Gartner®: Avoid DSPM Pitfalls With Three Critical Predeployment Steps

Most DSPM deployments fail before the first scan. Three pre-implementation steps separate the rollouts that deliver value from the ones that drown teams in alerts and cloud overages.

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Inside the report

Unexpected Cloud Costs

“Inadequate preimplementation planning often leads to uncontrolled resource consumption, resulting in budget overruns and reduced ROI.”

Alert Fatigue

“Absence of phased rollouts and clear alert prioritization overwhelms security teams, leading to missed critical incidents and increased response times.”

Project Delays

“Deferring this foundational work until implementation often results in avoidable delays, potentially extending the project timeline by weeks or even months as teams work to locate and inventory data assets under tight deadlines.”

Underreported Data Volume

“While DSPM tools effectively identify and quantify data within connected sources, they often report only the size of current file versions, particularly in cloud environments like S3 buckets. This approach can significantly underrepresent the actual volume of data stored, especially if versioning is not enabled.”

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Gartner, Avoid DSPM Pitfalls With Three Critical Predeployment Steps, Jaimie Anderson, 27 Apr 2026

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