Glossary

DSPM

Data security posture management

Tools that sample cloud storage and databases to find where sensitive data lives, how it is classified and which identities and networks can reach it.

Defined in: Microsoft Learn: Data security posture management in Defender for Cloud

Covered in

Guide

Choose cloud security posture tools and apply zero trust

What CSPM, CWPP, CIEM, CNAPP, DSPM and ASPM each find and miss, how they overlap, how to evaluate one on your own accounts, and how zero trust as defined in NIST SP 800-207 uses what they measure.