How does Cloudanix CWPP detect runtime threats?

Cloudanix CWPP uses behavioral anomaly detection to establish a baseline of normal activity for each workload and then alerts when deviations occur — such as unexpected process execution, unusual network connections, or privilege escalation attempts. This approach catches zero-day threats and living-off-the-land attacks that signature-based tools miss, across VMs, Kubernetes pods, and serverless functions on AWS, Azure, and GCP.

Does Cloudanix CWPP protect Kubernetes and serverless workloads?

Yes. Cloudanix CWPP covers the full modern compute stack: traditional virtual machines, containerized workloads running on Kubernetes, and serverless functions such as AWS Lambda, Azure Functions, and Google Cloud Functions. The platform correlates runtime signals across all three tiers and maps them to the unified asset graph so teams understand the blast radius of any detected threat.

How does CWPP fit into the broader Cloudanix CNAPP platform?

CWPP is one of the five integrated pillars in the Cloudanix CNAPP+ platform. Runtime findings from CWPP are automatically correlated with CSPM misconfigurations, CIEM identity risks, CDR detections, and code-level vulnerabilities in the same asset graph. This means a runtime alert on a container is instantly enriched with the identity permissions that could be abused, the misconfigured network policy that exposed it, and the code commit that deployed it — giving security teams the full context needed to triage and remediate fast.

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Cloud Workload Protection Platform (CWPP)

Q: What is Cloud Workload Protection Platform (CWPP)?

A Cloud Workload Protection Platform (CWPP) provides runtime security for the compute layer of your cloud environment — virtual machines, containers, and serverless functions. It detects threats and anomalous behavior as workloads execute, giving security teams real-time visibility into what is actually running in production rather than only analyzing static configurations.

Protect containers, VMs, serverless functions, and Kubernetes workloads across AWS, Azure, and GCP — with runtime visibility, vulnerability scanning, and drift detection built in.

What is a Cloud Workload Protection Platform (CWPP)?

A Cloud Workload Protection Platform (CWPP) secures the compute workloads running in your cloud — containers, virtual machines, serverless functions, and Kubernetes pods. Unlike network-level tools, CWPP protects workloads from within: scanning images for vulnerabilities, detecting runtime threats, catching misconfigurations, and enforcing compliance at the workload layer. Cloudanix CWPP delivers this protection across AWS, Azure, GCP, and hybrid environments with minimal setup.

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How Cloudanix CWPP Protects Your Workloads

Most organizations run workloads across multiple clouds — making consistent security visibility a challenge. Traditional perimeter tools can't see inside containers or serverless functions. Cloudanix CWPP scans container images in CI and at runtime, detects 100+ runtime vulnerabilities, catches misconfigurations, enforces policies, and correlates findings with identity and network context from the security graph. Protection starts at build time and continues through production.

Multi-Cloud & Hybrid Coverage

AWS EKS, Azure AKS, GCP GKE, DigitalOcean, bare metal — one platform.

Shift-Left + Runtime

Image scanning in CI/CD plus continuous runtime threat detection.

Graph-Backed Prioritization

Workload findings scored by reachability, identity context, and data sensitivity.

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CWPP Capabilities

Complete Workload Protection, From Build to Runtime

Cloudanix CWPP secures your containers, VMs, and serverless functions across every cloud — with deep visibility, automated compliance, and developer-friendly integrations.

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Cloudanix CWPP Core Capabilities

Whether your workloads are in the cloud or on-premises, Cloudanix delivers uncompromised protection, deep visibility, and continuous security across the DevOps lifecycle. Here's what Cloudanix CWPP offers.

Workload Discovery & Protection

Discover all cloud and on-prem workloads and ensure they are protected with no compromises. Cloudanix secures your compute, containers, and functions from threats across environments. (Know more)

Vulnerability Assessment

Automatically audit your workloads to identify misconfigurations, software vulnerabilities, and potential threats—keeping your infrastructure secure and compliant. (Know more)

Exploit Risk Detection

Identify security issues that could potentially be exploited by attackers. Cloudanix continuously scans for risks tied to your workloads and prioritizes actions to fix them. (Know more)

CI/CD Integration

Cloudanix integrates seamlessly into your DevOps pipelines to ensure that security is built into every stage of development—without slowing down your team. (Know more)

Secure by Default

Automatically configures workload security settings based on best practices, helping developers deliver secure applications without manual effort.

Developer-Friendly Security

Allow developers to integrate security without added overhead. Cloudanix ensures that protecting workloads doesn’t come at the cost of agility or productivity.

Scalable Protection

Security that scales with your workloads—whether you're scaling up for growth or scaling down. Cloudanix adapts in real-time without manual intervention.

Tailored Visibility & Controls

Gain detailed visibility into different types of workloads and apply tailored controls for each. Make better decisions with workload-specific insights. (Know more)

Compliance & Remediation

Automate compliance checks, detect violations, and remediate threats fast. Cloudanix ensures data remains protected and audit-ready at all times. (Know more)

Noise reduction

A finding on a host inherits that host's risk

The same host rule fires identically on a private bastion and on an internet-facing production node that already carries a vulnerability under active exploitation. Cloudanix scores workload findings against the host they landed on.

Reachability, environment, vulnerability state

Because a host is already an asset in the graph, the same resolvers that score posture findings score host findings — no new agent, no separate pipeline.

Resolved internet reachability
Production versus everything else
Already carrying an exploited CVE

Contextual severity for workloads

Compounding risk becomes visible

Exposed, production, and already vulnerable is a different situation from any one of those alone. Signed factor steps let the finding say so instead of flattening it.

How contextual severity works

Containers too

Runtime container detections are weighed the same way — namespace criticality, service-account reach and network containment decide how loud a signal gets.

Contextual severity for container threats

Customer Voice

Cloudanix is always on my team's lips because of its exceptional support. Be it a small or big query, Cloudanix has gone above and beyond to resolve them. This one's a keeper for us.

Sujit Karpe CTO, iMocha

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Solutions For Roles

How Cloudanix Helps Different Teams

Whether you're leading security strategy or maintaining day-to-day cloud health, Cloudanix equips every role with the tools needed to ensure security, compliance, and visibility.

CISOs

As a CISO, your job is to continuously secure the environment and find ways to advance your organization’s security. Cloudanix gives you a unified view and actionable insights to make strategic decisions.

DevSecOps

With new code being continuously pushed, you're responsible for maintaining and improving cloud security. Cloudanix integrates into your CI/CD pipeline to prevent issues before they ship.

Cloud Security Professionals

Cloudanix cuts the complexity of maintaining the highest standards of compliance and reduces the attack surface of your cloud infrastructure—giving you more control, with less manual work.

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