Forcepoint DSPM Adds Structured Data Support for Enterprise Databases

With this update, Forcepoint Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) now extends protection to structured data, allowing organizations to apply the same AI Mesh-powered data classification to databases and business applications that we already do for unstructured files, emails and documents. It’s something most competing DSPM solutions just can’t match.  

Unlike DSPM startups that stop at cloud visibility, Forcepoint combines data discovery, classification, prioritization and enforcement into a unified platform—a platform that includes the ability to take protective action across endpoints, cloud apps and networks.    

Forcepoint DSPM provides integrated support for popular databases

Forcepoint DSPM now offers integrated, native support for the following enterprise databases:

• Oracle Database: The most widely used enterprise database for mission-critical systems.
• MySQL: The world’s leading open-source database for web and SaaS apps.
• Microsoft SQL Server: A major enterprise database integrated with Microsoft tools.
• PostgreSQL: A fast-growing open-source database for modern cloud applications.
• IBM Db2: A trusted enterprise database with deep roots in finance and large corporations.

In the future, it’s worth noting that Forcepoint will expand support to NoSQL databases and to data lakes, further bridging the gap in enterprise control between structured and unstructured data.

This allows organizations to automatically discover and classify regulated data in databases alongside file formats, providing a unified risk lens for structured and unstructured data across the environment.  

Securing both structured and unstructured data is key to compliance

According to some estimates, the database market is expected to surpass $150 billion in 2025 and expand to almost $300 billion in the next five years. That growth is underpinned by the massive growth of AI initiatives across verticals.  

And even though structured data represents only about 20% of an organization’s total data footprint, some companies spend up to an estimated 60% of their data security budget on structured data.

One reason for that is that structured data forms the backbone of compliance audits. Databases typically house things like personally identifiable information (PII), payment card data, and protected health information (PHI). That’s why many regulations like GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS and many others were written with structured repositories in mind.

Securing unstructured data also remains important since sensitive information also lives in unstructured formats like documents, emails and spreadsheets. Spread across collaboration tools and file shares, these files are harder to monitor and create compliance blind spots.  

Regulators make no distinction between a database record or a mis-shared file. That’s why data consistency matters.  

Eliminate compliance blind spots, strengthen data governance

When it comes to compliance with global data regulations, eliminating data blind spots is key. Forcepoint DSPM organizations reduce compliance blind spots while strengthening their overall data governance.  

Watch this Forcepoint DSPM demo to see structured data discovery in action.

To learn more about how Forcepoint DSPM provides data consistency across endpoints, cloud apps and networks check out the product page or talk to an expert today.