Axonius has been recognised by GigaOm as a Leader in the 2024 Radar Report for SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM). This highlights Axonius’ comprehensive capabilities, which extend well beyond SaaS posture management. With the highest scores across key features and business criteria, Axonius has also been identified as a Fast Mover in the Platform Play quadrant of the Radar.
According to the GigaOm report, Axonius excels in offering customers a comprehensive view of their infrastructure, making it a leader in the space. The report notes that:
“Axonius provides customers with extensive capabilities and detailed insights across infrastructure that stretches far beyond SaaS posture management. It has a higher aggregate score in the decision criteria we evaluated, making it a Leader in this report.”
What Is SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM)?
SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM) refers to solutions that enable organisations to proactively discover, assess, and secure the Software as a Service (SaaS) applications they rely on in their operations.
The widespread adoption of SaaS applications across organisations, driven by their self-service and pay-as-you-go models, has often resulted in IT and security teams losing visibility over these services.
Without proper oversight, critical risks emerge, especially as these applications can hold sensitive company and customer data—ranging from account details in Salesforce to personal data in Workday and intellectual property in platforms like Google Drive or Box.
SSPM helps to manage these risks by taking a structured approach to:
Discovery
Identifying all SaaS services in use within the organisation, including unauthorised applications (often referred to as “shadow IT”).
Risk Identification
Uncovering vulnerabilities within SaaS services, such as excessive privileges or admin users lacking multi-factor authentication.
Risk Remediation
Automating the remediation of these risks, ensuring IT and Security teams can effectively monitor, manage, and address issues.
By following this structured approach, SSPM ensures a stronger security posture, reduces risks, maintains compliance, and extends security policies across all applications in use by the organisation.
What Should You Look For In An SSPM Solution?
An effective SSPM solution should:
Provide Advanced Features
Key capabilities include SaaS-specific configurations and security policies, support for compliance standards like PCI DSS and OWASP, seamless integration with existing security investments, and emerging features like CASB-like integration for proactive SaaS protection.
Support Business Growth and Offer Flexibility
It should be scalable and adaptable to ensure the security posture aligns with organisational growth and evolving security needs.
Unify Risk Remediation
Identify and remediate risks across all asset types from a single platform, considering how different assets—such as SaaS apps and user accounts—interact and expose the organisation to threats.
Minimise Manual Effort
Security teams often struggle with manually reviewing data, correlating signals, and cutting through noise to gain actionable insights. A unified platform can alleviate this by automating these tasks and prioritising risks effectively.
Why is Axonius an SSPM Leader?
Axonius stands out with a robust, well-balanced solution, scoring an impressive 4.2 across both key features and business criteria. Axonius earned the highest scores in areas like SIEM/data feed integrations and auditing automation, as well as business criteria such as scalability and security posture. Key strengths noted include:
Extensive Integrations
Axonius supports over 1,000 integrations out of the box, allowing it to aggregate data from diverse systems.
Auditing Against Best Practices
The solution conducts audits based on industry best practices and compliance frameworks.
Cost Control
The solution conducts audits based on industry best practices and compliance frameworks.
Automation Features
Automation of SaaS issue resolution, including the ability to raise IT and security tickets when needed.
Beyond SaaS Posture Management
Axonius is recognised for offering capabilities that go beyond SaaS applications, providing a broader security view across the organisation.
Security Beyond SaaS Apps with Axonius SSPM
While securing SaaS applications is critical, organisations need security posture management solutions that extend to all asset types within their cyber risk scope. In addition to SaaS apps, organisations must secure:
Devices
Both managed and unmanaged devices, ensuring full protection across the organisation.
Identities
Safeguarding user identities and access privileges is essential.
Databases and Other Assets
Securing data stored on-premises or in both private and public clouds is crucial.
Axonius addresses these challenges with its unified platform, applying the same structured approach used in SSPM—discovering assets, identifying risks, and automating remediation—to all assets in an organisation’s cybersecurity scope.
As businesses continue to expand their use of SaaS applications, maintaining a clear, holistic view of an organisation’s security posture is increasingly vital. With its recognition as a Leader in the GigaOm report, Axonius continues to provide the necessary tools for organisations to secure their SaaS services and all other assets. By offering a comprehensive, automated solution, Axonius ensures that businesses can address risks efficiently, maintain compliance, and protect sensitive data across their entire IT infrastructure.
For more information on how you can gain comprehensive asset visibility across all digital infrastructure for business-level context with the Axonius platform, including a service datasheet, click here.
