Web Security - Cloud App Visibility and Control

This article describes the Cloud App Visibility and Control dashboard that forms part of the Mimecast Web Security functionality and is intended for use by Administrators.

Troubleshooting information can be found at the Cloud App Visibility and Control troubleshooting section of Troubleshooting.

Overview

You can navigate to the Cloud App Visibility and Control dashboard by using the following steps:

1. Log on to the Mimecast Administration Console.
2. Navigate to Web Security | Cloud App Visibility and Control.

By default, the Overview tab displays data from the previous 24 hours. You can change this by selecting a different value from the Date Range drop-down.
The overview tab provides a snapshot display in a graphic format of the cloud applications being used in your environment. Each graph is clickable and displays a filtered version of either the Application List or Activity Report. See the Click Action column in the table below for further details.

Overview sections

The Overview tab contains the following sections:

Section	Description	Click Action
Sanctioned Cloud Apps	Displays the total number of applications that fall into the sanctioned, non-sanctioned, or monitored status.	Click on the number to display the Application List tab filtered by either sanctioned, non-sanctioned, or monitored applications.
Non-Sanctioned Cloud Apps
Monitored Cloud Apps
Top 10 Sanctioned Cloud Apps	List the top 10 applications in each section, with the number of times each has been accessed.	Click on an application to display the Activity Report, filtered by that application.
Top 10 Non-Sanctioned Cloud Apps
Top 10 Monitored Cloud Apps	Lists the top 10 applications that are being monitored by the administrator, with the number of times each has been accessed.
Top 10 Blocked Cloud Apps	Lists the top 10 applications that have been blocked by a policy, with the number of times each has been accessed.
Top 10 Cloud App Categories	Lists the top 10 application categories, with the total number of times the applications in each category have been accessed.	Click on an application category to display the Activity Report, filtered by applications in that category.
Top 10 Blocked Users	Lists the top 10 users that have been blocked, with the number of times they've attempted to access the blocked application. This section can be filtered by user, device, or IP address.	Click on a user to display the Activity Report filtered by that user.

Click on the ellipsis "..." icon in the top right corner of each graph section to either download the graph to an image file or print it.

Cloud Apps

The Cloud Apps tab lists the applications being used in your environment and allows you to set a status against each one.
Adding a status allows you to manage the list of applications. The application's status is displayed in the Status column.

You can change an application's status by using the following steps:

1. Select the Tick Box to the left of the required applications.  You can click on either:

• • • Monitor Application: This allows you to monitor the application's usage to make a decision on whether it should be subject to a policy.
    • Sanction Application: This status flags that the application's usage is approved by the administrator. Any application that doesn't have the sanctioned status automatically falls into the non-sanctioned status.
    • Clear Status: This clears the status of the application.