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DSPM: data security posture management

Data security posture management that knows where your Aadhaar numbers live

ion finds every data store across AWS, Azure and GCP, classifies what is inside, and shows who can reach it. Scanning happens agentlessly inside your own account, so the data never leaves your cloud.

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  • Aadhaar
  • PAN
  • Card data
  • Bank and IFSC
  • Health
  • Secrets

Scanning in ap-south-1

Simulated estate
0stores scanned
0hold regulated data
0exposed or over-shared
The problem

You secured the production database. Then it had children.

Cloud data security fails quietly. Every snapshot, dev clone, export and log file is a new copy of customer data with its own permissions, and most of them are invisible to the team that secured the original. Play one year of a single table's life.

[TBC]

copies of regulated data per production store, median at first ion scan

[TBC]%

of sensitive stores found outside the systems teams had listed

January

Production, secured

RDS customers

Encrypted · private · 4 approved readers

    0 unmanaged copies · 4 identities can read customer data

    Sensitive data discovery

    Data discovery and classification that speaks Indian data

    Global classifiers know social security numbers. ion also knows Aadhaar, PAN, IFSC codes and UPI IDs, plus cards, health details and leaked keys. Pick a sample and classify it.

    What ion found

    • Press Classify to scan this sample.

    Synthetic sample data. Every identifier on this page is fake.

    Exposure and access context

    Sensitive is a label. Exposed and reachable is a priority.

    A classification on its own gives you a long list. ion ranks each store by what it holds, how it is exposed, how it is protected and which identities, including AI agents, can reach it. Switch the context on and watch the order change.

      Simulated stores and weights, for illustration.

      Agentless snapshot scanning

      Your data is scanned where it lives. Only the findings leave.

      No agents on databases, no proxies in the data path and no copies in someone else's cloud. ion scans snapshots and read-only views inside your own account and region, then sends back metadata: what was found, where, and how much.

      Your cloud account · ap-south-1 (Mumbai)

      Data storeRDS ledger-dbUntouched, no agent
      SnapshotEncrypted, read-onlyProduction load unaffected
      ScannerShort-lived, in your regionRemoved after the scan
      ionFindings metadata only"Aadhaar × 12,480 · ledger-db · Restricted"
      1. Discover every store through read-only cloud APIs: object storage, managed databases, warehouses and block volumes.
      2. Snapshot or read in place, inside your account, so production performance and data stay where they are.
      3. Classify with a scanner that runs in the same region as the data and is torn down afterwards.
      4. Report only metadata to ion: data types, counts, locations and labels. Never the records themselves.
      Compliance evidence

      DPDP, RBI, SEBI and PCI all start with the same question: where is the data?

      Regulators ask you to protect personal and financial data you can prove you know about. ion turns DSPM findings into evidence mapped to the framework in front of you.

      Summaries are simplified for readability and are not legal advice. ion supplies evidence; your compliance team owns the interpretation.

      DSPM vs CSPM vs DLP

      Three tools, three questions. You need all three answers.

      DSPM is often pitched as a replacement for CSPM or DLP. It is not. Here is what each one actually answers, and where ion connects them. Tap a column to focus it.

      How DSPM, CSPM and DLP compare
      Question
      The question it answersWhat sensitive data do we have, and where?Is this cloud resource configured safely?Is sensitive data leaving right now?Which sensitive data is exposed, and to whom?
      Looks atContents of data storesCloud configuration and IAMEmail, endpoints, web and SaaS uploadsContents, configuration and identities together
      Data stateAt restNot data-awareIn motionAt rest, with access paths
      Finds Aadhaar, PAN, card numbersYesNoYes, as it movesYes
      Knows a store is publicSometimesYesNoYes
      Knows which identities can read itSometimesPartlyNoYes, through CIEM
      Typical outputData inventory and labelsMisconfiguration findingsBlocked or flagged transfersRanked risks with the fix

      Looking for the posture side? See ion CSPM and ion CIEM.

      Case file

      Where the customer data actually was, versus where the team thought it was

      Case file 03 · DSPM

      Organisation

      [TBC: telecom / insurer / lender], India · [TBC: no. of] data stores across [TBC: AWS / Azure / GCP]

      The situation

      [TBC: two sentences on the trigger. For example DPDP readiness, an RBI inspection, or a vendor data request nobody could answer.]

      What ion surfaced

      • [TBC: finding 1, e.g. Aadhaar numbers in application logs]
      • [TBC: finding 2, e.g. an unencrypted snapshot of the customer database]
      • [TBC: finding 3, e.g. a vendor bucket holding a full customer export]
      [TBC]

      stores with regulated data that were not on any register

      [TBC]%

      fewer copies of customer data after cleanup

      [TBC]

      days to a complete personal data inventory

      "[TBC: approved quote from the customer's DPO or CISO.]"
      [TBC: role], [TBC: industry] company
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      Connect one cloud account to a live walkthrough. We will scan it in place, show you where sensitive data sits, who can reach it and which findings matter for your next audit.

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      FAQ

      DSPM questions, answered

      DSPM stands for data security posture management. It discovers where sensitive data lives across your cloud, classifies it (for example Aadhaar, PAN, card numbers or health records), and assesses its risk from exposure, encryption and who can access it. ion adds the cloud and identity context needed to fix the riskiest stores first.

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