Unified SSE Architecture and Integration
Netskope One Advanced SSE for Microsoft Entra represents a significant integration between Netskope's security service edge capabilities and Microsoft's identity and access management platform. The solution unifies advanced threat protection and data loss prevention from Netskope with Microsoft's web filtering and conditional access policies into a single operational framework. Users access the integration through the Microsoft Entra Admin Center, where Netskope appears as a third-party security solution in the marketplace. The architecture leverages Microsoft's Global Secure Access client, which enables protection to follow users across their managed devices regardless of location.
Policy Configuration and User Experience
The integration centers on Global Secure Access profiles that combine policies from both vendors into a unified enforcement model. Administrators configure conditional access policies to control user access to cloud applications while simultaneously attaching security profiles that include web filtering, threat protection, and DLP capabilities. The demonstration shows how Microsoft handles web filtering for category-based blocking while Netskope's advanced threat protection scans uploads and downloads for malware, with configurable actions based on threat severity. Critically, security events from both platforms consolidate into a single logging system, allowing administrators to view Microsoft web filtering blocks and Netskope threat protection events in one unified view—a core value proposition of the integration.
