Certified Security for DSPM Fundamentals

Certified Security for DSPM Fundamentals helps security, IT, governance, compliance, and business leaders understand Data Security Posture Management and how to protect sensitive data across modern cloud, SaaS, DBaaS, IaaS, and on-prem environments.

100% data-centric security training
Learn practical DSPM concepts that apply across modern data environments.
2 core online modules
Understand the origin of data security and how DSPM supports the data lifecycle.
Pathway to certified DSPM Architect
Use this course as the foundation for the full Certified DSPM Architect certification.

Enroll to become certified in
DSPM Fundamentals

Build the foundational knowledge needed to understand modern data security challenges and how DSPM improves visibility, control, and risk reduction.

What you’ll learn
Why data security has become a critical cybersecurity priority.
What DSPM is and why it shifts security from perimeter-centric to data-centric.
How DSPM supports discovery, classification, governance, protection, monitoring, response, and destruction.
How lifecycle management reduces data sprawl, compliance gaps, and unmanaged sensitive data risk.
How DSPM Fundamentals leads into the Certified DSPM Architect path.
Skills
Data Security Posture Management
Data-Centric Security
Data Discovery
Data Classification
Data Lifecycle Management
Sensitive Data Risk Management
Data Governance
Access Risk Awareness
Compliance Readiness
Cloud and SaaS Data Security
Risk-Based Prioritization
Security Maturity Awareness
Concepts & Frameworks
Assets, Risks, and Controls
Data Security Lifecycle
DSPM Maturity Model
Data Risk Profiling
Governance and Policy Enforcement
Monitoring and Incident Response
Secure Data Destruction
GDPR, HIPAA, CCPA, and privacy-aware data handling
Concepts & frameworks
Assets, Risks, and Controls
Data Security Lifecycle
DSPM Maturity Model
Data Risk Profiling
Governance and Policy Enforcement
Monitoring and Incident Response
Secure Data Destruction
GDPR, HIPAA, CCPA, and privacy-aware data handling
Outcomes and takeaways
Understand why modern security must become data-first.
Explain the business and security drivers behind DSPM.
Describe how DSPM moves teams from reactive to proactive data protection.
Understand how DSPM supports the full data lifecycle.
Recognize why high-value data needs risk-based prioritization.
Prepare for the full Certified DSPM Architect certification.

5000+ community of AI defenders

“What stood out most was the practical approach to AI security fundamentals and the clear framework for understanding governance, risk, and security maturity.”
Oksana Riabichko
Vice President, North America
« La plupart des certifications ajoutent des lettres à votre nom, mais la certification DSPM Architect vous confère un véritable avantage concurrentiel. Elle vous fournit une méthode éprouvée pour identifier et sécuriser les données sensibles au sein d'environnements cloud et SaaS tentaculaires, vous permettant ainsi de traduire les risques en termes commerciaux compréhensibles aussi bien par la direction que par les équipes de développement. »
Ari Harrison
Directeur informatique, BAMKO
« Ce cours est très bien conçu et couvre tout ce qu'il faut savoir sur la sécurité de l'IA. Excellent travail ! Bravo à tous ceux qui ont travaillé dur pour élaborer ces supports de formation et cet examen de certification. Je serai fier d'afficher mon badge partout où je le pourrai ! »
Ledesma
Formateur, analyste de systèmes, Silicon Labs
« Une introduction très instructive à la gestion du cycle de vie des données et à la gestion de la sécurité des données. »
Kapil Choudhary
Directeur principal, Banque d'État de l'Inde
« Je suis convaincu que cette certification comble une lacune essentielle dans le paysage actuel de la sécurité. Elle m'a fourni la structure et le vocabulaire nécessaires pour mener avec assurance des initiatives de sécurité des données, au sein d'équipes, d'outils et d'unités commerciales diverses. Que vous soyez opérationnel ou stratège, c'est l'une des certifications les plus pratiques et novatrices que j'aie vues. »
Amy Mayo
Analyste en cybersécurité, Finance of America

Expert-led curriculum

The Security for AI Fundamentals certification is built to develop durable skills you can apply across tools, teams, and future roles as AI continues to evolve.

Module 0
Introduction to certified DSPM Fundamentals
Textual
Foundation
Understand the purpose of the certification, why data security needs a new mindset, who the course is for, and how it leads into Certified DSPM Architect.
Module 1
Origin and evolution

Textual
Core Module
Explore the roots of data security and how the principles of assets, risks, and controls evolved into modern data-centric security.
Module 2
DSPM and data lifecycle Management
Textual
Core Module
Learn what DSPM is, why it matters, how it supports the lifecycle stages of Discover, Classify, Govern, Protect, Control Flow, Monitor, Respond, and Destroy.
Pathway Module
Continue to certified DSPM Architect

Textual
Next Step
Continue into the full Architect path to go deeper into maturity modeling, lifecycle controls, and prioritized action planning.
Earn your

DSPM Fundamentals
certification!
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Enroll to become certified in Security for DSPM Fundamentals

Sign up today to build your DSPM foundation and begin your pathway toward Certified DSPM Architect.