DigitalOcean Cloud Security Posture Management
Scan your DigitalOcean resources for misconfigurations, prioritize what matters most, and fix issues fast with Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM). No agents or third-party tools required.
Enterprise-grade infrastructure trusted by 600K+ customers running AI inference, serving thousands of requests, and executing every big idea in between.
Stay secure without adding complexity
Agentless by design
Run posture scans without installing agents, modifying workloads, or managing configuration.
Prioritized findings
See misconfigurations grouped by severity to help you focus on the highest-impact risks first.
Guided remediation
Get clear, step-by-step instructions with direct links to the right configuration surfaces to help you analyze next steps.
Unified visibility
CSPM integrates into a centralized security experience inside the DigitalOcean dashboard.
Introducing DigitalOcean Security Advisor
Security Advisor is the AI layer inside CSPM that summarizes findings in plain language, highlights what matters most, and guides you from “what’s wrong” to “what to do next.” As you move up CSPM tiers, additional Security Advisor capabilities unlock, including advanced prioritization and quick fixes for eligible findings.
From scan to secure in minutes
No external tooling. No policy engines to manage. Just actionable visibility.
1. Run a scan
Start a scan from the Security area in your DigitalOcean dashboard. No agents, no setup headaches.
2. Review prioritized findings
See misconfigurations grouped by severity and service to quickly understand your current posture.
3. Fix issues fast
Review and evaluate the guided recommendations before implementing changes, then re-scan to confirm improvements. Paid plans unlock AI-assisted, policy-guarded actions for eligible findings through Security Advisor.
Start free. Scale when you're ready.
Every DigitalOcean customer can run unlimited Standard Rule scans at no additional cost to help understand configuration posture and get guided remediation assistance. Upgrade for Workload Rule coverage, higher scan frequency, and Security Advisor capabilities that help you prioritize what matters and automate eligible fixes in higher tiers.
Free Tier
Starting at
$0/month- Standard Rules
- Guided Remediation
- Email Notifications
Basic Tier
Starting at
$5/month- Everything in Free Tier
- Workload Rules
- Findings Suppression
Standard Tier (Coming Soon)
Starting at
$10/month- Everything in Basic Tier
- Email Notifications with support for security contacts
- Custom Notification Integrations
Built for every stage of growth
Builders
Get a fast posture snapshot after a deploy to help catch common misconfigurations early, understand what matters, and analyze and implement guided remediation without needing a security team.
Scaling Teams
Help prevent configuration drift as infrastructure grows. Run recurring scans, suppress accepted risk to help reduce noise, and use Security Advisor to help prioritize what to fix next.
Growing Enterprises
Help maintain repeatable posture monitoring across production workloads, align findings to common frameworks, and support audit readiness with suppression governance and reporting workflows. Designed to scale with AI-heavy workloads where speed, access control, and data exposure risk change fast.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does CSPM require software agents or sensors on my workloads?
No. CSPM is agentless in the traditional security sense. It does not install sensors, daemons, or runtime agents on Droplets or Kubernetes nodes. It evaluates supported DigitalOcean resources using configuration and metadata accessed through the platform.
What does CSPM scan?
- Standard Rules: (configuration objects), examples include IAM configuration objects, Volumes, Load Balancers, Firewalls, VPCs, and DOCR repositories.
- Workload Rules: (billable resources), examples include Droplets, DOKS worker nodes, Managed Databases, App Platform services, and Spaces buckets.
What is Security Advisor?
Security Advisor is the AI layer in CSPM that summarizes findings in plain language and highlights what to fix first.
How often does CSPM scan, and will it impact my workloads?
CSPM is manually initiated in the dashboard. Higher tiers increase scan frequency for Workload scans, and Enterprise supports scheduled scans. Because CSPM is agentless, it should not impact application performance.
How do I reduce noise or handle accepted risk?
Paid tiers include findings suppression so teams can mute accepted risk and focus on what matters. Governance enhancements, like suppression audit trail, may be available in higher tiers based on rollout timing.
What data does CSPM access, and what does DigitalOcean store?
CSPM evaluates configuration state and resource metadata needed to identify misconfigurations and generate findings. It is not designed to read your application data. Scan results and findings are stored to power the product experience, prioritization, and tracking over time.
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