What is CSPM?

CSPM is a type of security tool or solution that helps organizations assess, monitor, and manage the security posture of their cloud environments. The term CSPM was coined by the Gartner research firm in its 2019 innovation paper (https://www.gartner.com/reviews/market/cloud-security-posture-management-tools) and is defined as follows:

"Cloud security posture management tools help in the identification and remediation of risks across cloud infrastructures, including Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Software as a Service (SaaS), and Platform as a Service (PaaS). These tools continuously assess the security posture across multi-cloud environments by maintaining a current inventory of the cloud assets for proactive analysis and risk assessment to detect any misconfigurations. Once these misconfigurations are identified, security controls are developed and implemented. CSPM solutions also integrate with DevOps tools, streamlining the incident response process and...