3 Key Takeaways from Forrester’s 2023 SSPM Landscape Report – Source: securityboulevard.com

The average organization uses more than 100 SaaS apps, and it’s common to find that large enterprises have well above 500 to 1,000 SaaS apps in use. The typical organization’s SaaS ecosystem is continually expanding with SaaS apps adopted on an on-demand basis by all lines of business.

Misconfiguration of SaaS permissions and exposed API keys can dramatically increase the chance of data leakage to the public Internet. They’re also frequent targets for threat actors seeking to compromise an organization’s SaaS estate. Data leaks reinforce the need for SSPM to protect cloud data and sensitive information (e.g. PII, PHI, secrets and keys).

Additionally, every SaaS platform has their own language for logging, privilege access controls, API integrations, and SaaS-to-SaaS connections, making it an impossible manual task for security teams. Companies also lack skilled admins to stay ahead of critical configuration changes for even one SaaS app, let alone at scale across the SaaS estate.

Think of SSPM as an extension of your security team that brings advanced SaaS security capabilities like cyber risk observability into your SaaS environment. Couple that with actionable insights and guided steps for remediation, you’ll see why SSPM solutions have become essential in the security stack.

An SSPM solution brings relief to overworked security teams, reduces security workloads and burnout risk, enables security at scale, and diminishes the attack surface.