Cloud-native application security firm Sysdig Inc. today announced new end-to-end detection and response in its cloud-native application protection platform or CNAPP, aimed at providing instant security for organizations operating in the cloud.

The new release consolidates cloud detection and response within Sysdig’s CNAPP, streamlining the company’s security offerings into one unified platform. The company says the release enables organizations to have 360-degree visibility and correlation across their workloads, identities, cloud services and third-party applications.

It taps into Falco, an open-source security software security project created by Sysdig, which is now being run by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation. Falco serves as a runtime security detection engine, detecting anomalous activity in applications and warning of behaviors that represent security threats, helping to protect cloud-native environments like Kubernetes, containers and serverless functions.

The company claims the consolidation of Cloud Detection and Response with CNAPP delivers an evolution to cloud security at a time when organizations face sprawl across their environments. The sprawl includes hundreds of potentially unchecked and vulnerable applications, services and identities.

Sysdig argues that its service differs from other cloud security tools that typically are slow in identifying suspicious behavior. Once alerted, organizations expend significant time and resources to reconstruct the sequence of events, giving bad actors hours or even days to inflict damage.

This is where the new Sysdig release steps in. It’s aimed at rectifying the issue by embedding CDR in CNAAP, allowing for an instant and continuous understanding of the full environmental context.

Announced alongside the new release, Sysdig is now also offering Okta Inc. identity threat detection. The new feature, Sysdig Okta Detections, aims to shield organizations from identity-based attacks, such as those caused by spamming and account takeover.

By correlating Okta events with real-time cloud and container activity, Sysdig provides a detailed view of an entire attack from the user to the impact, enhancing the ability to respond swiftly and effectively to potential threats. The integration of Okta detections into Sysdig’s platform bolsters its capacity to protect against the increasing complexities and evolving threats within the cloud-native landscape, the company says.

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