CWPP solutions provide visibility and controls for dynamic environments where workloads spin up and down rapidly.
Key capabilities
- Image scanning to catch vulnerabilities before deployment.
- Runtime protection that detects anomalous process behavior.
- Microsegmentation policies that restrict east-west traffic.
- Integration with CI/CD pipelines for policy-as-code.
When to invest
- You operate multi-cloud or hybrid environments at scale.
- DevOps teams ship new services weekly.
- Compliance regimes require auditable workload controls.
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