) - **Ease of Use:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 9.0/10) **Seller Details:** - **Seller:** [Adaptive Automation Technologies](https://www.g2.com/sellers/adaptive-automation-technologies) - **HQ Location:** Atlanta, US - **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/adaptive-live (16 employees on LinkedIn®) **Reviewer Demographics:** - **Company Size:** 100% Small-Business #### Pros & Cons **Pros:** - Access Control (1 reviews) - Automation (1 reviews) - Customization Features (1 reviews) - Data Protection (1 reviews) - Ease (1 reviews) **Cons:** - Data Privacy (1 reviews) - Expensive (1 reviews) ### 4. [Anchor](https://www.g2.com/products/datanchor-inc-anchor/reviews) Anchor’s self-protecting data security platform is a powerful yet simple way to secure and control your sensitive files. More than just file encryption. More than just DLP. Traditional cybersecurity focuses on locking down networks, devices, and people. All of this is done in the name of data security. But, once individual files are moved, shared, or stolen, the data is no longer protected. Even worse, these controls get in the way and frustrate business users to the point they intentionally work around them. Anchor’s data security platform inverts the equation by baking protection into the data, invisible to the business users (like antivirus), so that files are free to travel (even on mobile devices) and data security is out of the way and always on. **Seller Details:** - **Seller:** [DAtAnchor](https://www.g2.com/sellers/datanchor) - **Year Founded:** 2019 - **HQ Location:** New Albany, US - **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/fenixpyre (16 employees on LinkedIn®) ### 5. [Anjuna Confidential Computing software](https://www.g2.com/products/anjuna-confidential-computing-software/reviews) Based in Palo Alto, CA – Anjuna makes Confidential Computing technology seamless to implement by eliminating the need to re-architect applications or containers, in any environment: on-premises, hybrid, or multi-cloud, all while extending hardware-level protection beyond data in memory to storage and network without an impact on performance. What makes Anjuna a breakthrough in the crowded cybersecurity industry? – By offering a novel way to decouple data security from infrastructure, we ensure data remains secure even in the event of an infrastructure breach. As a result, we are reversing the perception of cloud security, allowing data-sensitive industries to offload more workloads to the cloud. With our software, getting started in a Confidential Computing enviornemnt takes only a matter of minutes, making it as simple as 1,2,3! **Seller Details:** - **Seller:** [Anjuna](https://www.g2.com/sellers/anjuna) - **Year Founded:** 2018 - **HQ Location:** Palo Alto, California, United States - **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/18438300 (39 employees on LinkedIn®) ### 6. [Borneo](https://www.g2.com/products/borneo/reviews) Borneo is an end-to-end Cloud Data Risk Remediation and Privacy Automation Platform. Borneo’s unique approach starts with real-time data discovery to give you complete visibility about your data footprint, ML-powered classification to understand sensitive data risk, privacy operations automation, and policy enforcement to secure your most valuable data assets as required by global compliance standards. **Seller Details:** - **Seller:** [Borneo](https://www.g2.com/sellers/borneo) - **Year Founded:** 2019 - **HQ Location:** San Francisco, US - **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/borneodata (116 employees on LinkedIn®) ### 7. [Circle Data](https://www.g2.com/products/circle-data/reviews) Circle Data is an advanced data security solution designed to provide comprehensive end-to-end protection for enterprise data assets. By leveraging endpoint-bound cryptography, Circle Data ensures that sensitive information remains secure both at rest and in transit, offering organizations seamless visibility and control over data on endpoint devices. This robust protection helps enforce data loss prevention policies and maintain compliance with industry standards. Key Features and Functionality: - End-to-End Data Protection: Utilizes AES 256 encryption to safeguard data throughout its lifecycle, ensuring confidentiality and integrity. - Enterprise Data Visibility & Control: Provides organizations with real-time insights into data flow and access on endpoint devices, enabling effective monitoring and management. - Data Privacy & Compliance: Designed to adhere to regulatory standards such as HIPAA, CCPA, and GDPR, facilitating compliance and protecting user privacy. - Seamless Integration: Offers easy deployment with minimal implementation steps, including out-of-the-box integrations for platforms like Microsoft Outlook and SharePoint. - User-Friendly Experience: Features a frictionless user interface with no limitations on data size, ensuring efficient and unobtrusive operation. Primary Value and Problem Solved: Circle Data addresses the critical need for robust data security in an era where data breaches and unauthorized access are prevalent. By encrypting data at rest and in motion, and providing enterprises with visibility and control over endpoint data, Circle Data mitigates risks associated with data exposure and loss. Its compliance with major regulatory standards ensures that organizations can meet legal requirements while maintaining the privacy and security of sensitive information. The solution's ease of deployment and user-friendly design further enhance its value, allowing businesses to implement comprehensive data protection without disrupting existing workflows. **Seller Details:** - **Seller:** [Circle Security](https://www.g2.com/sellers/circle-security) - **Year Founded:** 2021 - **HQ Location:** San Francisco Bay Area, US - **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/circlesecurity (7 employees on LinkedIn®) ### 8. [Compaas](https://www.g2.com/products/compaaslabs-compaas/reviews) Compaas protects your cloud data against employee negligence. **Average Rating:** 4.3/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 2 **User Satisfaction Scores:** - **Quality of Support:** 8.3/10 (Category avg: 9.0/10) - **Ease of Use:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 9.0/10) **Seller Details:** - **Seller:** [Compaaslabs](https://www.g2.com/sellers/compaaslabs) - **HQ Location:** N/A - **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/No-Linkedin-Presence-Added-Intentionally-By-DataOps (1 employees on LinkedIn®) **Reviewer Demographics:** - **Company Size:** 50% Enterprise, 50% Small-Business ### 9. [Cookie.AI](https://www.g2.com/products/cookie-ai/reviews) Today’s data security tools were designed for on-premises IT systems and fail to address the needs of the modern cloud ecosystem. Identity is not just about humans, and data classification cannot be addressed as a silo in the infrastructure alone. Most importantly, a fragmented approach to cloud data security is highly inefficient for Security, Data, and IT leaders. We have validated there is a major gap in how the industry has approached data security, impacting organizations’ ability to stay secure, compliant, and deliver value to the business. That’s why we were inspired to build a first of its kind solution to secure data in the multi-cloud era. **Seller Details:** - **Seller:** [Cookie.AI](https://www.g2.com/sellers/cookie-ai) - **HQ Location:** N/A - **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/No-Linkedin-Presence-Added-Intentionally-By-DataOps (1 employees on LinkedIn®) ### 10. [Corsha](https://www.g2.com/products/corsha/reviews) Corsha is an Identity Provider for Machines that allows enterprises to securely connect, move data, and automate with confidence from anywhere to anywhere. Corsha fully automates multi-factor authentication (MFA) for APIs to better secure machine-to-machine communication. Our product creates dynamic identities for trusted clients, and adds an automated, single-use MFA credential to every API call, ensuring only trusted machines are able to leverage keys, tokens or certificates across your applications, services, and infrastructure. Effortlessly pause and restart access to individual machines or groups without invalidating secrets or disrupting other workflows. This ensures that compromised secrets become ineffective when using Corsha. API-first ecosystems are driven by machines, from Kubernetes pods to IIoT devices. As automation increases, securing machine-to-machine communication becomes crucial. Corsha addresses security gaps, protecting against exploits and enhancing automation in data movement workflows. It ensures dynamic machine identities, precise API access control, and secure connections even for machines with non-standard measures. Corsha's platform addresses vital security concerns, defending against machine-to-machine threats like man-in-the-middle attacks and API credential stuffing. It enhances security and automation in data workflows across diverse networks, offering dynamic machine identities for API clients in hybrid deployments. With precise control over API access per machine, it excels in creating secure, API-only connections, even for machines with non-standard measures. **Average Rating:** 4.2/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 3 **User Satisfaction Scores:** - **Quality of Support:** 7.8/10 (Category avg: 9.0/10) - **Ease of Use:** 8.9/10 (Category avg: 9.0/10) **Seller Details:** - **Seller:** [Corsha](https://www.g2.com/sellers/corsha) - **Year Founded:** 2018 - **HQ Location:** Vienna, US - **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/corsha/ (40 employees on LinkedIn®) **Reviewer Demographics:** - **Company Size:** 100% Mid-Market ### 11. [Cpremote](https://www.g2.com/products/cpremote/reviews) Syslint ™ Technologies is a technical support and software development company offering enterprise solutions since 2008. Our team consists of people that have been mastering their knowledge about all sorts of Unix / Linux systems. With such experience, we joined the web hosting industry in order to make your business grow faster and smoother. Our system administration and security services have been appreciated by many companies throughout the world that run their businesses on Unix platform. **Seller Details:** - **Seller:** [Cpremote](https://www.g2.com/sellers/cpremote) - **Year Founded:** 2008 - **HQ Location:** Trivandrum, IN - **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/syslint-technologies (18 employees on LinkedIn®) ### 12. [Darktrace / CLOUD](https://www.g2.com/products/darktrace-cloud/reviews) Darktrace / CLOUD is a Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) with advanced real-time Cloud Detection and Response (CDR) to protect runtime environments from active threats. It secures modern hybrid and multi-cloud environments by combining posture management, runtime threat detection, cloud-native response, and automated cloud investigations in a single AI-driven platform. As organizations scale across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, SaaS, containers, and serverless architectures, static posture checks and alert-heavy tools are no longer enough. Darktrace / CLOUD continuously understands how your cloud environment behaves and automatically stops threats as they unfold. 1. Stop Active Cloud Threats in Real Time with AI-Driven CDR Darktrace delivers true Cloud Detection and Response in live production environments. Its Self-Learning AI monitors identity behavior, workload activity, and network connections to detect the most subtle indicators of account compromise, privilege escalation, insider threats, ransomware, and novel attacks. When real threats emerge, it can take precise, proportionate action to contain them immediately, minimizing business disruption. 2. Maintain Continuous Cloud Visibility, Posture Assurance, and Risk Reduction Darktrace combines continuous cloud monitoring with Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) capabilities to dynamically map architecture, identities (human and non-human), services, containers, and configurations. It identifies misconfigurations, vulnerabilities, toxic combinations of privileges, and exploitable attack paths, not just static compliance gaps. This ensures organizations maintain real-time visibility and awareness of risk as cloud environments evolve. 3. Accelerate Incident Response with Automated Cloud Investigations at Scale Darktrace integrates with any detection source and your existing security stack to perform automated investigations at cloud speed and scale. When suspicious activity is detected, Darktrace automatically collects and analyzes forensic evidence across logs, configurations, disk, memory, and ephemeral workloads. Full attacker timelines are generated in minutes, enabling rapid root-cause analysis, confident remediation, and audit-ready evidence without manual data gathering. While many CNAPP solutions focus primarily on posture or fragmented point capabilities, Darktrace / CLOUD unifies prevention, real-time detection, response, and automated investigation in one continuous AI-driven workflow, delivering protection that adapts as fast as the cloud itself. AI-Driven Automation from Detection to Investigation Self-Learning AI detects known, unknown, and novel threats while autonomous response and automated investigations dramatically reduce analyst workload and stop threats automatically. Unmatched Cloud Coverage with Breadth and Depth Darktrace unifies CSPM, identity analytics, runtime CDR, and forensic depth across IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, containers, and serverless environments to deliver protection at cloud speed and scale. True Hybrid, Cross-Domain Protection The platform correlates live activity across cloud, SaaS, on-premises, and network environments to uncover and contain lateral, cross-domain attacks. Flexible Deployment for Enterprise Reality With agentless API integrations and optional agent-based telemetry, Darktrace supports SaaS, hosted, and on-prem deployments, delivering rapid time-to-value while meeting regulatory and operational requirements. **Average Rating:** 4.5/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 1 **User Satisfaction Scores:** - **Quality of Support:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 9.0/10) - **Ease of Use:** 10.0/10 (Category avg: 9.0/10) **Seller Details:** - **Seller:** [Darktrace](https://www.g2.com/sellers/darktrace) - **Company Website:** https://www.darktrace.com - **Year Founded:** 2013 - **HQ Location:** Cambridgeshire, England - **Twitter:** @Darktrace (18,176 Twitter followers) - **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/5013440/ (2,548 employees on LinkedIn®) **Reviewer Demographics:** - **Company Size:** 100% Mid-Market ### 13. [Eureka Security DSPM - Data Security Posture Management](https://www.g2.com/products/eureka-security-dspm-data-security-posture-management/reviews) Introducing Eureka Security's Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) platform - the ultimate solution for safeguarding your sensitive data in real-time. With Eureka Security DSPM, your organization can automatically discover, classify, and protect data whether it's stored, processed, or in motion. Eureka's DSPM platform provides comprehensive data discovery, classification, protection, and remediation - all in one place. With real-time data analysis, you can detect and mitigate data-related risks before they become threats. Our non-intrusive and "read only" technology seamlessly integrates into your existing cloud environment without requiring agents. Say goodbye to the traditional data security approach and hello to a new paradigm with Eureka's DSPM platform. Find and address risks in minutes, no matter where data resides, ​and how it's deployed in your cloud. **Seller Details:** - **Seller:** [Eureka Security](https://www.g2.com/sellers/eureka-security) - **HQ Location:** Columbia, US - **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/tenableinc (2,340 employees on LinkedIn®) ### 14. [F5 Distributed Cloud Client-Side Defense](https://www.g2.com/products/f5-distributed-cloud-client-side-defense/reviews) F5 Distributed Cloud Client-Side Defense is a comprehensive security solution designed to protect web applications from client-side attacks such as Magecart, formjacking, digital skimming, and unauthorized personal information (PII harvesting. By proactively monitoring JavaScript behavior within the browser, it detects and mitigates malicious activities in real time, ensuring the integrity of web applications and safeguarding sensitive customer data. This service is particularly valuable for organizations aiming to maintain customer trust, comply with security standards like PCI DSS v4.0, and prevent data breaches that could damage their brand reputation. Key Features and Functionality: - Real-Time JavaScript Behavior Monitoring: Continuously observes and analyzes JavaScript execution within the browser to identify suspicious activities indicative of client-side attacks. - Insightful Dashboard Alerts: Provides actionable alerts with risk scores and detailed insights into potential threats, enabling swift response and mitigation. - One-Click Data Exfiltration Mitigation: Allows immediate blocking of unauthorized data exfiltration attempts directly from the dashboard, minimizing potential damage. - Seamless Integration: Compatible with F5 Distributed Cloud WAAP, BIG-IP (via native modules or iApp, and NGINX (using sub-filters, facilitating easy deployment within existing infrastructures. - Compliance Support: Assists organizations in meeting PCI DSS v4.0 requirements by providing tools to manage and monitor client-side scripts effectively. Primary Value and Problem Solved: F5 Distributed Cloud Client-Side Defense addresses the critical need for robust client-side security by offering real-time detection and mitigation of malicious activities within the browser. It fills the visibility gap left by traditional server-side security measures, ensuring comprehensive protection against data breaches and compliance violations. By safeguarding sensitive customer information and maintaining the integrity of web applications, it helps organizations preserve customer trust, protect their brand reputation, and adhere to stringent security standards. **Seller Details:** - **Seller:** [F5](https://www.g2.com/sellers/f5-f6451ada-8c47-43f5-b017-58663a045bc5) - **HQ Location:** Seattle, Washington - **Twitter:** @F5Networks (1,386 Twitter followers) - **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/4841/ (6,133 employees on LinkedIn®) **Reviewer Demographics:** - **Company Size:** 100% Mid-Market ### 15. [Flow Security](https://www.g2.com/products/flow-security/reviews) Flow is a data security platform that combines Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) together with real-time detection and response to data security violations. Flow is not just your cloud security tool with a data scanning utility. It is the only platform that analyzes both data at rest and data in motion. By also following and analyzing all data flows in runtime, the platform enables security teams to regain control over all their data, including shadow data stores and applications across all cloud, on-prem and SaaS environments. Flow’s deep analysis of the organization’s data journey from origin to destination allows security teams to automatically catalog all their sensitive data  (e.g. PII, PHI, PCI); visualize data flows; detect and remediate data risks; and effectively respond in real-time to data violations by providing the full context: who, what, when, where and why. **Seller Details:** - **Seller:** [Flow Security](https://www.g2.com/sellers/flow-security) - **Year Founded:** 2020 - **HQ Location:** Tel Aviv, IL - **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/flowsecurity (28 employees on LinkedIn®) ### 16. [Fortra Cloud Data Protection](https://www.g2.com/products/fortra-cloud-data-protection/reviews) Data protection of the past typically worked by securing all sensitive data within the bounds of a perimeter—your corporate network. But organizations’ data now sprawls across various environments, including data centers, private clouds, and third-party SaaS applications, making the perimeter security model of the past impractical at best and ineffective at worst. This can leave organizations vulnerable to attacks, data breaches, compliance penalties, and more. Fortra Cloud Data Protection helps IT teams extend their organizations’ data protection capabilities from their endpoints to the cloud, enabling them to regain visibility and control over their sensitive data—no matter where it lives or travels. Fortra makes deployment and management easy with guided implementation, out-of-the-box policy templates, and centralized policy enforcement and management, all from a single admin console. But our solutions are also easily customizable, allowing IT teams to define, enforce, and administer security policies consistently across all users, apps, and data according to both compliance and business-specific needs. This zero-trust, data-centric approach to data protection enables comprehensive security for distributed IT assets and modern, hybrid workforces. The Forta Cloud Data Protection Includes: - Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) - Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) - Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) - Secure Web Gateway (SWG) **Seller Details:** - **Seller:** [Fortra](https://www.g2.com/sellers/fortra) - **Company Website:** https://www.fortra.com/ - **Year Founded:** 1982 - **HQ Location:** Eden Prairie, Minnesota - **Twitter:** @fortraofficial (2,743 Twitter followers) - **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/fortra (1,738 employees on LinkedIn®) ### 17. [Garble Cloud](https://www.g2.com/products/garble-cloud/reviews) GarbleCloud offers powerful data security & privacy-enhancing capabilities to individuals and businesses who use the cloud. GarbleCloud technology offers a holistic security and operational framework that is easy to use, and one that works across multiple cloud platforms without compromising their functionality. It allows end users greater control of how their data and information flow through cloud applications, besides determining what entities can access their data. **Seller Details:** - **Seller:** [Garble Cloud](https://www.g2.com/sellers/garble-cloud) - **Year Founded:** 2013 - **HQ Location:** Riverside, US - **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/garblecloud (8 employees on LinkedIn®) ### 18. [Gigantics](https://www.g2.com/products/gigantics/reviews) Gigantics is a data security platform that protects sensitive information across non-production and hybrid environments. It combines AI-driven discovery of PII with centralized, policy-based anonymization/masking and delivery of versioned datasets that preserve referential integrity. Teams integrate Gigantics into CI/CD to standardize privacy controls, generate audit-ready evidence, and safely accelerate releases and migrations—reducing exposure risk while improving operational efficiency and traceability—helping organizations meet obligations under GDPR, NIS2, HIPAA, ISO 27001, and CCPA. **Average Rating:** 5.0/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 1 **Seller Details:** - **Seller:** [Gigantics](https://www.g2.com/sellers/gigantics) - **Year Founded:** 2022 - **HQ Location:** Madrid, ES - **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/gigantics (4 employees on LinkedIn®) ### 19. [HyTrust Data Control](https://www.g2.com/products/hytrust-data-control/reviews) Whether you are running VMs in a private cloud powered by vSphere or a public clouds like IBM Softlayer, Microsoft Azure, vCloud Air or AWS, HyTrust DataControl provides strong encryption for virtual machines in any cloud, along with easy to deploy key management YOU control. **Seller Details:** - **Seller:** [HyTrust](https://www.g2.com/sellers/hytrust) - **HQ Location:** Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States - **Twitter:** @HyTrust (1,584 Twitter followers) - **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/Entrust (3,812 employees on LinkedIn®) ### 20. [IndigoCube API Security](https://www.g2.com/products/indigocube-api-security/reviews) No manual rules. No guesswork. No false positives.Your most valuable intelligence isn’t AI, it’s your developers. Empower them with tools to be the driving force behind API security – ensuring continuous, unparalleled protection across the entire API lifecycle. Don’t worry, we’ll do all the heavy lifting! **Seller Details:** - **Seller:** [IndigoCube](https://www.g2.com/sellers/indigocube) - **HQ Location:** N/A - **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/No-Linkedin-Presence-Added-Intentionally-By-DataOps (1 employees on LinkedIn®) ### 21. [Ionburst Cloud](https://www.g2.com/products/ionburst-cloud/reviews) Ionburst Cloud is the fully managed secure cloud storage platform that simplifies data protection for developers, making it easy to build automatic data security, privacy and compliance into their applications with confidence. With Ionburst Cloud, developers can leverage a consistent security posture, while eliminating costly cloud configuration, management and storage overheads, with no data breaches. To learn more and get started for free, visit ionburst.cloud. **Seller Details:** - **Seller:** [Ionburst US](https://www.g2.com/sellers/ionburst-us) - **Year Founded:** 2018 - **HQ Location:** Edinburgh, GB - **LinkedIn® Page:** http://www.linkedin.com/company/ionburst (7 employees on LinkedIn®) ### 22. [Kivera](https://www.g2.com/products/kivera/reviews) Enforce preventive controls and secure every interaction with your cloud at build and run time -- regardless of how you use it **Seller Details:** - **Seller:** [Kivera](https://www.g2.com/sellers/kivera) - **Year Founded:** 2020 - **HQ Location:** New York City , AU - **Twitter:** @kivera_io (21 Twitter followers) - **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/kivera (1 employees on LinkedIn®) ### 23. [laminar](https://www.g2.com/products/laminar/reviews) Cloud Data Security Platform provides data protection solutions adjusted to the new cloud-native environment, helping companies to reduce the attack surface, detect real-time data leaks, and regain control of their data. **Seller Details:** - **Seller:** [laminar](https://www.g2.com/sellers/laminar) - **Year Founded:** 2014 - **HQ Location:** Palo Alto, California, United States - **LinkedIn® Page:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/rubrik-inc (4,559 employees on LinkedIn®) ### 24. [Monad Object Model](https://www.g2.com/products/monad-object-model/reviews) Founded by security veterans Christian Almenar and Jacolon Walker, Monad builds infrastructure to unite security data silos in your organization; to normalize, transform, and enrich their data; and enable teams to build effective security and compliance workflows on the fly. **Seller Details:** - **Seller:** [Monad](https://www.g2.com/sellers/monad) - **Year Founded:** 2020 - **HQ Location:** San Francisco, US - **LinkedIn® Page:** http://www.linkedin.com/company/monad-inc (37 employees on LinkedIn®) ### 25. [Nimaya](https://www.g2.com/products/nimaya/reviews) Nimaya's ActionBridge enables users of SaaS-based applications to proactively alert and prompt sales and support staff to sales leads and risks via the automated creation of tasks, events and leads based on data residing within and external to their hos... **Seller Details:** - **Seller:** [Nimaya](https://www.g2.com/sellers/nimaya) - **Year Founded:** 1998 - **HQ Location:** Washington, US - **LinkedIn® Page:** http://www.linkedin.com/company/nimaya--inc. (1 employees on LinkedIn®) ## Parent Category [Cloud Security Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/cloud-security) ## Related Categories - [SaaS Backup Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/saas-backup) - [Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/data-loss-prevention-dlp) - [Cloud Compliance Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/cloud-compliance) - [Data-Centric Security Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/data-centric-security) - [Cloud File Security Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/cloud-file-security) - [Sensitive Data Discovery Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/sensitive-data-discovery) - [ Data Security Posture Management (DSPM)](https://www.g2.com/categories/data-security-posture-management-dspm) --- ## Buyer Guide ### What You Should Know About Cloud Data Security Software ### What is Cloud Data Security Software? Cloud data security software helps protect information stored in the cloud. Some information may be personal or sensitive, requiring additional labeling and protection. Other datasets may just need an additional layer of security. Either way, if a company is looking for added protection and data loss prevention, cloud data security software may be a good fit. Cloud storage services come in many forms and may have unique requirements for protection. Public, private, and hybrid cloud systems do not possess the same level of protection. As a result, many solutions have emerged to protect data and ensure its compliance no matter where it is stored. Many have to support cross-cloud data protection allowing users to manage data stored by multiple cloud service providers. Other products offer simpler solutions for smaller businesses who are looking for reassurance that their data is safe. Key Benefits of Cloud Data Security Software - Encrypt or mask data stored in the cloud - Identify and discover sensitive information - Control access to sensitive information - Monitor user behavior and access for abnormalities ### Why Use Cloud Data Security Software? There are many reasons companies should invest in cloud data security software, most importantly is the obvious need to protect data whether it relates to business, employees, or customers. Despite misconceptions that information stored using notable cloud providers, there is still a shared responsibility that places significant accountability on both the provider and their customer. The shared responsibility can come down to this: Companies are responsible for securing everything in the cloud while cloud service providers are responsible for protecting the cloud. The shared responsibility between clients and service providers places a heavy burden of security responsibilities on the customer. While customers utilizing cloud services want to relinquish the responsibility of protecting on-premise infrastructure, they are still responsible for securing access, workloads, data, and applications. **Access control —** Information should always be limited to the individuals at a company who are approved to view it. Access control describes the product’s ability to prevent unapproved parties from gaining access to a database, application or network. These are some of the most important features in any data security solution. Access control can prevent the public from viewing sensitive information about customers and prevent competitors from accessing that data. This software typically integrates with identity solutions or cloud directories for simplified privilege management and user governance. Companies can create identities, delegate their privileges, and relinquish them upon termination. They can also give temporary access to business partners or limited access to customers, depending on a company’s specific requirements. **Visibility —** Some data can get lost, especially when managing information across numerous clouds and databases.To prevent things from getting lost in the shuffle, many cloud data security solutions allow continuous discovery and monitoring of datasets. This helps pinpoint information that should be encrypted but isn’t or information publicly available that should be limited to within the company. Improved visibility can help companies know what data is where and what security policies are enforced on the dataset at all times. **Compliance —** Compliance refers to the need to enforce policies in alignment with data protection and privacy requirements outlined in government legislation. This can include data encryption, masking, or deliverability, among others. Companies can use cloud data security software to identify data requiring additional security and enforce those policies continuously to avoid fines and penalties. These compliance regulations may be unique to a company’s industry as well. For example, hospitals and banks will likely have more requirements and steeper penalties than a food truck or gas station. As a result, it’s important to keep in mind industry-specific needs when evaluating tools. ### What are the Common Features of Cloud Data Security Software? Cloud data security software can provide a wide range of features, but here are a few of the most common found in the market. **Data masking —** Data masking functionality protects sensitive data by disguising or encrypting data, keeping it usable by the organization and approved parties. **Data encryption —** Encryption features are used to manage policies for user data access and data encryption. **Data loss prevention —** This feature stores data securely either on-premise or in an adjacent cloud database to prevent loss of data at rest. **Anomaly detection —** Anomaly detection features are used to constantly monitor activity related to user behavior and compares activity to benchmarked patterns. **Sensitive data compliance —** Supports compliance with PII, GDPR, HIPPA, PCI, and other regulatory standards. **Cloud gap analytics —** Cloud gap analytics analyze data associated with denied entries and policy enforcement, giving better information of authentication and security protocols. **Compliance monitoring —** Compliance-related monitoring features are used to monitor data quality and send alerts based on violations or misuse. **User analytics —** User analysis functionality allows reporting and documentation of individual user behavior and privileges. **Auditing —** Auditing and documentation features increase visibility into access and alterations of the database and can be used for behavioral analytics and reporting. **Data discovery —** Data discovery features unveil data connected to infrastructure and applications used to manage and maintain compliance within complex IT systems. **Access control —** Access control requires a product to support LDAP protocol to enable access control and governance. ### Trends Related to Cloud Data Security Software **Unified cloud security platforms —** Unified cloud security platforms are one of the major [cybersecurity trends](https://research.g2.com/insights/2020-trends/cybersecurity-technology-trends-2020) impacting businesses today. Since the majority of businesses today are utilizing multiple cloud services, unified visibility through consolidated platforms appears to be the preferred management approach going forward. Cloud data security solutions can help with that by expanding a platform’s ability to visualize information across clouds, and adding the functionality to monitor access and make changes to the data. **API security —** [API security](https://research.g2.com/insights/api-security-in-multicloud) is increasingly important as API usage continues to expand. These integration tools help add functionality and data to expand the functionality of an application or provide a cloud service. There are thousands of APIs in use today, and most businesses don’t use just one. API security solutions help identify APIs, test their security, create an inventory of connections, and discover “shadow APIs" unknown to the business they’re connected to. ### Software and Services Related to Cloud Data Security Software These technology families are either closely related to cloud data security software or there is frequent overlap between products. [**Data-centric security software**](https://www.g2.com/categories/data-centric-security) **—** Data-centric security software is, for most intents and purposes, the same solution as cloud data security software—it’s just designed to manage and secure information stored on-premises as well as in the cloud. Bigger companies and organizations with significant amounts of sensitive information often run systems locally, where they’ll use data-centric security software to discover and protect information. [**Cloud file security tools**](https://www.g2.com/categories/cloud-file-security) **—** Cloud file security software also serves a similar purpose to cloud data security tools. Instead of data, these tools integrate with cloud storage and collaboration tools to prevent employees from sharing sensitive files outside the company. These tools will label files containing sensitive data and alert administrators or restrict access if the file is sent to an unapproved party. [**Cloud security monitoring and analytics software**](https://www.g2.com/categories/cloud-security-monitoring-analytics) **—** Cloud security monitoring and analytics solutions provide similar monitoring capabilities to cloud file and cloud data security solutions, but add a level of behavioral analysis to improve the detection of misuse and insider threats. The added ability to monitor files and data for activity is coupled with reporting features to improve a company’s security posture and expedite the amount of time needed to resolve issues. [**Cloud compliance software**](https://www.g2.com/categories/cloud-compliance) **—** Cloud compliance tools are used often in tandem with cloud data security tools. Although, instead of protecting information on the data level, they protect entire workloads and are used to protect information across all kinds of cloud services. Some tools may provide features for discovering individual data sets or unencrypted information, but are less granular in their ability to secure data itself.