How SSPM Works
SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM) enables rapid identification and remediation of security gaps in an organization’s SaaS platforms. Key capabilities of SSPM include identifying and addressing insecure SaaS configurations, and managing identity and permissions in SaaS apps.
Why Do Enterprises Need SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM)?
Cloud adoption has exploded in recent years, and most organizations use at least some cloud-based solutions. This is especially true of SaaS applications, which are growing much more common, making their management and security more complex. Apps may contain sensitive data and valuable functionality that could be vulnerable to attack. Misconfigurations and excessive permissions are common SaaS security challenges that place corporate assets and data at risk.
SSPM provides security teams with the ability to effectively manage and secure their main SaaS platforms. SSPM automatically identifies and draws attention to problems and helps to resolve them as well with minimal time and effort. Reducing manual processes and load on security personnel enables them to better keep up with their duties and enhances enterprise cybersecurity.
Key Features of SSPM
SSPM is designed to make SaaS security easier. Some of the features that enable it to do this include:
- Continuous Monitoring: SSPM performs non-stop monitoring of an organization’s SaaS platforms for potential security posture gaps. Ongoing monitoring reduces the window during which an attacker can exploit a potential security gap.
- Misconfiguration Detection: SSPM identifies a range of security misconfigurations and similar issues. Security personnel are alerted of any detected issues, enabling rapid remediation.
- Remediation Support: SSPM provides remediation advice for issues or can perform automated remediation. This simplifies and expedites the remediation process since security personnel don’t need to fix the issue from each disparate SaaS application console, but rather can fix them from the SSPM management itself.r
- Consolidated Visibility: SSPM offers single-pane-of-glass visibility into an organization’s SaaS usage and security posture. This consolidated visibility is invaluable for ensuring compliance (e.g. adequate security controls, data processing location, etc.) and supports strategic SaaS investment and continuous improvement efforts.
SSPM vs. CSPM
SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM) and cloud security posture management (CSPM) are both designed to help ensure that an organization’s cloud infrastructure is correctly configured and less vulnerable to attack. The main difference between the two solutions is the ownership of the applications that they protect – while CSPM protects 1st party workloads, SSPM protects 3rd party workloads.
In general, SSPM and CSPM have the same goal of enhancing security posture and configuration management. However, they focus on different parts of the cloud infrastructure stack (i.e. PaaS and IaaS vs. SaaS).
SaaS Security Posture Management with Check Point
Check Point Harmony SaaS is the most advanced solution for preventing SaaS-based threats. Extending beyond conventional SSPM solutions, Harmony SaaS takes an ecosystem approach to SaaS security so you can:
- Automatically prevent SaaS threats, such as data theft and account takeover
- Instantly discover all your SaaS services and their security posture gaps
- Reduce your attack surface with single-click remediation
- Easily maintain tight regulatory compliance
- Get the best time-to-value with effortless rollout and no need for prior expertise
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