AI security outfit Cohesity is expanding its Data Security Alliance ecosystem with six leading Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) vendors, including long-standing partner BigID, Cyera, Dig Security, Normalyze, Sentra, and Securiti.
The company said that while cloud adoption continues to increase, copies of data are often shared between clouds without oversight by IT or security, resulting in the growth of shadow data. Because of this, data security, cyber recovery and compliance are at risk, as seen by 82 per cent of breaches involving data stored in the cloud.
Cohesity says the need for DSPM capabilities and modern data security and management services has never been greater. DSPM gives customers a deep understanding of their sensitive data, who has access to it, how it is being used, and where it is stored. When combined with Cohesity’s modern data security and management technology, customers build a strong cyber resilience posture.
With its new partnerships, Cohesity expects to integrate with the industry’s broadest selection of DSPM solutions. This newly formed group represents most of the DSPM market, providing Cohesity customers with the flexibility to choose the solution that best fits their needs.
Cohesity group vice president Elad Horn said that as organisations rapidly expand their hybrid cloud footprint, their data risk and exposure increase in lockstep.
“We look forward to continuing our partnership with leading DSPM vendors to help our joint customers rapidly identify and protect their most sensitive and business-critical data across both public cloud and private cloud environments.”
Normalyze CEO and Co-founder Amer Deeba said Cohesity was helping some of the largest enterprises in the world protect their data against ransomware and cyber threats in hybrid cloud environments.
“Now with the integration with Normalyze DSPM platform, customers get full visibility into their data across all clouds, SaaS, and on-prem. The joint solution gives security teams unprecedented visibility into their sensitive data locations and types, identifies and prioritises risks based on the highest monetary impact to the organisation in case of a data breach, and proactively protects the data from ransomware and cyber attacks,” he said.
The Cohesity Data Security Alliance was founded in November 2022, and contains 15 members including BigID, Cisco, CyberArk, Mandiant, Netskope, Okta, Palo Alto Networks, PwC UK, Qualys, Securonix, ServiceNow, Splunk, TCS, and Zscaler. Adding the six DSPM security vendors brings the total membership to 21.
