Cloud-Native Security

The cloud has changed everything

Organizations of all sizes are rapidly adopting the cloud for its speed, agility, and scalability. Cloud-native infrastructure, like containers and Kubernetes, has many benefits, but also creates a new set of security challenges.

Leading organizations are staying ahead of threats with security solutions purpose built for cloud-native environments.


Why cloud & container security matters

The attack surface is bigger and more complex than ever

Hybrid and multi-cloud environments have unlocked the freedom to build where and when you want. But that freedom introduces new challenges for your organization.

  • Lack of visibility into cloud-native environments

    As more and more teams begin their cloud migrations, the volume of resources becomes hard to track. The complexity of cloud-native constructs creates gaps as current tools lack visibility into containers, Kubernetes, microservices, and serverless infrastructure.

    Attackers can exploit your lack of visibility by hiding in your blind spots. If you don’t understand what’s running in your cloud, your organization can’t effectively evaluate and prioritize risks.

  • Risk prioritization is hard without context

    With each new application built, new data source added, and new security tool deployed, it becomes harder and harder to stay on top of risks. Security teams are drowning under a mountain of alerts and struggling to contextualize and prioritize active cloud risks.

  • Cloud attacks are faster than ever

    Security teams must be able to detect and respond to cloud attacks faster than the attackers can complete them. Threats are no longer measured in days, or even hours, making legacy detection and response frameworks obsolete. Leaders must challenge their organization to meet the 555 Benchmark for Cloud Detection and Response, the only one of its kind designed for the cloud.

With any type of tooling on prem, there's not a one-to-one translation with the cloud. And when you're working with cloud workloads, there's a completely different risk landscape than traditional on-prem tooling. Even if it's cloud compatible, there's still a blindspot. Sysdig has allowed us to remove that blindspot.
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It’s time to rethink security

When threats move at cloud speed, time is more valuable than ever. Outpacing attackers requires a different approach to security in the cloud. Disparate, siloed solutions built for traditional environments aren’t going to cut it.

Cloud security powered by runtime insights

Runtime insights help prioritize the most critical security issues by focusing on what’s in use. Get the context you need, such as in-use vulnerabilities and in-use permissions, to prioritize your active risks immediately and reduce alert fatigue.

Purpose-built for cloud-native

When an attack happens in less than 10 minutes, security teams need a tool purpose-built for the speed of the cloud. Defenders must detect, investigate, and respond with precision to threats across containers, Kubernetes, and other cloud workloads.

Cloud security with AI

When you have only minutes to respond to threats, AI can accelerate your ability to detect, investigate, and respond. With a cloud security AI analyst, such as Sysdig Sage™, you can turn lengthy investigations into fast, meaningful conversations that help you focus on what matters most.

FAQs

Cloud-native security refers to a set of security practices and technologies designed for applications built and deployed in the cloud. Traditional security approaches, which often rely on network-based protections, are insufficient to secure these applications. It requires a more application-focused approach that emphasizes cloud identity and entitlement management, container security and workload security, and cloud detection and response.

Traditional security methods often rely on perimeter-based defenses, such as firewalls, to protect networks, applications, and data on-premises. Cloud-native security requires a more dynamic approach that is adaptable to the constantly changing nature of cloud environments. It focuses on visibility into containers, microservices, and serverless infrastructure, the ability to monitor and analyze workloads, and delivering a comprehensive, rich view of the cloud attack surface.

    Cloud-native security tools generally include: container security, identity and access management, vulnerability management, workload protection, and detection and response. Many organizations have started consolidating their security solutions under a unified platform called a cloud-native application protection platform (CNAPP), which eliminates the need for multiple, disparate solutions. By consolidating these capabilities within a single platform, you can bridge the gap between infrastructure security and workload protection. An ideal CNAPP solution should offer correlation of findings and context across workloads and the broader cloud environment.

    Traditional CSPM solutions focus on preventing attacks to your cloud infrastructure by shoring up weaknesses in security posture. CWPP solutions incorporate both prevention and detection for the workloads running on that infrastructure.

    CWPP and CSPM should be consolidated within a cloud-native application protection platform (CNAPP), which eliminates the need for multiple, disparate solutions. By consolidating these capabilities within a single platform, you can bridge the gap between infrastructure security and workload protection. An ideal CNAPP solution should offer correlation of findings and context across workloads and the broader cloud environment.

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