What is a CNAPP?
A cloud-native application protection platform (CNAPP) is a unified suite of security solutions designed specifically for cloud-native environments. It provides comprehensive protection across the entire lifecycle of cloud-native applications, from development to deployment and ongoing management. CNAPP combines various security disciplines into a cohesive platform, ensuring robust defense against a wide spectrum of threats.
Gartner introduced a Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform as a holistic approach to address cloud-native application security challenges throughout the development lifecycle. Gartner’s CNAPP definition combines various security capabilities, such as development artifact scanning, Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM), Infrastructure as Code (IaC) scanning, Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM), and Cloud Workload Protection Platform (CWPP), to provide a unified approach to securing cloud environments.
Gartner forecasts that by 2029, “60% of enterprises that do not deploy unified CNAPP solutions within their cloud architecture will lack extensive visibility into the cloud attack surface and consequently fail to achieve their desired zero-trust goals.
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