{"id":113045,"date":"2024-07-18T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/?p=113045"},"modified":"2024-07-16T12:00:47","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T16:00:47","slug":"what-is-aws-appfabric","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/blog\/what-is-aws-appfabric","title":{"rendered":"What Is AWS AppFabric?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Cloud environments have revolutionized how organizations operate, providing scalable, efficient, and cost-effective resources. However, this shift to the cloud introduces new challenges, particularly in managing and securing many Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications that businesses rely on. AWS AppFabric exists to address these challenges by providing a solution for integrating, managing, and securing various applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additional challenges include complexity and diverse data formats where usually SaaS applications generate log data in various formats making it difficult to analyze and combine information across multiple platforms. With a centralized system, it is easier to gain a competitive overview of user activities and potential security threats across all applications. Often, organizations must also comply with various standards that require monitoring and reporting of user activities and data access. This article outlines how AppFabric can help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Is AppFabric?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

AppFabric is a cloud service designed to streamline the integration, management, and security of various SaaS applications. Conveniently, it provides a centralized platform to manage SaaS applications efficiently, thus increasing security, visibility, and efficiency. AppFabric integrates with leading SaaS platforms and tools, including JumpCloud<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It provides a single interface to manage and monitor multiple SaaS applications. This simplifies the whole process of managing complex applications and architectures which will reduce the administrative burden on an IT department. AppFabric also offers seamless integration between various SaaS applications. Logs are collected and consolidated into a unified format which provides a comprehensive view of user activities and security events. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This unique user identification can be used for monitoring events such as large file downloads, any changes to admin privileges, publicly shared data, and more. AppFabric uses AWS analytics and AI tools to analyze consolidated log data along with actionable insights. In this process, there is no need to build and maintain individual point-to-point integrations between SaaS applications, which saves time and resources. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The practical applications of AppFabric include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n