Cloud Security Posture Management is an automated set of security tools that continuously monitors cloud environments, to identify, assess, and remediate misconfigurations and compliance risks. Its existence is a direct response to the Shared Responsibility Model in the cloud. Cloud providers secure the cloud itself (hardware, global infrastructure), but the customer is responsible for securing what Read More …
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CWPP – Cloud Workload Protection Platforms
Cloud Workload Protection Platform (CWPP) is a security solution focused on defending the workloads themselves. This means the compute entities like Virtual Machines (VMs), containers, and serverless functions—regardless of where they run (public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid environments). CWPP is the runtime security layer that applies controls inside the workload, protecting it from threats Read More …
The Necessary Security Model Refactor
The “Cloud First” reality necessitates shifting your mindset from the physical boundaries of ENIAD (Endpoint, Network, Identity, Applications, Data) to the logical boundaries defined by the Cloud Shared Responsibility Model. The things you protect are not just “Data,” but the entire environment that processes, stores, and governs that data. 1. Identity (The Gate) This remains the Read More …
CNAPP – Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform
For those of us who have spent decades in IT, we’ve seen security evolve from a bolt-on solution to an integrated part of the development lifecycle. This shift is most pronounced in the world of cloud-native applications, where fragmented security tools simply can’t keep up. The complexity of containers, microservices, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Read More …