The cloud security solutions market is growing rapidly, and there are many types of solutions to support your specific business needs. But figuring out the right tool—let alone the right type of tool—can be difficult. Gartner has five security archetypes that fall under the broader cloud security management platform umbrella. This article gives a quick look into the CSPM archetype:
Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB)
Cloud Workload Protection Platform (CWPP)
Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)
Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM)
Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP)
What is cloud security posture management (CSPM)?
CSPM solutions, like DivvyCloud by Rapid7, continuously manage cloud security risk. They detect, log, report, and provide automation to address issues. These issues can range from cloud service configurations to security settings and are typically related to governance, compliance, and security for cloud resources.
CSPM tools focuses on four key areas:
Identity, security, and compliance
Monitoring and analytics
Inventory and classification of assets
Cost management and resource organization
When should you use cloud security posture management (CSPM) tools?
CSPM tools are most effective when used in multi-cloud infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) environments. They can also protect IaaS elements of mixed deployments.
Benefits
Provide unparalleled visibility into an organization’s cloud assets and their respective configurations.
Provide valuable context by mapping interdependencies between cloud infrastructure, services, and abstraction layers to fully understand the source and scope of risk.
Enforce the protection of data by ensuring native and other data securit ..
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