We are in an era of unprecedented connectivity and data growth. Data is being created and shared at the fastest pace ever. Organizations are adding new APIs to facilitate faster exchange of data. For security leaders and practitioners, this presents new and daunting challenges with the massive volume of data and new pathways to oversee, new threats to stay ahead of, and regulatory complexities to navigate. Security leaders must maintain visibility of data, manage user access to data, and enforce strong security and privacy controls. DLP, DSPM, and DDR, etc are a few technologies to address the challenges related to data visibility & protection.

This guide provides insights for security leaders while evaluating the right technology for data security and highlights how the AppSentinels API Security platform complements these tools to provide critical controls to protect organizations against data breaches and exfiltration.

Let’s start by looking at a few underlying basics of all Data Security technologies:

• Data Discovery
• Data Classification & Risk Assessment
• Data Access Privilege Management
• Data Access Monitoring