Data Security Posture Management is an approach to securing cloud data by ensuring that sensitive data always has the correct security posture – regardless of where it’s been duplicated or moved to.
So, what is DSPM? Here’s a quick example:
Let’s say you’ve built an excellent security posture for your cloud data. For the sake of this example, your data is in production, it’s protected behind a firewall, it’s not publicly accessible, and your IAM controls have limited access properly. Now along comes a developer and replicates that data into a lower environment.