What is Datto SaaS Defense?

Datto SaaS Defense is an Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) security solution specifically designed to protect the Microsoft 365 suite of applications (Exchange, OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams) from incoming security threats. Created exclusively for MSPs, it is an API cloud-based solution hosted on Microsoft Azure. Datto SaaS Defense uses data-independent technology enabling it to detect a threat the first time it is encountered. It analyzes the composition and transmission paths of Microsoft 365 application content that is received securely and creates a proper execution model for each application. Incoming data transmissions are compared to the applicable execution model and if variances are detected, Datto SaaS Defense blocks the threat.

Key benefits

The benefits of implementing Datto SaaS Defense in your environment include the following:

• Integrates easily with the Datto SaaS Protection application.

• Protects against ransomware, malware, phishing, Business Email Compromise (BEC), and spam.

• Detects security threats that have not been seen before (first encountered). Datto SaaS Defense does not need to know what an attack looks like or the technique the attacker is using to identify an incoming threat.

• Provides forensic analysis tools allowing you to investigate a threat and determine the reason a threat was blocked. Provides more data and functionality than simply indicating a threat was blocked.

• Prevents attacks from known and unknown threats.