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2024 Gartner® Market Guide for Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP)

Gartner forecasts that, by 2029, “60% of enterprises that do not deploy a unified CNAPP solution within their cloud architecture will lack extensive visibility into the cloud attack surface and consequently fail to achieve their desired zero-trust goals.”

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Looking ahead, how can security and risk management teams enhance their cloud security to consolidate tools, minimize costs and complexity, and boost visibility across their infrastructure? The Gartner® Market Guide for CNAPP offers comprehensive market analysis, key findings, and strategic recommendations for protecting your cloud-native applications.

Discover key market recommendations when selecting a CNAPP solution:

  • Streamline complexity and enhance the developer experience by opting for integrated CNAPP solutions that offer full life cycle visibility and protection of cloud-native applications from development and staging to runtime operations.
  • Choose CNAPP vendors that support a range of runtime visibility techniques, such as traditional agents, Extended Berkeley Packet Filter (eBPF) support, snapshotting, privileged containers, and Kubernetes (K8s) integration for maximum deployment flexibility.
  • Regardless of CNAPP adoption, create a DevSecOps vision centered on developer experience. Focus on reducing friction, improving risk identification, and minimizing false positives. Keep developers within their native tools and provide specific context and remediation recommendations.

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Gartner, Market Guide for Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP), 22 July 2024, Dale Koeppen, Charlie Winckless, Neil MacDonald, Esraa ElTahawy

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The Essential CNAPP Buyer's Guide

Mar. 3-6, 2023 | San Diego, CA

15 questions you must ask your vendor

The CNAPP vendor landscape has grown dramatically over the last three years.

How do you cut through the noise?

We created a guide with the 15 essential questions you should be asking your CNAPP vendor to assess if it is the most relevant to your organization and environment.

  • Can you provide centralized and consistent security and compliance across my developer ecosystem, data center, private cloud, and public cloud, including ephemeral workloads?
  • Are you able to manage the quantity and complexity of data emanating from my application infrastructure?
  • Have you ever taken a customer’s production environment offline or had to move your software into reduced functionality mode?
  • Can you use runtime data to prioritize vulnerabilities and block vulnerable processes from running?
  • And more...
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15 questions you must ask your CNAPP vendor

Key Categories to Evaluate When Choosing a CNAPP Solution

The Essential CNAPP Buyer's Guide provides a structured list of evaluation questions to help you choose the right solution. These questions are grouped into key categories:

  • Security Coverage & Visibility
  • Data Management & Analysis
  • Threat Detection & Response
  • Platform Stability & Performance
  • Development & Security Team
  • Collaboration
  • Customization & Flexibility
  • Forensics, Remediation & MDR Support
  • SIEM Optimization

By considering these categories, you can ensure your chosen CNAPP solution meets your organization’s unique requirements, offers comprehensive cloud security, and supports a seamless security strategy from development to deployment.

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