With many enterprises running some type of workload in the cloud, demand for cloud security has grown, fueling a market expected to reach 68.6 billion by 2025, according to research firm MarketsandMarkets Research Private Ltd.

Cybersecurity company Palo Alto Networks Inc. has bet on this sector with a security-from-day-one approach, supported by its Prisma Cloud platform. The comprehensive cloud security suite is designed to govern access, protect data and secure applications consistently.

“A big push area is shifting security left. I’ve got to build security in right from the start of that application development lifecycle, change the way I think about [continuous integration/continuous deployment], deliver those applications securely in the cloud — and do it fast,” said John Grosshans (pictured, left), senior vice president and chief revenue officer for Prisma Cloud at Palo Alto Networks. “Now time to market on applications is critical for customers, and they’ve got to think about building security in so they don’t have to rework those apps and build security in later.”

Grosshans and Sabina Joseph (pictured, right), general manager of technology partners at Amazon Web Services Inc., spoke with John Furrier, host of theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s livestreaming studio, during AWS re:Invent. They discussed the trends driving the move to the cloud, the ways in which a well-architected, cloud native and DevSecOps approaches enable scale and agility, how Palo Alto Networks positions itself in this market, and the importance of its partnership with Amazon Web Services Inc. (* Disclosure below.)

Cloud code security and agentless approach are some features

There are many drivers for cloud migration, a short list including the quest for agility, scale, innovation and a better customer experience, not to mention the need to better manage the supply chain, a topic that made headlines during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“As enterprises look at that opportunity, they’re having to rethink [developer operations], which is making them also think more about DevSecOps and how are they going to accelerate that cloud application lifecycle so they can take advantage of microservices,” Grosshans explained.

Palo Alto Networks looks to bring to businesses three different ways to get started with cloud native security. The simplest is through posture management, which just means inventorying assets and ensuring they are secure. Another is through compliance and governance services, and the third is through securing workloads, Kubernetes and serverless containers.

The latest Prisma Cloud release, Prisma Cloud 3.0, enhanced security into the entire application lifecycle. For example, it added features for detecting vulnerabilities in infrastructure-as-code templates and brought an agentless security feature – customers now have the option to deploy the product without installing agents in their cloud environment, which can be more convenient in some cases, depending on how a company’s infrastructure is set up.

Prisma Cloud is designed to work with all major public clouds and, running on AWS, has over 800 clients. For AWS, fostering partnership with Palo Alto Networks and other vendors is essential to delivering an end-to-end solution to its customers.

“We provide value to Palo Alto and other partners in a number of different ways, but one approach that we take is called a well-architected review. It’s a process which looks at the software solutions through pillars of security, reliability, performance, cost optimization and operational excellence,” Joseph explained. “We want to make sure the foundation for customers is laid in the best way possible, because once you have that foundation laid, you can really, really build and scale your business.”

Watch the complete video interview below, and be sure to check out more of SiliconANGLE’s and theCUBE’s coverage of AWS re:Invent. (* Disclosure: Palo Alto Networks Inc. sponsored this segment of theCUBE. Neither Palo Alto Networks nor other sponsors have editorial control over content on theCUBE or SiliconANGLE.)

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