# Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) Continuously monitor and fix data risks with identity context to prevent breaches. ## Beyond Traditional DSPM Our identity-centric DSPM delivers faster insights, precise classification, full shadow data visibility, and automated remediation unmatched by traditional tools. ### The Lightbeam Advantage - **Faster Time to Value**: Deploy and protect data in 30 days or less. - **Identity-Centric Context**: Link every data point to the person it belongs to. - **Flexible Deployment**: Deploy on-premises or in your cloud without sending data to SaaS. - **Automated Remediation**: Fix risks before breaches expose data. ### Traditional Industry Approach - **Longer Deployment Time**: Many dashboards, conflicting alerts, gaps across cloud, SaaS, files. - **Limited Context and AI**: Regex, keywords and basic AI miss nuance, reducing accuracy. - **SaaS-Only Deployment**: Requires sending sensitive data and metadata to the vendor cloud. - **Manual Remediation**: Requires manual steps to resolve security risks. ## Key Capabilities That Set Lightbeam DSPM Apart ### Identity-Centric Data Discovery and Classification Across All Data Sources Our DSPM uses the Data Identity Graph, AI, and entity resolution to discover sensitive data across structured, unstructured, and semi-structured sources. By linking each data object to the individual or entity it describes, you gain unmatched accuracy and context. This enables precise classification and risk prioritization while eliminating false positives that waste time. ### Flexible Deployment to Keep Sensitive Data in Your Environment Unlike most DSPM vendors that require sending sensitive data or metadata to their SaaS cloud, Lightbeam offers deployment on-premises, in your private cloud, or in a hybrid model. This ensures regulatory compliance, keeps sensitive data within your security perimeter, and gives you control over where and how your data is processed. ### Automated Remediation to Eliminate Risks Before Breaches Occur Lightbeam automates the entire remediation process, revoking risky access, redacting sensitive content, deleting unneeded files, and enforcing retention policies. Our identity-aware automation ensures changes are safe, accurate, and aligned with business rules, cutting manual work by up to 90% while reducing the attack surface. ### Complete Shadow Data Visibility to Uncover Hidden Risk Lightbeam scans beyond known repositories to uncover unmanaged and unprotected sensitive data—shadow data—that often escapes traditional DSPM tools. This ensures every file, database, and record containing sensitive information is identified, classified, and brought under governance before it becomes a security liability. # Key Benefits ## Business Outcomes That Drive Security and Compliance Success ### Reduce Breach Risk Identify and remediate risky access before it leads to a breach, using identity-aware context for precise and effective security actions. ### Lower Compliance Costs Automate discovery, classification, reporting, and remediation to reduce manual work and reliance on costly outside consultants. ### Accelerate Audit Readiness Produce audit-ready reports in minutes with full visibility into sensitive data, access rights, and remediation actions. ### Eliminate Shadow Data Uncover unmanaged and unprotected sensitive data to shrink your attack surface and compliance scope instantly. ### Securely Deploy AI & Copilot Treat Copilot as a data source: capture prompts, responses, and files, tag sensitivity, tie to entitlements, act when regulated content appears—before it spreads. ## What customers say about DSPM with Lightbeam > "We chose Lightbeam because it offered us granular control and unique insights into our sensitive data, including the ability to figure out the identities associated with sensitive data, something no other solution matched. Lightbeam's responsiveness and innovation were the primary reasons we selected Lightbeam over Varonis.” > David Hanna > IT Security, Veridian Credit Union # FAQs ## How is Lightbeam’s DSPM different from traditional data security tools that focus on assets and alerts? Most tools inspect files and fire alerts; we connect data to people and rights. Lightbeam’s Data Identity Graph links sensitive content to human identities, then adds risk scoring and governance so you can act. You get visibility, automated access revocation, file‑type controls, and audit evidence in one console, DSPM that measures and fixes posture continuously. ## What risk score does Lightbeam provide, and how is it calculated exactly for files and applications? Lightbeam generates a dynamic score per file and data source by analyzing the presence and volume of sensitive data, plus contextual signals like identity and access. Scores surface the highest‑risk items, help benchmark posture, and drive automated playbooks when thresholds are crossed, so teams prioritize with evidence, not hunches. Scores update as content and permissions change. ## How does Lightbeam help with audits and least‑privilege access at scale today without adding tools? Access Review certifies permissions by drive, folder, group, or user with a three‑state workflow and immutable logging; one‑click CSV export makes SOC 2 and ISO 27001 evidence simple. From the same UI, policies revoke excessive access, quarantine files, or suspend accounts, closing the loop. It’s identity‑centric governance that sustains least privilege and shortens audits.