Data Security and Privacy Management (DSPM), the practice of storing passwords and secrets in data systems poses significant risks. 1. Exposure of sensitive information which can lead to data breaches. 2. Regulatory violations to store sensitive information. 3. Increased attack surface
Storing passwords and secrets in data systems without proper safeguards poses significant risks to organizations. DSPM is all about understanding these risks and implementing best practices, organizations can enhance their data security posture and protect sensitive information from unauthorized access and breaches.
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Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) solutions help organizations assess and improve their data security posture. This helps protect sensitive data from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction.
Data Security and Privacy Management (DSPM), the practice of storing passwords and secrets in data systems poses significant risks.
1. Exposure of sensitive information which can lead to data breaches.
2. Regulatory violations to store sensitive information.
3. Increased attack surface
Storing passwords and secrets in data systems without proper safeguards poses significant risks to organizations. DSPM is all about understanding these risks and implementing best practices, organizations can enhance their data security posture and protect sensitive information from unauthorized access and breaches.
•Remote work is a risk that needs to be managed more effectively.
•There is significant momentum in cloud migration, but many necessary data/perimeter/configuration mgt controls are lagging.
•Encryption use to protect sensitive data in the cloud is low – a significant risk.
•Global awareness of changing risks is high, but this hasn’t catalyzed organizations to address them.
•Zero trust or adaptive trust architectures need to show more improvement in security outcomes.
•Breaches and their impacts weigh on security planning.
There is a lack of maturity in cloud data security with limited use of encryption, perceived
or experienced multi-cloud complexity and rapid growth of enterprise data
•Misalignment in understanding security impacts between management and product practitioners could affect planning and budgeting.