Rapid7 unveils comprehensive cloud workload protection capabilities for InsightCloudSec cloud-native security platform

Rapid7, Inc., a globally renowned provider of security visibility, analytics and automation, has announced new cloud workload protection capabilities for InsightCloudSec, the company’s fully-integrated cloud-native security platform (CNSP).

These enhancements, which include native vulnerability assessment for container and Kubernetes environments, leverage Rapid7’s proven, industry-renowned vulnerability assessment technology, which is delivered via an agentless experience that is purpose built for cloud-native environments.

As organisations increasingly move to public cloud infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) to fuel new initiatives or replace on-premises systems, the overall number of IaaS workloads is growing rapidly.

InsightCloudSec, fully-integrated cloud-native security platform

Security and risk management leaders can assess their public cloud environments for known vulnerabilities

With robust cloud workload protection in InsightCloudSec, security and risk management leaders can assess their public cloud environments for known vulnerabilities and leverage that context to quickly and effectively reduce risks related to those critical workloads.

The addition, vulnerability assessment for containers and Kubernetes enables customers to layer vulnerability intelligence with configuration and identity context, which is already available in InsightCloudSec. This gives them a deeper understanding of their cloud environments to better prioritise and remediate potential risks within those environments.

Rapid acceleration of cloud migrations

“Now, more than ever, security professionals are facing high levels of complexity, due to the increasing distribution of cloud-native applications and rapid acceleration of cloud migrations,” said Lee Weiner, Chief Innovation Officer at Rapid7, adding “They need better visibility and data to make better decisions. Rapid7’s InsightCloudSec consolidates cloud workload context into a single place, thereby giving customers the confidence to deploy cloud services that drive business agility and innovation.”

As part of these enhancements, Rapid7 is integrating Snyk’s industry-renowned vulnerability database with InsightCloudSec, in order to provide customers with some of the broadest vulnerability coverage available in the market.

Rapid7 - Snyk partnership

By combining Rapid7’s own vulnerability database with Snyk’s, which is already integrated with the company’s InsightVM and InsightAppSec products, Rapid7 can provide additional context related to application- and library-level vulnerabilities for InsightCloudSec customers.

“Like Rapid7, Snyk is committed to driving cloud security forward, by providing DevOps and security teams the tools and security information needed for them to work together,” said Carey Stanton, the Senior Vice President (SVP) of Global Business and Corporate Development at Snyk.

Deep security context and InsightCloudSec platform integration

Most notably, the report shows Rapid7 as the top-ranked solution in the Current Offering category

Carey Stanton adds, “By integrating Snyk's deep security context into Rapid7's InsightCloudSec platform, we’re empowering security teams with actionable, market-leading vulnerability information, to help prioritise the most severe vulnerabilities first and help developers build applications securely, while accelerating time to market.”

Recently, the company announced that it is positioned as a Strong Performer in The Forrester Wave: Cloud Workload Security, Q1 2022, published by Forrester Research, Inc. Most notably, the report shows Rapid7 as the top-ranked solution in the Current Offering category.

Leader in cloud security posture management (CSPM)

In this Forrester evaluation, Rapid7 received the highest possible scores in the criteria of cloud security posture management (CSPM), Infrastructure as Code (IaC), orchestration platform, and runtime, which Rapid7 believes emphasizes the current offering’s overall strength and ease of use, and the highest possible scores within the Strategy category of the report in the Cloud workload protection (CWP) plans and container protection plans criteria.

Interested parties can learn more about InsightCloudSec, by registering for Rapid7’s third-annual Cloud Security Summit, where they’ll gain unique insights into the emerging best practices for securing cloud-native environments and applications.

Rapid7’s Cloud Security Summit

The Cloud Security Summit, organised by Rapid7, is scheduled to take place from 11:30 am to 3:30 pm ET, on March 29, 2022, virtually. Attendees can earn up to 3.5 CPE credits for attending this informative event.