Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) Assessment
Discover known and shadow data across cloud and on-prem, classify sensitive data, map access and flows, and remediate exposure. Establishes a continuous data security posture aligned to privacy regimes.
In scope
- Data discovery (cloud + on-prem + shadow)
- Classification of sensitive/regulated data
- Access & entitlement mapping
- Data flow & exposure analysis
- Remediation prioritization
You receive
- DSPM assessment report
- Data inventory & classification
- Exposure & access findings
- Remediation roadmap
Tiers
Choose the depth.
Essential
Scoped
Discovery and classification of up to 10 priority data stores in up to 2 cloud accounts. Cloud only. Delivers a data inventory with sensitivity classes and a list of exposed stores.
- cloud accounts
- 2
- Up to 10 priority data stores
- Up to 2 cloud accounts
- Sensitive/regulated data classification
- Data inventory and exposure findings
- — On-prem data stores
- — Access and entitlement mapping
- — Data flow analysis
- — Shadow data discovery beyond the named stores
Advanced
Scoped
DSPM assessment across up to 10 cloud accounts and up to 3 on-prem locations, up to 50 data stores including shadow-data discovery, with access/entitlement mapping, data flow and exposure analysis and a prioritized remediation roadmap.
- cloud accounts
- 10
- Sites
- 3
- Up to 50 data stores, cloud and on-prem
- Shadow data discovery
- Access and entitlement mapping
- Data flow and exposure analysis
- Remediation roadmap
- — Ongoing monitoring after the report
- — Remediation implementation
- — Data governance operating model
Enterprise
Scoped
Continuous DSPM program with monitoring + governance
- cloud accounts
- 25
- Sites
- 5
- — DSPM tool licence costs
- — Hands-on remediation in your systems
- — Privacy legal advice
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What's inside this engagement
Phase by phase.
How a cloud & identity assessment engagement runs, what happens in each phase and what you see. Exact scope, tier and timeline are fixed in your proposal and SOW.
01Scoping & read-only access
Accounts, subscriptions and tenants in scope, with read-only audit roles set up.
You see · Read-only access for the assessment.
02Configuration & identity review
IAM, network exposure, logging, encryption and workload configuration against CIS benchmarks and provider best practice.
You see · Nothing further.
03Attack-path analysis
Misconfigurations chained into realistic paths to sensitive data or admin control.
You see · The paths that matter, not just a list.
04Reporting & remediation plan
Prioritized findings with the exact configuration change, plus quick wins.
You see · A fix plan your platform team can run.
Commercials
From first call to final report.
- 01
Scoping call
A practitioner, not a salesperson, walks through targets, constraints and what a good outcome looks like for you.
- 02
Proposal & rules of engagement
A fixed-scope proposal with tier, price and deliverables. Rules of engagement, contacts and out-of-bounds systems are agreed in writing.
- 03
Sign, then start
MSA and SOW are signed electronically and the deposit is paid. Only then does testing begin.
- 04
Execution
Testing runs to the agreed plan. Critical findings are escalated as they are found; you don't wait for the report.
- 05
Report & debrief
An executive summary plus technical findings with evidence, reproduction steps and fixes, walked through with your team.
- 06
Retest
Where the tier includes it, we verify your fixes and reissue the report, so auditors and customers see the issues closed.
Timelines are set per engagement in the SOW.
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