In cybersecurity, DSPM (data security posture management) is an approach and a category of tools that discover where sensitive data lives across cloud and on-premises systems, classify it and review who can access it. For example, a DSPM tool flags a copy of a customer database sitting in a publicly accessible cloud storage bucket.
Related term in this glossary: Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
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