How CNAPP Secures Cloud-Native Workloads - From Code to Runtime
Fortinet, Wednesday, August 27th, 2025
Cloud-native applications are built for speed, scale, and flexibility. However, these same qualities make them difficult to secure using traditional methods. That's because in a cloud-native architecture, workloads are ephemeral, deployments are automated, and infrastructure is defined in code. Security must be able to adapt to this reality.
This is where cloud-native application protection platforms (CNAPPs) come in. CNAPPs unify multiple security capabilities into a single framework designed to secure cloud workloads at every stage-from development through deployment and into runtime. When properly implemented, a CNAPP enables comprehensive and operationally sustainable security.
A complete CNAPP includes four core capabilities: cloud security posture management (CSPM), cloud workload protection (CWP), cloud infrastructure entitlement management (CIEM), and cloud detection and response (CDR). Lacework FortiCNAPP brings these together in a unified platform, enabling detection, prevention, and remediation across the application life cycle and different types of telemetry-from infrastructure configurations to runtime signals.