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CSPM

Cloud Security Posture Management: tools that continuously assess cloud configurations against secure baselines and compliance standards, flagging misconfigurations like public exposure or disabled logging, and often remediating them automatically.

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Configuration Assessment

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Checking cloud resource configurations against secure-configuration standards and benchmarks to find misconfigurations, such as public exposure, disabled logging, or weak settings, that create risk. It is the core function behind cloud posture management.

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CSPM Integration

Incorporating cloud security posture management findings into a cloud assessment, using CSPM tooling to enumerate misconfigurations at scale and feeding its results into the assessment's prioritized findings.

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