Forcepoint Data Security Cloud vs Poirot DSPM

Forcepoint Data Security Cloud provides unified data protection across AI, web, cloud, endpoint, network and email channels. It continuously discovers data sets across an organization's digital estate and classifies structured and unstructured data with its AI Mesh architecture. Risk-adaptive controls apply context during enforcement as risk changes. Forcepoint ARIA correlates risk signals and behavioral insights across solutions to identify security gaps and deploy protection. The cloud-native platform supports cloud and hybrid environments, and its identity management synchronizes users and groups across on-premises and cloud directories. Forensics and risk analysis provide timelines of data movement across channels. Data Security Cloud acts as a control plane for Forcepoint DLP, DSPM and DDR. Listed capabilities also include secure web gateway, private-app access, cloud access security, data loss prevention, remote browser isolation and device posture checks. Pricing is available on request.

Poirot DSPM is a free, self-hosted tool that scans databases, cloud storage, and message queues for API keys, secrets, personally identifiable information, and other sensitive data. It supports scheduled and on-demand scans, using more than 38 detection patterns for credentials, tokens, private keys, PII, and custom regular expressions. Six post-match validators include Luhn, SSN, IBAN, entropy, Base58, and database-password checks. Each finding receives a confidence score from 0.0 to 1.0 based on validation results, context analysis, and pattern specificity. Local Ollama classification is available, with the site stating that data stays within the user's infrastructure. Listed sources include MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, AWS S3, Kafka, Google Drive, and OneDrive; other sources are marked as coming soon. Integrations include TheHive, Keycloak, PagerDuty, Slack, Microsoft Teams, SMTP email, and webhooks. Deployment options are Docker Compose, Kubernetes, and Helm. Poirot is open source under the MIT License. Keycloak support covers SSO and role-based access controls, including realm support, group mapping, and secure token validation. The listed plan is free forever and self-hosted.