CNAPP consolidates multiple cloud security tools into one platform, reducing complexity and improving visibility across cloud environments.
What CNAPP combines
- CSPM: Configuration and compliance monitoring.
- CWPP: Workload protection for containers, VMs, serverless.
- CIEM: Cloud infrastructure entitlement management.
- IaC scanning: Security checks for Terraform, CloudFormation.
- Container security: Image scanning and runtime protection.
Why organizations adopt CNAPP
- Reduces tool sprawl and vendor management overhead.
- Provides unified visibility across multi-cloud environments.
- Correlates findings across configuration, identity, and runtime.
- Simplifies compliance reporting with single dashboard.
Key vendors
- Palo Alto Prisma Cloud
- Wiz
- Orca Security
- Lacework
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Evaluation criteria
- Coverage across your cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Agentless vs. agent-based deployment options.
- Integration with CI/CD pipelines.
- Attack path analysis and risk prioritization.
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