SSPM focuses on securing data housed in SaaS applications. It quickly and automatically reveals misconfigurations and related security vulnerabilities within SaaS apps.
Of course, SaaS's much-touted flexibility is precisely what puts enterprises at risk for certain types of security vulnerabilities and misconfigurations. Every day, security and IT teams are not informed of changes made in enterprise SaaS environments, even with a security policy in place. These include:
- Users being added, removed, or having permissions changed
- New functionality being added to business units
- Vendor updates to features and/or configurations
- New 3rd party apps integrated into the SaaS application
Though seemingly harmless from a user's or business owner's perspective, this unmonitored and unobserved activity can result in security vulnerabilities and insecure SaaS data.
With SSPM in place, you'll know what modifications employees are making in SaaS apps, and be able to prevent potentially harmful changes. Your organization will achieve automated and continuous monitoring of cloud-based SaaS applications like Salesforce, Microsoft 365, ServiceNow, and more. Your security team can detect overly permissive settings and help ensure compliance without adding to their workloads.
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Russ Bowen
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