Understanding the Fields in the App Catalog

Overview

This article provides a reference for the fields that are available for applications in the App Catalog. Use this reference to understand the metadata that Cato shows for each application and how these fields can help you evaluate apps for your organization.

The App Catalog is continuously updated with new applications and metadata by Cato’s Security Research team, and this data is used across the CMA to help you evaluate apps and use them in policies and rulebases.

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App Field Descriptions

Categories refers to the Cato category for this application.

This table explains the metadata that is available for the applications.

Field Description
App Quick View
1 Type Indicates whether the app is a cloud application, on-premise application, or service
2 Risk Numerical score that represents the app’s risk level
3 Classification Shows whether the app is currently sanctioned or unsanctioned, and lets you add the app to Sanctioned Apps
App Overview
4 Description Summary of the application’s purpose and functionality
5 Headquarters Location of the company that owns the application
6 Website Official vendor website
7 Size Estimated size of the organization
Security
8 MFA Support Indicates whether multi-factor authentication is supported
9 SSO Support Indicates whether Single Sign-On is supported
10 RBAC Support Indicates whether role-based access control is available
12 Encryption in Transit Indicates whether data is encrypted during transmission
13 TLS Version Support Supported TLS versions for the application
14 Encryption at Rest Indicates whether stored data is encrypted
15 Encryption Strength at Rest Describes the encryption strength for stored data, when available
16 Weak Cipher Support Indicates whether weak encryption is allowed
17 Trusted Certificates Indicates whether the application uses trusted certificates
18 HTTP Security Headers Indicates whether secure HTTP headers are present
19 Physical Data Center Security Indicates whether physical security controls are disclosed or supported
20 Audit Trail Indicates whether activity logging is available
21 Disaster Recovery Indicates whether recovery mechanisms are available
22 Data Segregation by Tenant Indicates whether tenant data is logically separated
23 Remember Password Indicates whether persistent login is supported
24 Data Retention Policy Defines how long customer data is stored
25 Data Deletion Policy Defines how and when customer data is deleted
26 Data Ownership Specifies ownership of stored customer data
Compliance - Core Frameworks
27 ISO 27001 Information security management certification
28 SOC 1 SOC 1 reports on controls that can affect customers’ financial reporting
29 SOC 2 SOC 2 reports on controls for security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, and privacy
30 SOC 3 SOC 3 is a public summary of SOC 2 controls for broad sharing
31 HIPAA Healthcare data protection compliance
32 PCI-DSS Payment card industry data security standard
33 GDPR European data protection regulation
34 SOX Financial reporting compliance
35 ISAE 3402 Assurance standard for service organizations
36 FedRAMP US government cloud security authorization
37 FISMA Federal information security standard
38 NIST SP 800-53 NIST framework that defines security and privacy controls for information systems and organizations
39 ISO 27017 Cloud security standard
40 ISO 27018 Privacy protection for cloud data
41 ISO 27002 Information security controls standard
42 CSA STAR Cloud Security Alliance certification
43 C5 Attestation German cloud compliance framework
44 Cyber Essentials Plus UK cybersecurity certification
45 COBIT IT governance framework
46 FERPA US education privacy regulation
47 COPPA US children’s privacy regulation
48 GLBA Financial services privacy regulation
49 CJIS Criminal justice information standard
50 FINRA Financial industry regulation
51 FFIEC US financial institution guidance
52 GAPP Privacy framework developed by US and Canadian accounting bodies for managing and assessing an organization’s privacy program
53 EU-US Data Privacy Framework Cross-border data transfer compliance
54 TrustArc Privacy A US-based third-party privacy certification program that validates an organization’s privacy practices
55 Japan Privacy Mark Japan-based third-party certification for organizations that meet privacy protection requirements
56 Jericho Forum Commandments Security design principles defined by a customer-led industry group for secure architectures in open, networked environments
Identity and Access Management
57 Access Control Enforcement Indicates that the application can natively restrict and enforce user access
58 IP-Based Access Restrictions Shows whether the application supports IP-based access restrictions
59 SAML Authentication Shows whether the application supports SAML authentication
Activities
60 Upload Ability to upload content
61 Download Ability to download content
62 Send Voice Message Ability to send voice data
63 Remove/Delete Ability to delete content
64 Full Path URL Access Access via a direct URL
AI Risk
65 AI Risk Level Cato assigned risk for the AI app
66 AI Level ​How AI is involved with the app
67 AI Threat ​Summary of potential threat from the AI app

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