SaaS Security Posture Management
Grip SSPM delivers full visibility across all SaaS and IaaS tenants—sanctioned or not—and continuously detects SaaS misconfigurations, security drift, and compliance gaps. With guided remediation, automated workflows, and policy enforcement built in, security teams move from detection to resolution in minutes, not weeks.
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SSPM security tools monitor SaaS applications for risks such as misconfigurations, over-permissioned users, compliance violations, and dormant accounts. As SaaS becomes a primary business enabler and a top attack vector, SSPM security plays a critical role in protecting sensitive data and enforcing consistent security policies across business-critical platforms like Google Workspace, Salesforce, Zoom, and Microsoft 365.
SSPM tools integrate with supported SaaS apps to assess risk and ensure configurations meet internal and industry standards. They monitor:
- User permissions and account activity (e.g., dormant accounts, authentication methods, role misuse)
- Configuration drift that introduces vulnerabilities
- Compliance alignment with policies, frameworks (like SCuBA), and privacy regulations
SSPM platforms help identify and prioritize risks, offering security teams visibility and control over how SaaS apps are configured and used.
The short answer is no. Many SSPM product companies market themselves as providing complete control and visibility of all their SaaS apps. However, there is a big caveat to this statement—SSPM tools only work with the apps with which they have integrated. In addition, the level of integration depends on the APIs available from the SaaS app. Most SSPM platforms integrate with most primary enterprise apps such as Salesforce, Office 365, and Slack, which are used by most companies.
Yes—if your organization relies on SaaS, an SSPM platform is essential. Manual monitoring doesn’t scale when you have hundreds (or thousands!) of apps, each with complex, constantly changing configurations. SSPM provides continuous SaaS visibility, configuration security, and compliance assurance, similar to how endpoint detection and response (EDR) tools protect your devices.
Traditional SSPM solutions typically do not automatically discover new SaaS apps. They rely on integrations with known applications and require authorization from your security team. While some tools offer limited discovery for SaaS-to-SaaS connections or user activity, they cannot build a full inventory of SaaS usage. Shadow IT and unauthorized apps often go undetected, making a case for pairing SSPM with discovery tools that extend beyond integrations. For example, Grip’s SSPM paired with Grip SaaS Security Control Plane (SSCP) provides comprehensive visibility across a SaaS estate, uncovering all SaaS in use, including shadow IT.
SSPM tools can provide user and device access control for those apps with which they are integrated. If the SaaS app provides the appropriate APIs, the controls can be very granular and provide functions such as user discovery, user classification, guest status, privileged users, and user visibility (user information from internal systems and organization charts). Access control for all apps will not be equal, however, and it depends on the types of APIs available from the app and whether the SSPM platform has built the integration to those APIs.
Start by inventorying your SaaS landscape—understand which apps are in use, who’s using them, how they’re being accessed, and what kind of data they handle. Prioritize apps for your SSPM based on risk exposure, user count, and integration availability. Choose an SSPM that covers your high-risk apps, supports configuration drift detection, and offers guided remediation. For full SaaS security, pair it with solutions (like Grip) that detect unsanctioned and unmanaged apps.
