What is SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM)?
SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM) is a practice and product category for discovering SaaS applications and assessing configuration, identity, permission, and policy risk. It focuses on the security posture of SaaS tenants and connected applications, including settings and access relationships that change over time. Microsoft’s SSPM overview describes the category as helping organizations assess and manage SaaS security posture. SSPM is not interchangeable with CASB, identity governance, or a complete cloud-security program.
What is SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM) used for?
Organizations use SSPM to identify risky SaaS settings and excessive privileges, compare configurations with policy, prioritize remediation, and support access reviews. Teams should assign owners to applications and define how exceptions are documented. Findings are most useful when reconciled with asset inventory, identity processes, and incident response rather than treated as a standalone risk score.
