From Risk to Resilience: Strengthening Data Security Posture in the Public Sector

Why Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) Matters Now

Public sector organizations manage sensitive data every day. From citizen records to student information to mission-critical systems, and so on. The challenge isn’t just keeping that data locked down. It’s ensuring the right people have the right access, preventing oversharing before it becomes a problem, and recovering quickly when incidents happen.

Passing an audit might prove compliance, but it doesn’t guarantee that data is safe in practice. Security needs to move from reactive to proactive, and that’s the role of Data Security Posture Management (DSPM).

Addressing Common Challenges with AvePoint DSPM

Public sector IT and security teams often see the same challenges repeating. Here’s some of the common challenges we see and how AvePoint’s Confidence Platform helps tackle them:

Beyond the Grid

Solving one challenge at a time isn’t enough. Some tools stop at visibility, while others focus heavily on recovery. AvePoint’s DSPM takes a comprehensive approach that brings prevention and resilience together.

That means:

• Visibility into data: Where it lives, how it moves, and who touches it.
• Governance at scale: Guardrails that make it easy for staff to do the right thing by default.
• Alignment to compliance: Continuous oversight that maps to frameworks but also extends beyond them.
• Rapid recovery: When incidents happen, restoration that measures downtime in hours, not days.

Common Questions We Hear

“We already have a security provider – how is AvePoint’s Solution different?”
Traditional providers focus on networks, endpoints, or perimeter defense. AvePoint DSPM focuses specifically on data-level security and governance – where oversharing, compliance gaps, and recovery delays often live.

“How does AvePoint help with ransomware?”
AvePoint’s Disaster Recovery features enable fast data restoration, with precise rollback capabilities that minimize downtime, data loss, and operational impact.

“Is DSPM necessary for M365 if we have native tools?”
Native settings provide some visibility, but AvePoint expands on them with unified policy enforcement, comprehensive risk monitoring, and immediate remediation across all major SaaS platforms, not just M365.

“If we’ve passed a compliance audit, why would we need DSPM?”
Audits are snapshots in time. Passing one doesn’t guarantee that sensitive data stays protected between reviews. AvePoint DSPM provides continuous oversight, reducing the risks of oversharing, permissions creep, or misconfigurations that often occur after the audit is over.