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# CSPM Concepts

Generated on 31 Mar 2026

Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) evaluates your DigitalOcean resources for misconfigurations and security risks, surfaces findings by severity, and provides guidance to help you resolve them.

[Rule Types](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/cspm/concepts/rule-types/index.html.md): How CSPM uses standard rules and workload rules to evaluate your DigitalOcean environment.

[Findings and Severity](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/cspm/concepts/findings-and-severity/index.html.md): How CSPM generates findings, what severity levels mean, and how to prioritize remediation.

[Workloads and Billing](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/cspm/concepts/workloads-and-billing/index.html.md): How CSPM defines workloads, what is included in each plan, and how billing works.

[Scans and Results](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/cspm/concepts/scans-and-results/index.html.md): How CSPM scans work, what gets evaluated, and how results differ by plan.

[Suppression Behavior](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/cspm/concepts/suppression-behavior/index.html.md): How suppression of findings works in CSPM, when to use it, and how it interacts with scans.