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Overcome hybrid and multi-cloud security challenges with strategies to enhance visibility, enforce policies, and protect data across diverse cloud environments. Hybrid & multi-cloud Security challenges Overview Cloud computing provides improved security, agility, and flexibility. However, integrating this new service into legacy IT environments comes with some great concerns. In a recent survey conducted by the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) and AlgoSec, security, data loss and compliance were identified as the top 3 concerns when moving to the cloud. Schedule a Demo Survey creation and methodology The Cloud Security Alliance is a not-for-profit organization with a mission to widely promote best practices for ensuring cyber security in cloud computing and IT technologies. CSA is also tasked with educating various stakeholders within these industries about security concerns in all other forms of computing. CSA’s membership is comprised of a broad coalition of industry practitioners, corporations, and professional associations. One of CSA’s primary goals is to conduct surveys that assess information security trends. These surveys help gauge the maturity of information security technology at various points in the industry, as well as the rate of adoption of security best practices. AlgoSec, a leading network security solution provider, commissioned CSA to develop a survey to add to the industry’s knowledge about hybrid-cloud and multi-cloud security, and to prepare this report of the survey’s findings. Algosec financed the project and co-developed the initiative by participating with CSA in the development of survey questions addressing hybrid cloud security. The survey was conducted online by CSA, from December 2018 to February 2019, and was submitted to nearly 700 IT and security professionals from a variety of organization sizes and locations. Approximately 500 organizations answered the majority of the 20-question survey. The data analysis presented here was performed by CSA’s research team. Schedule a Demo Introduction Year after year, the adoption of cloud technologies continues to increase. Companies of all sizes are taking advantage of the value in cloud computing with its improved security, agility, and flexibility all of which are crucial for success in today’s market. However, like any technology, cloud computing comes with particular concerns and complications, especially when integrating multiple different cloud services with legacy IT environments. To complicate things further, cloud platforms include ecosystems of services that aren’t always fully compatible with each other, causing data ownership and interoperability issues. Today’s cloud adoption requires focused attention on data migration, expert levels of knowledge per service, and an understanding of vendor security and responsibility. One of the challenges of this multi-cloud integration is assigning assets to different types of cloud environments, including public and private cloud services, as well as multiple cloud public platforms and services. The various cloud options must also be integrated with on-premise networks and other third-party services. To top it all off, the final computing environment your organization achieves, regardless of its complexity, must be able to remain secure and stay current with regulatory compliance protocols. To gain a better understanding of information security concerns in this complex environment, the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), in cooperation with AlgoSec, surveyed 700 IT professionals on the following topics related to cloud usage within their enterprises: Types of cloud platforms in use Proportion of workloads actively in the cloud New workloads expected to be moved into the cloud Anticipated risks and concerns about potential migrations to the cloud Challenges managing security after adopting cloud technologies Methods for addressing these security challenges Challenges related to network or application outages Methods for and results of addressing outages and security incidents Schedule a Demo Key findings This survey demonstrated the complex nature of today’s cloud computing environment, and its attendant concerns regarding the management of security risks. The survey also identified potential disconnects and misinformation in the industry related to the importance of visibility into critical cloud resources and the professional security expertise necessary when using cloud services. The survey illustrates the need within our industry to better address these issues before adopting cloud technologies in order to create practical and manageable network environments–rather than simply putting out fires as they arise after deploying new technologies. It also highlighted the need to maintain cloud service specific knowledge during the growth of the service in order to stay current with new features and functionality. Lack of visibility into cloud resources Organizations adopting new technologies in the public cloud may not be considering the potential risks related to visibility until they eventually encounter security problems in practice. A third of respondents (39%) identified visibility as a concern that had arisen when their organization considered adopting a public cloud. However, more than three-quarters of respondents rated visibility as a challenge related to managing their security once in the public cloud. When asked about the level of challenge presented by lack of visibility into the entire cloud estate, 44% reported this issue to be a moderate security challenge, and 36% reported it as a maximum challenge. Cloud computing complexity More than half of survey respondents operate within a complex cloud computing environment, including multiple clouds (66% of respondents) and hybrid clouds (55%). Many also rely on a combination of hybrid and multi-cloud technologies (36%). Of the nearly 700 people who were given the survey, less than 10% of the enterprises reported that they do not use any public cloud services. Meanwhile, many respondents expect to increase their use of cloud computing technologies by 2020. The number of enterprises that host more than 40% of their total workloads in a public cloud should double within one year according to their reports. Lack of security expertise While a third of respondents reported lack of expertise as a concern when considering moving to the public cloud, nearly three-quarters of respondents already using the cloud cited this same concern as a challenge for security management. When asked to rate the level of challenge to managing security that is posed by a lack of expertise in cloud-native security constructs, 43% of respondents rated it a moderate challenge, and 30% a maximum challenge. The importance of staff having security expertise is emphasized once again with regards to network and application outages. More than 200 survey respondents indicated their organization had experienced an outage in the previous year. When surveyed about the causes, most respondents reported they did not know its cause (potentially a visibility issue). Another 20% identified the cause as operational human errors and mismanagement of devices. Together, these findings indicate that adequate security expertise may often be an afterthought. Regulatory compliance and legal concerns When enterprises are deciding whether to move their critical resources into a public cloud platform, one of the top three concerns they report is regulatory compliance, with legal concerns following closely behind. More than half of survey respondents (57%) reported these concerns about regulatory compliance, and nearly half indicated a similar unease regarding legal concerns (44%) when adopting public cloud services. These issues remain at the forefront of an organization’s security posture after cloud computing services are adopted. More than three-quarters of respondents found compliance and preparing for audits to be a challenging aspect of managing the security of their public cloud resources (with 45% reporting this to be a moderate challenge and 31% reporting maximum challenge). Schedule a Demo Background on the cloud today In order to reduce costs, increase scalability, and avoid relying on a single provider for all network needs, many organizations use multiple different cloud providers. Most survey respondents (66%) use multiple clouds (defined as a multi-cloud environment). In fact, more than a third (35%) of respondents using cloud leverage 3+ cloud platform vendors*. In addition to this complexity, organizations may use both public and private clouds. More than half (55%) operate in a hybrid-cloud environment (using at a minimum at least one public and at least one private cloud service)**. More than a third (36%) have a combination of multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud environment***. This trend of using both a hybrid cloud and multi-cloud strategy continues to rise and is predicted to increase significantly in the next three years. * Data was obtained by identifying the percentage of respondents who selected more than one provider on either of the questions: Which public cloud platforms does your organization use? or Which private cloud platforms does your organization use? ** Data was obtained by identifying the percentage of respondents who selected at least one public and one private cloud provider from the questions: Which public cloud platforms does your organization use? and Which private cloud platforms does your organization use? *** Data was obtained by identifying the percentage of respondents who selected at least one public and at least one private cloud provider, and also selected more than one public or private cloud provider for the questions: Which public cloud platforms does your organization use? and Which private cloud platforms does your organization use? Over the past decade, enterprises have made plans to move their workloads from data centers to the cloud, and the past two years were no exception. The percentage of enterprises with a majority of their workload in the public cloud (61-100% of workload) has doubled from a survey conducted in 2017 to 14% today. When asked what percentage of workloads an organization is operating in the public cloud, 0- 20% was the most commonly selected response (38% of respondents). About a quarter of respondents (21%) reported hosting between 20 and 40% of their workload in the public cloud, while another quarter (25%) reported already having more than 40% of their total workload in the public cloud. A small sample of highly regulated industries like healthcare and financial services more frequently reported having less of their information (up to 20% of workload) in the cloud, when compared with other industries*. Respondents were also asked to predict the percentage of workload their organization plans to move to the public cloud by the end of 2020. Respondents indicated they expect these workloads to increase, with an approximate doubling of the number of organizations who would likely be hosting more than 40% of their total workloads in the public cloud. While 9% of respondents reported currently not using the cloud for any workload at all, that percentage dropped to 4% in their projections for 2020. Those in the IT industry were more likely to select 81-100% of workload in the cloud (20%) than those in regulated industries like healthcare (7%) and financial services (8%). * The sample size for healthcare was 35 respondents, and finance was 74 respondents Schedule a Demo Concerns and challenges: ensuring security and compliance With easy accessibility to cloud services, each separate business department in an organization has more control and ownership over the services they use. With this increased use, organizations must identify which department(s) will be responsible for security. Most survey respondents (79%) indicated that their IT department held this jurisdiction. Of those responses, just 15% had nominated a dedicated cloud security team within their IT department. Meanwhile, the remaining respondents relied on other security services, such as DevOps or a managed service provider. As easily available as cloud services are and the speed in which they are being adopted, responsibility for security should be considered shared throughout the organization with each business unit understanding the security issues around each service they are using. The vast majority of respondents (81%) expressed concerns about security when considering moving data to the cloud. Respondents’ concerns about data loss and leakage risks were also high (62% of respondents) when considering moving to the public cloud. Companies already face security issues with on-premise solutions. Moving to the cloud can further expose these vulnerabilities, making the need to protect data before migration an important task. The majority of respondents had high levels of concern for security when adopting public cloud platforms, however, more research needs to be conducted to better understand how these concerned users are using their cloud platforms. Using cloud platforms as a hosted service can amplify existing vulnerabilities when directly migrating enterprise applications. Building or re-building within the cloud platform allows enterprise applications to take advantage of cloud native features including security. In addition to common compliance frameworks (e.g. ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, SOX, NIST 800-53), cloud providers are continuously upgrading services and platforms to be compliant with new regulatory policies and industry standards, such as the new European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and CSA Security, Trust, Assurance, Risk (STAR). In recent years, we have seen increased enforcement and greater penalties for security violations. Meanwhile, customers using cloud services may be uncertain about who is liable for any such security violations. More than half of survey respondents (57%) reported concerns about regulatory compliance, and nearly half indicated unease over legal concerns (44%) when adopting public cloud services. There is still ambiguity on how customers leverage these platforms for compliance and who is liable for regulatory violations. Many respondents (39%) indicated that one of the items of concern when moving towards public cloud adoption is visibility into resources in the cloud environment. In a 2017 survey , this concern was significant enough to keep organizations from adopting the public cloud. The need for cloud visibility has given rise to new security tools and vendor solutions to add to the cloud platforms and services that are already being utilized. Leveraging existing standards and open tools can guide organizations in measuring the security, transparency, assurance, and risk of each service. Even with the rise in available security tools, consumers will likely need to push their cloud service providers (CSPs) for higher transparency and accountability. Organizations may also be scrambling to train and acquire talent to manage security skills gaps related to the use of public clouds. These concerns need to be addressed by customers and cloud service providers equally, if the industry hopes to achieve robust security and transparency as a whole. About a third of respondents reported a lack of expertise and a quarter reported lack of staff to manage their cloud environments. Half of this survey’s respondents expressed concern about integrating the public cloud with their current IT infrastructure. Additionally, the above-mentioned 2017 survey found that 61% of respondents already using a hybrid cloud reported that consistent management of security across the hybrid environment is one of their organization’s greatest challenges. With the apparent rise in multi-cloud platform usage and the move to public cloud environments, the skills gap concern will need to address management guidelines for their programs, which includes proper use of provider security tools and default configurations. Less than 2% of respondents mentioned vendor lock-in as a major concern. This correlates to the rise and practice of hybrid cloud and multi-cloud environments, as indicated from earlier analysis. Other interesting findings: Respondents who reported experiencing a cloud-related security incident in the past 12 months were more likely to report lack of staff to manage the cloud environment as a concern (44%) when compared with those who had not experienced a security incident (17%). Of the 58 respondents that recorded experiencing a cloud-related security incident in the past 12 months, 25 reported lack of staff to manage the cloud environment as a concern. Of the 461 respondents that did not record having experiencing a security incident in the past 12 months, 56 reported lack of staff to manage the cloud environment as a concern. Respondents were asked to rate the level of challenge several different issues posed to managing security in the public cloud (no challenge, minimum challenge, moderate challenge, maximum challenge). The issue found most frequently to be a maximum challenge was proactively detecting misconfigurations and security risks, and was followed by a lack of visibility into the entire cloud estate. These challenges, if not managed correctly, can lead to many important security problems. When asked to rate security concerns related to running applications in the public cloud, the highest rated concerns were sensitive customer/personal data leakage, unauthorized access, and infiltration in more sensitive areas in the network (in the cloud or on-prem). Security in the public cloud remains a shared responsibility of providers and end users. To ensure adequate management of security, providers must continue to implement secure default configurations for their customers and alert customers systematically and reliably when these configurations are altered. Meanwhile, when organizations adopt cloud services, it will likely be necessary to acquire tools and staff to manage security properly in these new environments. Schedule a Demo Security management: tools and countermeasues While the use of multi-cloud and hybrid cloud environments can provide many benefits, it also increases the complexity of securing these environments. To better understand how organizations are navigating these complexities, survey respondents were asked what network security controls they use to secure their public cloud deployments. The majority of the respondents reported using more than one security control to manage their public cloud deployments, with the most popular choice being cloud-native security controls (70%). In a similar study performed in 2017, only about a quarter of respondents were using their cloud providers’ native security tools. This indicates a significant increase in the use of CSP native security controls. There was also a significant number of respondents who reported using cloud providers’ additional security controls (58%) and virtual editions of traditional firewalls (45%). Far fewer, reported the utilization of host based enforcement (32%). Security management can take many forms within security application orchestration. Respondents were asked whether they currently manage security as part of their application orchestration process, and the majority (59%) reported yes. To follow up, respondents were then asked what they use to manage security as part of their application orchestration process in public cloud. The responses were mixed. The most common response was orchestration and configuration management tools (33%). Other common responses included cloud native tools (29%). Less common was the use of home-grown scripts leveraging cloud vendors’ APIs (13%). Early detection of potential security risks continues to be an important aspect of security management. The tools utilized to detect and manage these risks or vulnerabilities are vital to early detection. In this survey, about a third of respondents use their cloud providers’ risk assessment service to detect and manage vulnerabilities, while close to a quarter use designated third-party security tools. Another fifth of respondents use generic risk or vulnerability assessment tools. This indicates that less than half are utilizing tools above and beyond what is provided by the CSP. By doing this, organizations’ trust is heavily placed in CSPs’ assessment services without validation and could leave the organization vulnerable. Schedule a Demo Security incidents and cloud outages: preparation and recovery When asked about security concerns related to applications in the public cloud, nearly 90% of this survey’s participants reported moderate or high concern regarding data leakage; unauthorized access; and infiltration of sensitive network areas. About two-thirds reported the same levels of concern about outages due to DoS attacks; data corruption; and resource abuse. Many enterprises are ill-prepared for security incidents, such as breaches and outages. When asked whether their organization had experienced a cloud-related security incident in the last 12 months, 11% reported definitively having had a security incident, and another 30% were either unsure or could not disclose. In the last year, 43% of respondents’ organizations have experienced a network or application outage. Other interesting findings: Respondents from Asia were more likely to report experiencing a cloud-related security incident in the past year (17%) than were respondents from the EU (5%) or the US (8%). Other interesting findings: Respondents in a small sample of regulated industries like healthcare (53%) and financial services (52%) were more likely to report having experienced a network or application outage than those in other industries (33%). The contributors to these outages included both human error and numerous technical problems, such as power outages and hardware failures. When asked to identify the primary contributor to one recent outage, most respondents were unsure of its cause (which may indicate a problem related to visibility). The next most popular answers were operational human errors and mismanagement of devices (20%) and device configuration changes (15%). For over 25% of respondents, it took over 3 hours to restore normal operation. Significant delays could lead to significant revenue loss for an organization through operational inefficiency, lack of productivity, and leaving the organization vulnerable. Other interesting findings: Those who reported having experienced a network or application outage were less likely to have had their outage resolved within an hour (10%), when compared with those who reported having an application outage but no security incidents (42%). Ninety-seven percent of respondents reported their outages were resolved within one working day. Schedule a Demo Conclusions and recommendations Many organizations are migrating more and more of their workloads to cloud-based resources, including hybrid environments, multi-cloud environments, and combinations of the two. These organizations also are working to integrate various applications from public and private cloud providers with their own on-premise resources. As cloud computing environments become even more complex, it is critical for IT professionals to have visibility into their cloud-based resources and to be able to trust the expertise of their own security staff and their cloud provider’s staff. These concerns are underscored by the many new regulatory compliance and legal obligations, making it absolutely necessary for these responsibilities and liabilities to be clearly designated. Build in security and compliance The use of multiple cloud platforms and services offers best in breed capabilities and reduces the reliance on a single vendor. The added need for visibility of data across multiple services has given rise to even more security tools and vendor solutions. This increased adoption of services, combining traditional on-prem and multiple cloud offerings, adds to an already complex environment. This complexity in a cloud environment increases the level of expertise needed to manage and secure these services. Organizations will need to understand how to leverage cloud platforms and use provider tools in order to maximize the full benefits of the cloud. Cloud providers continue to offer native tooling with added visibility and security, often meeting or exceeding other traditional (on-premise and third-party) security controls. Cloud provider platforms and services meet some of the more strict compliance requirements for industry and government regulations. Architecting your IT environment to the services and platforms that are being used allows cloud customers to use cloud native tools for improved security and built-in compliance across complex environments. “ Take responsibility for security internally The cloud service provider and customer IT management teams should be able to articulate their security objectives and establish a baseline level of security requirements that can be measured and shared by both. This shared responsibility approach can go a long way in bolstering transparency and assisting with additional adherence to security regulations and best practices. It is essential for customers to build trust with cloud service providers before migrating any of your organization’s vital resources to the provider’s cloud. Today’s cloud adoption model doesn’t always allow a procurement team to stand between the company data and cloud services being used. The easy adoption and accessibility to cloud services leads to business units throughout organizations using services that are unknown and often undiscovered by IT management and cloud procurement teams. In addition to establishing shared security responsibility with cloud providers, each separate business unit should have a level of awareness of the security objectives established by their organization. Identifying a department responsible for cloud security, establishing cloud security policies across business units, and raising the level of education and awareness for all employees completes the modernized shared responsibility model. The data owner can take responsibility for data security that includes external business partners and internal business units. “ While many capabilities expand in the cloud, existing and future security risks and vulnerabilities unfortunately may also expand. Cloud providers continue to offer more security features and end users are working to increase staff and expertise to manage these tools. Detecting misconfigurations and security risks Training and acquiring staff to manage security remains a challenge for properly implementing cloud services. In addition to staying up-to-date on security best practices, cloud customers struggle to keep up with the rapid advancement of features constantly being added to the cloud services. The cloud providers need to play a role in both securing the cloud services and ensuring that customers are using the services securely. As cloud services evolve, new features are added to improve functionality and security of cloud services. Customer awareness of these features and the training of secure operation should be a priority for the cloud provider upon releasing updates to their services. Additionally, safe and secure default configurations should be implemented to ensure exposed features aren’t turned on without the acknowledgement or understanding of the customers. Finally, customer notification of misconfigurations of publicly exposed services, insufficient credentials, and misuse of any features should be a built-in part of the service. Cloud customers and providers need to work together to improve the overall operation, management, and security of cloud services.“ When to automate The increased adoption of cloud services and features must be met with a skill set that matches the complex cloud environment. The skills to increase visibility and security in cloud service operations involves the training of people toward the management of each service and the ability to automate features when possible. Automating components of your security aids in the lack of expertise and staff to manage a complex cloud environment. Log activity, data aggregation, threat detection, and security policy management are just a few pieces of where automation can help more quickly and accurately identify security gaps, compliance violations, service misconfigurations, service outages, and other anomalous behaviors. As we look to accelerate the use of new technologies, devices, and users in the cloud environment, automation promises to help organizations and their staff keep up with the security and operational demands of tomorrow’s cloud.” Organizations are continuing to migrate more of their workload into complex cloud environments such as hybrid, multi-cloud, and a combination of the two. These environments are the new reality for organizations and addressing security concerns and challenges, discovered through this survey, is of the utmost importance. Security challenges arise in these complex environments due to several factors including lack of visibility, regulatory compliance and legal concerns, and lack of staff expertise. Organizations are able to remedy the situation by building in security and compliance, proactively taking responsibility of security, establishing safe and secure default configurations, and utilizing automation. Schedule a Demo Survey participant demographics This survey was conducted from December 2018 to February 2019 and gathered 700 responses from IT and security professionals from a variety of organization sizes, industries, locations, and roles. Let's start your journey to our business-centric network security. 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Learn all about CNAPP limitations, why CNAPP is not enough in the cloud, and what additional cloud security pillars businesses need. Why CNAPP is not enough Select a size Which network Can AlgoSec be used for continuous compliance monitoring? Yes, AlgoSec supports continuous compliance monitoring. As organizations adapt their security policies to meet emerging threats and address new vulnerabilities, they must constantly verify these changes against the compliance frameworks they subscribe to. AlgoSec can generate risk assessment reports and conduct internal audits on-demand, allowing compliance officers to monitor compliance performance in real-time. Security professionals can also use AlgoSec to preview and simulate proposed changes to the organization’s security policies. This gives compliance officers a valuable degree of lead-time before planned changes impact regulatory guidelines and allows for continuous real-time monitoring. Executive summary: Why CNAPP is not enough Cloud native application protection platforms (CNAPPs) are unified security platforms that consolidate a diverse suite of tools and capabilities into a single solution. Widely adopted across industries, the cloud native application protection platform market is projected to reach $19.3 billion by 2027, a CAGR of almost 20% from 2022. These cloud security platforms are often positioned as "all-in-one" or "end-to-end" fortifications for contemporary cloud environments. However, a pressing question persists: Are CNAPPs enough? The dominant assumption is that CNAPPs can single-handedly tackle all enterprise cloud security requirements. However, enterprises should be aware of some critical CNAPP limitations; these can involve: Application security Network security Policy management Without addressing the cloud security blind spots of CNAPPs, minor vulnerabilities can escalate into significant security and compliance incidents. This article dives into the reasons why CNAPPs are so popular, what capabilities they offer, and how companies can transcend their limitations. Why are enterprises embracing cloud-native application protection platforms? CNAPPs are unified and integrated cloud security platforms, promising robust and centralized governance, security, and compliance control and oversight. They’re a captivating option when dealing with complex multi-cloud and hybrid cloud architectures. Setting CNAPP limitations aside for a moment, let’s explore what tools and capabilities these popular cloud security platforms feature. Cloud security posture management (CSPM) CSPM tools continuously monitor and scan IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS infrastructure for misconfigurations and risks. They also support triage and remediation of any cloud misconfigurations identified. Cloud infrastructure entitlement management (CIEM) CIEM tools are the cloud-native version of identity and access management (IAM) solutions. They detect and mitigate identity-related risks such as overprivileged accounts and subpar password policies. Cloud workload protection Cloud workload protection solutions monitor cloud-native workloads across hybrid and multi-cloud architectures for threats. Workloads in the cloud may refer to data, applications, serverless functions, containers, or virtual machines. But do cloud workload protection tools provide comprehensive runtime security and application security? More on that soon. External attack surface management (EASM) EASM tools focus on inventorying, monitoring, and reducing risks across public-facing digital assets. The overall objective of EASM solutions is to minimize the cloud attack surface and reveal blind spots. Container and Kubernetes security Container and Kubernetes security capabilities are crucial components of cloud security platforms, focusing on managing and fortifying containerized applications across multi-cloud environments. Vulnerability management Vulnerability management tools proactively scan cloud layers (workloads, APIs, applications, and data) for misconfigurations like insecure APIs, unencrypted data, and excessive permissions. As highlighted above, cloud native application protection platforms are equipped with a diverse and dynamic range of tools. However, risk-ridden cloud security blind spots make these tools insufficient for complete visibility and coverage across complex environments. CNAPP limitations and cloud security blind spots The features covered in the previous section are essential cloud security pillars. Nevertheless, CNAPPs aren't all-encompassing. This section examines these cloud native application protection platforms' biggest cloud security blind spots. In other words, why CNAPP is not enough. Inadequate hybrid cloud coverage One of the biggest cloud security blind spots businesses face? Legacy architecture. CNAPPs are purpose-built to operate in cloud environments. That means, companies with on-premises or hybrid setups might struggle to achieve interconnected visibility and security—even with strong CSPM or cloud workload protection tools. Disproportionate focus on runtime security Runtime security is in the CNAPP wheelhouse. However, some cloud security platforms over-emphasize runtime security and lack coverage in the initial stages of application pipelines. This incomplete visibility is a major application security vulnerability. Remember: A strong runtime security posture doesn’t make up for subpar application security capabilities. Lack of application visibility and context Modern multi-cloud and hybrid environments are primarily made up of applications . While the term “cloud native application security platform” suggests robust application security, CNAPPs often lack deep visibility into applications and their connectivity flows. CNAPP limitations also include a lack of application context: Businesses might know what applications they have, but they may not be able to map broader network security risks to specific applications. Incomplete network security CNAPPs have various features and telemetry capabilities that support cloud network security, but they lack advanced network security controls and tools. For example, CNAPPs can’t fine-tune firewalls, conduct deep packet inspections, or establish network traffic rules. Subpar API security Cloud native application protection platforms don’t always have deep API security capabilities. This is an issue, given APIs are an increasingly prevalent attack vector for adversaries. Weak API security is an application security vulnerability because without API visibility and context, it’s impossible to map application dependencies and identity misconfigurations. Restricted DevSecOps support CNAPPs can help security teams shift left, but they’re not a comprehensive DevSecOps powerhouse. This is due to many of the above-mentioned deficiencies: fractured application and connectivity visibility, as well as a lack of advanced network security options. In complex hybrid cloud architectures, these weaknesses complicate compliance and policy management—and consequently compromise DevSecOps programs. What additional layers of security do enterprises need? Cloud native application protection platform components like CSPM and CIEM are critical security pillars, but it’s evident that CNAPP is not enough for businesses today. Let’s discuss what additional capabilities you need. Advanced application security With applications dominating enterprise IT environments, companies need a cutting-edge application security tool with complete hybrid coverage, as well as connectivity and dependency mapping. Must-have features include deep application contextualization and the ability to map network risks to specific applications. Network security posture management (NSPM) Achieving visibility, security, and compliance across hybrid networks isn’t straightforward, which is why businesses need a strong NSPM tool. Top NSPM solutions enable businesses to visualize their network topology and apply unique firewall rules to understand, control, and secure traffic. They also help businesses enforce zero trust tenets like least privilege and network micro-segmentation. Automated security policy management Cloud environments are dynamic and constantly in flux, making policy and configuration management a tricky endeavor. The initial challenge is designing the right policies, but the bigger complexity is enforcing them consistently without compromising speed or scale. And that’s exactly what the best policy management tools do: Automate every step of the lifecycle, from risk analysis and policy design to implementation and validation. Hybrid cloud compliance management The underlying challenge across every pillar of cloud security, from API security to safe DevSecOps workflows, is ensuring compliance. Today, enterprises have a labyrinth of regulatory requirements they need to adhere to—from GDPR and SOX to industry-specific regulations like HIPAA. You need a compliance tool that can: Generate audit-ready reports Automatically vet policy change requests against compliance requirements Automatically discover traffic flows The benefits of transcending CNAPP limitations There are multiple benefits that enterprises can unlock by adding additional layers of security, such as those discussed above: Reinforced application security posture: Complete and contextual application visibility across the entire lifecycle Enhanced hybrid cloud governance: Control over hybrid cloud infrastructure, applications, data, security tools, and policies Fewer data breaches: Avoidance of the financial, legal, and reputational consequences of suffering data breaches (now featuring an average cost of $4.4 million, according to IBM ) Stronger compliance posture: Adherence to federal, local, and industry-specific laws and regulations More developer-friendly environments: Streamlined and optimized DevSecOps workflows; high-speed development with zero security compromises Boosted cloud performance: Major productivity gains and increased cloud ROI via optimized hybrid cloud governance To wrap up, it’s time to meet the cloud security platform that can help enterprises plug traditional CNAPP gaps and provide comprehensive hybrid cloud security. AlgoSec: A cloud security platform built for modern challenges AlgoSec is a cutting-edge cloud security solution that reinforces every CNAPP pillar while also addressing the most critical CNAPP limitations. AlgoSec Cloud Enterprise (ACE) streamlines every aspect of complex hybrid cloud security, including with automated compliance and policy management. From its emphasis on application visibility and security to zero-touch change management, ACE, along with supporting tools such as Horizon AppViz , Horizon FireFlow , and Horizon Security Analyzer , plugs every CNAPP gap and reinforces your overall cloud security posture. No, CNAPP is not enough, and enterprises should swiftly adopt an application-centric hybrid cloud security platform like AlgoSec to achieve the additional layers of cloud security needed in today’s threat landscape. To learn more about how AlgoSec strengthens everything from API security to DevSecOps workflows, and see why over 2,200 companies are already using it, request a demo today. FAQs What are some key CNAPP limitations? CNAPP limitations include excessive emphasis on runtime security, incomplete application security and visibility, weak API security, and DevSecOps deficiencies. What is cloud security posture management (CSPM)? CSPM tools are security solutions that monitor cloud-native infrastructure for security risks and misconfigurations. What is cloud infrastructure entitlement management (CIEM)? CIEM is a type of cloud security tool that focuses on IAM risks in cloud environments. Get the latest insights from the experts Schedule time with one of our experts Work email* First name* Last name* Company* country* Select country... Short answer* By submitting this form, I accept AlgoSec's privacy policy Continue

Enhance container security with Prevasio's sandbox. Isolate and "detonate" containers in a safe environment to uncover hidden threats and prevent breaches. Prevasio sandbox 'Detonates' containers in a safe virtual environment Network traffic analysis Prevasio Sandbox intercepts and inspects all network traffic generated by containers, including HTTPS traffic. SSL/TLS inspection is enabled with Prevasio’s MITM proxy certificate being dynamically injected into the virtual file system of the analysed container images. Currently, Prevasio Sandbox provides HTTPS interception for the 10 most common Linux distributions. The following example demonstrates an interception of HTTP and HTTPS traffic in a container spawned from a public Docker Hub image. Schedule a Demo Vulnerability scan Prevasio Sandbox scans container images for the presence of any vulnerable packages and libraries. For example, this ️ Docker Hub image contains critical vulnerabilities in 28 packages. Schedule a Demo ML classifier for malware Any x32/x64 ELF executable files created both during container image build phase and the runtime are scanned with Prevasio’s Machine Learing (ML) model. The ML model used by Prevasio relies on ELF file’s static characteristics, its entropy, and the sequence of its disassembled code. Here is an example of a malicious container image hosted️ at Docker Hub, that was picked up by Prevasio’s ML Classifier. Let’s see what happens if we recompile Mirai bot’s source code️ , by using custom domains for C2 (command-and-control) traffic. The Dockerfile with instructions to fetch, modify, and compile Mirai source code is available here️ . As you see in this example, the use of ML provides resistant detection, even if the malware was modified. Schedule a Demo Automated Pen-Test Full static visibility of the container’s internals is not sufficient to tell if a container image in question is safe indeed. During the last stage of its analysis, Prevasio Sandbox simulates attackers’ actions, first trying to fingerprint services running within the analysed container, and then engaging exploits against them. In addition to that, the pen-test performs a brute-force attack against an identified service (such as SSH, FTP or SQL), in order to find weak credentials that would allow the attackers to log in. As the pen-test is performed in an isolated environment, it poses no risk to the production environment. The following example demonstrates how the automated pen-test has identified the type of MySQL server running inside a container spawned from this️ Docker Hub image, then successfully brute-forced it and found working credentials against it. Schedule a Demo System event graph Prevasio collects kernel-level system events within a running container: File system events Network events Process lifecycle events Kernel syscalls User call events These events are then correlated into a hierarchy, visually displayed in the form of a force-directed graph. The graph allows to visually identify problematic containers and also quickly establish remote access points. Here is an example of an event graph generated for ️this Docker Hub image. Please note the geographic distribution of the bitcoin peer-to-peer nodes. Schedule a Demo Select a size Network traffic analysis Vulnerability scan ML classifier for malware Automated Pen-Test System event graph Get the latest insights from the experts A Guide to Upskilling Your Cloud Architects & Security Teams in 2023 Learn more Securing Cloud-Native Environments: Containerized Applications, Serverless Architectures, and Microservices Learn more Understanding and Preventing Kubernetes Attacks and Threats Learn more Choose a better way to manage your network

Survey finds that 58% of respondents are concerned about security in the cloud, while misconfigurations are one of the leading causes of breaches and outages as public cloud adoption doubles over past two years Cloud Security Alliance Releases Latest Survey Report on State of Cloud Security Concerns, Challenges, and Incidents Survey finds that 58% of respondents are concerned about security in the cloud, while misconfigurations are one of the leading causes of breaches and outages as public cloud adoption doubles over past two years March 30, 2021 Speak to one of our experts SEATTLE – March 30, 2021 – The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining and raising awareness of best practices to help ensure a secure cloud computing environment, and AlgoSec , a leading provider of business-driven network and cloud security management solutions, today announced the results of a new study titled, “ State of Cloud Security Concerns, Challenges, and Incidents .” The survey, which queried nearly 1,900 IT and security professionals from a variety of organization sizes and locations, sought to gain deeper insight into the complex cloud environment that continues to emerge and that has only grown more complex since the onset of the pandemic. The survey found that over half of organizations are running 41 percent or more of their workloads in public clouds, compared to just one-quarter in 2019. In 2021, 63 percent of respondents expect to be running 41 percent or more of their workloads in public cloud, indicating that adoption of public cloud will only continue. Sixty-two percent of respondents use more than one cloud provider, and the diversity of production workloads (e.g. container platforms, virtual machines) is also expected to increase. Key findings include: Security tops concerns with cloud projects : Respondents’ leading concerns over cloud adoption were network security (58%), a lack of cloud expertise (47%), migrating workloads to the cloud (44%), and insufficient staff to manage cloud environments (32%). It’s notable that a total of 79 percent of respondents reported staff-related issues, highlighting that organizations are struggling with handling cloud deployments and a largely remote workforce. Cloud issues and misconfigurations are leading causes of breaches and outages : Eleven percent of respondents reported a cloud security incident in the past year with the three most common causes being cloud provider issues (26%), security misconfigurations (22%), and attacks such as denial of service exploits (20%). When asked about the impact of their most disruptive cloud outages, 24 percent said it took up to 3 hours to restore operations, and for 26 percent it took more than half a day. Nearly one-third still manage cloud security manually : Fifty-two percent of respondents stated they use cloud-native tools to manage security as part of their application orchestration process, and 50 percent reported using orchestration and configuration management tools such as Ansible, Chef and Puppet. Twenty-nine percent said they use manual processes to manage cloud security. Who controls cloud security is not clear-cut : Thirty-five percent of respondents said their security operations team managed cloud security, followed by the cloud team (18%), and IT operations (16%). Other teams such as network operations, DevOps and application owners all fell below 10 percent, showing confusion over exactly who owns public cloud security. “The use of cloud services has continued to increase over the past decade. Particularly now, in the wake of the COVID-19 public health crisis. With organizations struggling to address a largely remote workforce, many enterprises’ digital transformations have been accelerated to enable employees to work from home,” said Hillary Baron, lead author and research analyst, Cloud Security Alliance. “As an ever-more complex cloud environment continues to evolve, the need for supplementary security tools to improve public cloud security will, as well.” “In the face of complex environments, a dearth of security staff, and an overall lack of cloud knowledge, organizations are turning to security tools that can help supplement their workforce. Three of the top four benefits organizations look for in security management tools involve proactive detection of risks and automation. These types of tools can supplement the challenges many organizations are experiencing with lack of expertise (47%) and staff (32%), as well as improve visibility as they move toward an ever-changing cloud environment,” said Jade Kahn, AlgoSec Chief Marketing Officer.AlgoSec commissioned the survey to add to the industry’s knowledge about hybrid-cloud and multi-cloud security. Sponsors of CSA research are CSA Corporate Members, who support the findings of the research project but have no added influence on content development nor editing rights. The report and its findings are vendor-agnostic and allow for global participation. Download the free eBook now. About Cloud Security Alliance The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) is the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining and raising awareness of best practices to help ensure a secure cloud computing environment. CSA harnesses the subject matter expertise of industry practitioners, associations, governments, and its corporate and individual members to offer cloud security-specific research, education, training, certification, events, and products. CSA’s activities, knowledge, and extensive network benefit the entire community impacted by cloud — from providers and customers to governments, entrepreneurs, and the assurance industry — and provide a forum through which different parties can work together to create and maintain a trusted cloud ecosystem. For further information, visit us at www.cloudsecurityalliance.org , and follow us on Twitter @cloudsa. About AlgoSec The leading provider of business-driven network security management solutions, AlgoSec helps the world’s largest organizations align security with their mission-critical business processes. With AlgoSec, users can discover, map and migrate business application connectivity, proactively analyze risk from the business perspective, tie cyber-attacks to business processes and intelligently automate network security changes with zero touch – across their cloud, SDN and on-premise networks. Over 1,800 enterprises, including 20 of the Fortune 50, have utilized AlgoSec’s solutions to make their organizations more agile, more secure and more compliant – all the time. Since 2005, AlgoSec has shown its commitment to customer satisfaction with the industry’s only money-back guarantee. www.algosec.com

AlgoBot is an intelligent chatbot that answers your questions, in English Use this personal assistant for security policy change management processes Algo Now AI-powered security assistant for network security policy
management tasks Your AI security policy management assistant. Algo is an AI-powered assistant that connects to the AlgoSec platform to deliver fast, natural-language access to core security policy workflows - so teams can get answers, run analysis, and drive change requests without switching tools. With Algo you can: Accelerate security policy decisions with AI-powered, natural-language guidance Reduce ticket resolution time by giving support teams instant, contextual answers Enable application owners to self-serve connectivity questions with guardrails Streamline change management by creating and tracking requests directly from chat Talk to Algo in natural language from Microsoft Teams (desktop, web, or mobile) so you can stay in your workflow while accessing AlgoSec capabilities Self-service security policy management Algo offloads day-to-day tasks from firewall and network administrators, by automatically answering typical security policy management questions and handling maintenance tasks. Ideal for a wide range of stakeholders including security teams and cyber analysts, application owners and developers, help desk, support, network, server and IT teams, Algo can, for example: Check if traffic is currently allowed between IP addresses, servers and applications Open change requests to allow network connectivity Check on the status of a change request Easy and convenient access to the AlgoSec security management solution Algo gives firewall and network administrators an easy and convenient way to access the AlgoSec Security Management Solution, to quickly take care of security policy management maintenance tasks. Using Algo, firewall and network administrators can, for example: Troubleshoot network connectivity issues and security incidents Check the status of change requests and approve changes Schedule time with one of our experts Work email* First name* Last name* Company* country* Select country... Short answer* By submitting this form, I accept AlgoSec's privacy policy Continue

The research found that organizations are prioritizing security, seamless integration, and compliance in hybrid cloud environments with Cisco, Palo Alto Networks, AWS and Microsoft Azure among the leaders The 2024 State of Network Security Report Reveals a Shift Towards Multi-Cloud Environments, with a 47% Increase in SD-WAN and 25% Uptick in SASE Adoption The research found that organizations are prioritizing security, seamless integration, and compliance in hybrid cloud environments with Cisco, Palo Alto Networks, AWS and Microsoft Azure among the leaders June 27, 2024 Speak to one of our experts RIDGEFIELD PARK, NJ, June 27, 2024 – Global cybersecurity leader AlgoSec has released its annual ‘The State of Network Security Report’ providing a broad view of network security in hybrid cloud environments, identifying the most popular strategies adopted by security professionals. The report sheds light on key market trends and highlights the solutions and technologies that are in demand and why, helping organizations to navigate the complexities of modern network security. Based on two comparative surveys conducted in H2 of 2022 and 2023, AlgoSec’s research evaluated market leaders including AWS, Microsoft Azure, Check Point, Palo Alto Networks, Cisco and more, identifying significant shifts in cloud platform adoption, deployment of firewalls and Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN), as well as Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) implementation. Key findings from the report include: ● Security, continuity, and compliance driving cloud platform selection – When selecting a cloud platform, organizations prioritize seamless integration, compliance, and robust security features. While the overall adoption of cloud platforms has grown, the ranking of different vendors has remained relatively stable. Azure continues to be the most widely used platform, closely followed by AWS, which has shown the fastest pace of growth. ● The growing adoption of SD-WAN – The move towards remote working and cloud computing has been the catalyst for the increased deployment of SD-WAN, ensuring secure and reliable connections across multiple locations. That is reflected in the report, with a steep decline in the number of organizations that had no SD-WAN solution from 55.2% in 2022 to 34% in 2023. ● The rise in SASE adoption – With network infrastructures becoming more complex, SASE has become a popular solution for organizations, consolidating multiple security functions into a single, unified, cloud service. The report found the rate of SASE adoption has increased year-on-year, with notable growth of Zscaler implementation from 21.9% in 2022 to 37% in 2023, and Prisma access implementation from 16.2% in 2022 to 22.8% in 2023. ● The increasing importance of firewalls in cloud estates – With more businesses looking to secure corporate resources across complex cloud networks, firewall implementation has increased as a result, providing organizations with the means to safeguard against external threats. The rate of adoption has risen significantly, with only 7.1% of respondents saying they had no firewalls deployed in 2023 - a sharp drop from the 28.4% recorded in 2022. ● The persistence of hybrid networks – Despite the general shift towards cloud adoption, on-premise data centers and device rollouts remain a significant feature of the network landscape. “According to our research there has been greater adoption of cloud-based network security solutions across the board”, said Eran Shiff, VP Product of AlgoSec. “However, there is still progress to be made in the SD-WAN and SASE space. By identifying the key trends and the most popular solutions on the market, we can provide some much-needed clarity into the complex world of network security.” The full report can be accessed here . About AlgoSec AlgoSec, a global cybersecurity leader, empowers organizations to secure application connectivity and cloud-native applications throughout their multi-cloud and hybrid network. Trusted by more than 1,800 of the world’s leading organizations, AlgoSec’s application-centric approach enables secure acceleration of business application deployment by centrally managing application connectivity and security policies across the public clouds, private clouds, containers, and on-premises networks. Using its unique vendor-agnostic deep algorithm for intelligent change management automation, AlgoSec enables the acceleration of digital transformation projects, helps prevent business application downtime and substantially reduces manual work and exposure to security risks. AlgoSec’s policy management and CNAPP platforms provide a single source for visibility into security and compliance issues within cloud-native applications as well as across the hybrid network environment, to ensure ongoing adherence to internet security standards, industry, and internal regulations. Learn how AlgoSec enables application owners, information security experts, DevSecOps and cloud security teams to deploy business applications up to 10 times faster while maintaining security at https://www.algosec.com . 

Explore Algosec's customer success stories to see how organizations worldwide improve security, compliance, and efficiency with our solutions. PORSCHE INFORMATIK SIMPLIFIES NETWORK OPERATIONS AND STRENGTHENS SECURITY Organization PORSCHE Industry Retail & Manufacturing Headquarters Austria Download case study Share Customer
success stories "We quickly saw a clear return on our investment with AlgoSec. It enabled us to significantly increase the efficiency of our firewall operations team without increasing head count. With AlgoSec, We can focus on what is most important to Porsche Informatik: our customers" Leading European Automobile Trading Enterprise Increases Security, Ensures Compliance, Optimizes Firewall Operations and Streamlines Productivity AlgoSec Business Impact • Increase IT productivity without adding headcount• Reduce time and resources required to implement firewall policy changes• Improve IT Governance and accountability over the network security policy• Improve security posture and gain visibility into the impact of proposed changes Background Porsche Informatik GmbH, a subsidiary of Porsche Holding, is one of the biggest private trading enterprises in Austria and the most successful automobile trade companies in Europe. The Company provides integrated software solutions for the automobile sector serving importers, retailers and financial service providers in over 21 countries. With its multi-vendor, multi-firewall infrastructure consisting of various Check Point clusters and firewalls, Porsche Informatik has been supporting some of the most successful automobile brands in the world including Volkswagen, Audi, Porsche, Seat and Skoda. Challenge As an enterprise serving the leading automobile brands, Porsche Informatik is committed to ensuring the integrity of its network and maintaining compliance with corporate security policies. Optimizing its operations is another top priority. With a large number of firewalls undergoing continuous rule changes, Porsche Informatik’s team had to manually confirm that all of the changes were correctly configured and adhered to corporate policy. To do this, Porsche Informatik needed to keep track of changes: when they were made, who made them and verify that they weren’t introducing clutter and subsequent risk into their environment. “As the rule base continued to grow, it became increasingly complex and harder to keep track of the details,” says Anton Spitzer, Infrastructure Services Manager at Porsche Informatik. “Monitoring and auditing of our firewalls and clusters has become a painstaking manual, time and labor intensive process and we needed to handle it more effectively.” Porsche Informatik looked for a solution that would allow them to automatically and comprehensively manage the entire change lifecycle of their heterogeneous firewall infrastructure to improve and optimize operations, bolster security and comply with the corporate security policy in an easier way. Solution Porsche Informatik selected the AlgoSec Security Management solution to provide automated, comprehensive firewall operations and security risk management.In particular, Porsche Informatik liked AlgoSec’s auditing capability as it tracks changes in real-time as well as provides analysis of the operational and security implications of those changes. Results With AlgoSec, Porsche Informatik can now intelligently automate manual, labor and time intensive tasks, optimize firewall operations and improve network security while enforcing corporate policies to provide improved IT Governance.“AlgoSec allows our team to quickly and easily understand the operational and security impact of rule changes on our corporate policy, while at the same time provides a detailed audit trail, which is crucial for us to maintain compliance,” says Spitzer. From an operations and risk perspective, AlgoSec enables Porsche Informatik to instantly know which rules and objects are obsolete, invalid and duplicate and where potential security holes exist. The ability to clean up the firewall policy has streamlined network operations and given Porsche Informatik better visibility into their firewall infrastructure. “We cleaned up our existing policy base and now utilize the “what if” analysis to prevent the introduction of clutter and risk into our environment,” explains Spitzer.Ultimately, with AlgoSec, Porsche Informatik can now easily determine the necessity of changes and their potential security implications which saves time and effort. As a result productivity has increased without adding headcount. “After several months of use, AlgoSec has made a quantifiable impact on our firewall operations and security risk management. We know exactly what changes are being made, by whom and the implications of those changes on our operations and security posture,” said Spitzer. “We now spend much less time analyzing and auditing our firewalls, allowing our IT personnel to work on additional projects. As a customer-centric company, optimized internal operations directly benefits our clients by allowing Porsche Informatik to focus wholly on their needs instead of on firewall management.” Schedule time with one of our experts

View AlgoSec s press releases to stay on top of the latest company announcements Press releases Filter by release year AlgoSec Posts 37% YoY new Business Growth in 2025 as Enterprises Prioritize Application-Centric Security February 18, 2026 Over 90% gross dollar retention and 37% year-over-year new business growth reflect demand for visibility across complex hybrid environments 2026 AlgoSec’s 2026 State of Network Security Report Reveals Rising Demand for Consolidation and Control February 4, 2026 One of the market’s most comprehensive annual vendor-agnostic studies found that rapid cloud expansion, distributed workloads, and AI-driven traffic patterns are driving increased demand for unified policy control and end-to-end transparency 2024 AlgoSec Security Management Solution A33.20 removes network security change friction across hybrid and multi-cloud networks January 22, 2026 The new capabilities empower teams to move faster with clarity, control, and business-aligned risk prioritization 2024 AlgoSec’s Horizon Platform Fuels Company Growth and Global Application-Centric Security September 9, 2025 A gross dollar retention rate of over 90% and 36% year-over-year new business growth highlight adoption across industries 2025 AlgoSec Security Management solution A33.10 delivers new compliance reporting and precise discovery of application connectivity May 20, 2025 The new product version release provides extended multi-cloud hybrid network visibility, reduces risk exposure and addresses new compliance regulations in a unified platform 2024 AlgoSec Wins SC Award for Best Security Company, Global InfoSec Award for Best Service Cybersecurity Company May 14, 2025 These award wins follow a year of double-digit year-on-year annual recurring revenue growth and the launch of the AlgoSec Horizon Platform 2024 AlgoSec’s 2025 State of Network Security Report Reveals Growing Adoption of Zero-Trust Architecture and Multi-Cloud Environments April 3, 2025 Annual vendor-agnostic research found businesses continue to prioritize multi-cloud environments, with Cisco, Microsoft Azure, AWS, Palo Alto Networks and Fortinet leading the way 2024 AlgoSec Achieves Strong Growth in 2024, Expands Customer Partnerships and Services Driven by Application-Centric Vision March 20, 2025 Continued growth underscores AlgoSec’s commitment to innovation and leadership in application-centric security to drive business value 2024 AlgoSec Launches AlgoSec Horizon, its Most Advanced Application-Centric Security Platform for Converging Cloud and On-Premise Environments February 11, 2025 AlgoSec Horizon platform empowers organizations to seamlessly secure applications across complex, converging cloud and on-premise network environments with AI-driven visibility, automation and risk mitigation 2024 2023 AlgoSec Posts 37% YoY new Business Growth in 2025 as Enterprises Prioritize Application-Centric Security Date Over 90% gross dollar retention and 37% year-over-year new business growth reflect demand for visibility across complex hybrid environments AlgoSec’s 2026 State of Network Security Report Reveals Rising Demand for Consolidation and Control Date One of the market’s most comprehensive annual vendor-agnostic studies found that rapid cloud expansion, distributed workloads, and AI-driven traffic patterns are driving increased demand for unified policy control and end-to-end transparency AlgoSec Security Management Solution A33.20 removes network security change friction across hybrid and multi-cloud networks Date The new capabilities empower teams to move faster with clarity, control, and business-aligned risk prioritization AlgoSec’s Horizon Platform Fuels Company Growth and Global Application-Centric Security Date A gross dollar retention rate of over 90% and 36% year-over-year new business growth highlight adoption across industries AlgoSec Security Management solution A33.10 delivers new compliance reporting and precise discovery of application connectivity Date The new product version release provides extended multi-cloud hybrid network visibility, reduces risk exposure and addresses new compliance regulations in a unified platform AlgoSec Wins SC Award for Best Security Company, Global InfoSec Award for Best Service Cybersecurity Company Date These award wins follow a year of double-digit year-on-year annual recurring revenue growth and the launch of the AlgoSec Horizon Platform AlgoSec’s 2025 State of Network Security Report Reveals Growing Adoption of Zero-Trust Architecture and Multi-Cloud Environments Date Annual vendor-agnostic research found businesses continue to prioritize multi-cloud environments, with Cisco, Microsoft Azure, AWS, Palo Alto Networks and Fortinet leading the way AlgoSec Achieves Strong Growth in 2024, Expands Customer Partnerships and Services Driven by Application-Centric Vision Date Continued growth underscores AlgoSec’s commitment to innovation and leadership in application-centric security to drive business value AlgoSec Launches AlgoSec Horizon, its Most Advanced Application-Centric Security Platform for Converging Cloud and On-Premise Environments Date AlgoSec Horizon platform empowers organizations to seamlessly secure applications across complex, converging cloud and on-premise network environments with AI-driven visibility, automation and risk mitigation 2022 AlgoSec Posts 37% YoY new Business Growth in 2025 as Enterprises Prioritize Application-Centric Security Date Over 90% gross dollar retention and 37% year-over-year new business growth reflect demand for visibility across complex hybrid environments AlgoSec’s 2026 State of Network Security Report Reveals Rising Demand for Consolidation and Control Date One of the market’s most comprehensive annual vendor-agnostic studies found that rapid cloud expansion, distributed workloads, and AI-driven traffic patterns are driving increased demand for unified policy control and end-to-end transparency AlgoSec Security Management Solution A33.20 removes network security change friction across hybrid and multi-cloud networks Date The new capabilities empower teams to move faster with clarity, control, and business-aligned risk prioritization AlgoSec’s Horizon Platform Fuels Company Growth and Global Application-Centric Security Date A gross dollar retention rate of over 90% and 36% year-over-year new business growth highlight adoption across industries AlgoSec Security Management solution A33.10 delivers new compliance reporting and precise discovery of application connectivity Date The new product version release provides extended multi-cloud hybrid network visibility, reduces risk exposure and addresses new compliance regulations in a unified platform AlgoSec Wins SC Award for Best Security Company, Global InfoSec Award for Best Service Cybersecurity Company Date These award wins follow a year of double-digit year-on-year annual recurring revenue growth and the launch of the AlgoSec Horizon Platform 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Algosec for Azure automates security policy management, enhances visibility, and ensures compliance across your Azure cloud environment. Microsoft Azure & AlgoSec Visibility, Risk Management and Change Automation for Azure Environments AlgoSec manages security policies across cloud, hybrid and on-prem environments, delivering proactive risk and compliance analysis, end-to-end change management and automation – all in the business application context. AlgoSec supports enterprises in their journey to the cloud by automatically mapping existing application connectivity prior to the migration, determining and facilitating required connectivity changes during the move, and ensuring continuous compliance and automated change management in the newly established hybrid cloud environment. AlgoSec completes the picture, providing clear visibility and effective management of Microsoft Azure’s native security constructs – Network Security Groups (NSGs) and Azure Firewalls – as well as 3rd party virtual firewalls deployed in the Azure cloud. AlgoSec for Microsoft Azure firewall is available now. Sign up here Automated Security Policy Management for Azure Network Security Groups With AlgoSec, you gain visibility into your entire Azure cloud estate, including network topology and connectivity, the effective security enforcement by Azure Network Security Groups, and aggregated risk and compliance analysis across Azure and 3rd party security devices. AlgoSec also provides an end-to-end change management and automation solution, covering security policies in the cloud, as well as on-premises SDN and traditional networks. Central Management for Azure Firewall Azure Firewall is a new managed, cloud-based network security service that protects your Azure Virtual Network resources. With AlgoSec, you can manage multiple instances of the Azure Firewall using a shared policy model, to facilitate and automate security policy management in multi-region cloud environments. In addition, the AlgoSec solution provides end-to-end visibility and management capabilities across the Azure Firewalls, Azure NSGs and 3rd party firewalls, in the cloud and on-prem. Key benefits Unified security Unified security policy management across cloud, SDN and on-premise networks Cloud visibility Visibility into the Azure cloud network, topology and connectivity Securing cloud estate Securing your cloud estate from misconfigurations with risk alerts as well as overall risk visibility Automation Automated Azure NSG and 3rd party firewall changes, eliminating misconfigurations and rework Proactive assessment Proactive assessment the impact of network changes to ensure continuous compliance Simplified and automate Simplified and automate internal and regulatory audits, and reduce time and costs by as much as 80% Cloud and Hybrid Environments Download infographic Schedule time with one of our experts

Explore Algosec's customer success stories to see how organizations worldwide improve security, compliance, and efficiency with our solutions. Orange Cyberdefense Furnishes Application Delivery and Network Automation Organization Orange Cyberdefense Industry Retail & Manufacturing Headquarters Multinational Download case study Share Customer
success stories "We cut the time it takes to implement firewall rules by at least 50%" Application owners for global retail chain get faster response times with application visibility and automated deployment. Orange Cyberdefense is the expert cybersecurity business unit of the Orange Group, providing managed security, managed threat detection & response services to organizations around the globe. They embed security into Orange Business Services solutions with more than 250 security researchers and analysts and 16 SOCs distributed around the world supporting customers in over 160 countries. The Challenge Orange Cyberdefense is an on-site consultant for a large retail chain with hundreds of stores and hundreds of thousands of employees spread out across the world.The client has over 2,500 multi-vendor firewalls and Layer 3 devices in their global data centers. They also run hundreds of mission-critical business services. Business services include supply chain management and ERP systems, global eCommerce operations, financial management systems, and much more. As a result, they had to cope with hundreds of change requests daily.Some of the challenges included: Lack of centralized management – Multiple vendors’ firewalls are deployed, which were implemented by multiple third-party vendors. There was no validation that rules were consistently applied across multiple vendor’s management consoles. Commissioning and decommissioning devices – A mix of multi-vendor new and legacy devices run in the data center and maintaining consistency across multiple vendors and multiple versions of devices was difficult. Lack of automation – Firewall communication and traffic flows were described in Excel sheets and needed to be manually updated whenever there was a change. Slow execution of change requests – Implementing firewall changes took over a week. Poorly implemented rules – The rules did not reflect what the requester asked for. They either allowed too much traffic in or were too narrow, not allowing the required traffic and thus needed to be re-implemented. The Solution The client searched for a solution that provided: Faster implementation of firewall changes. Comprehensive firewall support for a globally dispersed multi-vendor, hybrid estate. Automation of security policy change management and documentation of security policy changes. Visibility into their business applications and traffic flows. They implemented the AlgoSec Security Policy Management Solution, made up of AlgoSec Horizon Security Analyzer, AlgoSec Horizon FireFlow, and AlgoSec Horizon AppViz and AppChange (formerly AlgoSec BusinessFlow). AlgoSec Horizon Security Analyzer analyzes complex network security policies across on-premise, cloud, and hybrid networks. It automates and simplifies security operations, including troubleshooting, auditing and risk analysis. Using Horizon Security Analyzer, the client can optimize the configuration of firewalls, and network infrastructure to ensure security and compliance. AlgoSec Horizon FireFlow enables security staff to automate the entire security policy change process from design and submission to proactive risk analysis, implementation, validation, and auditing. Its intelligent, automated workflows save time and improve security by eliminating manual errors and reducing risk. AlgoSec Horizon AppViz and AppChange (formerly AlgoSec BusinessFlow) discover, identify, and map business applications, providing critical security information regarding the firewalls and firewall rules supporting each connectivity flow. With AlgoSec AppChange, changes can be made at the business application level, including application migrations, server deployment, and decommissioning projects. The Results Some of the ways the client benefits from using AlgoSec include: Greater transparency by providing a single source of truth that took into consideration the entire network estate. 50% reduction in the time needed to implement firewall rules. More communication between network security/IT staff and business application owners who are now able to submit change requests in business language and easily describe their needs, thus reducing misconfigurations and potential breaches. Better compliance reporting – with both an easy API integration and also audit-ready compliance reports. Automated change management – network changes are now recorded while being made – not managed with Excel. By using AlgoSec, application owners have more visibility into the network and are better able to trace what has changed within their business applications. “Documentation is several hundred percent better this way,” said Hans Broomé, Network and Security Consultant at Orange Cyberdefense. “With many different versions of the services, by using AlgoSec the IT team is confident that they are making changes to the correct version.” There were even unexpected gains, such as improved security management procedures. Change requests became more accurate as they gained visibility into the network and made the change request process more systematic and transparent. Requesters, as well as stakeholders such as their managers, have full visibility of their change request’s status and can verify that the request works as intended. Orange Cyberdefense is also impressed with the dedicated attention they receive from AlgoSec. AlgoSec’s support team is familiar with the global organization and provides dedicated attention tailored to their exact needs. They stay up to date with the AlgoSec solution’s latest capabilities, and the technical team maximizes their use of it thanks to an extensive training library. “The best is yet to come,” concluded Broomé. Schedule time with one of our experts

Continued growth underscores AlgoSec’s commitment to innovation and leadership in application-centric security to drive business value AlgoSec Achieves Strong Growth in 2024, Expands Customer Partnerships and Services Driven by Application-Centric Vision Continued growth underscores AlgoSec’s commitment to innovation and leadership in application-centric security to drive business value March 20, 2025 Speak to one of our experts RIDGEFIELD PARK, NJ, March 20, 2025 – AlgoSec , a global cybersecurity leader, today announced a double-digit year-on-year annual recurring revenue growth and a gross dollar retention of over 90%. The company has consistently generated positive cash flow and remained debt-free since it was founded in 2004. The company also saw an increase in multiple industry verticals, including Finance, Government, Telecommunications, Healthcare, Retail, Utilities and Transportation. These accomplishments are a testament to AlgoSec’s strong market position, customer satisfaction and application-centric approach to cybersecurity across the hybrid environment. To effectively execute and meet the needs of the world’s largest organizations, AlgoSec has the highest number of employees and 70% more research and development engineers than any competitor. According to Gartner , the fast-evolving threat environment is changing the cybersecurity industry, as a result of increases in generative AI, cloud adoption and regulations. As the cybersecurity industry continues to evolve and the needs of businesses change, AlgoSec remains committed to investing heavily in product innovation and development. Stemming directly from these market shifts, AlgoSec recently launched the AlgoSec Horizon Platform , the industry's first application-centric security management platform for the hybrid network environment. The AlgoSec Horizon platform serves as a single source for visibility into security and compliance issues across the hybrid network environment to automatically discover and identify their business applications across multi-clouds, and remediate risks more effectively. “As a company led by its founders and focused on its customers, AlgoSec’s consistent growth showcases our ability to empower the most complex organizations to securely accelerate their application delivery,” said Chris Thomas , Chief Revenue Officer at AlgoSec. “Heading into our 21st year of business, we look forward to pushing these efforts even further to help organizations future-proof their network security through our unique application-centric approach.” Additional 2024 AlgoSec milestones and company accomplishments include: Winning two Cisco Partnership Awards , recognizing the value for securing application connectivity across hybrid networks Being recognized with Established Vendor Designation in 2024 Gartner® Peer Insights™ Voice of the Customer for Network Automation Platforms Listing as a 2024 SC Awards Finalist: Best Enterprise Security Solution for AlgoSec’s application-centric platform Launching the company’s AI-powered security platform to securely manage application-centric connectivity and remediate risk in real time Ranking as the #1 network security management solution in the market by real users on Gartner Peer Insights, G2 and Peerspot For more information on AlgoSec’s vision for 2025 and beyond, and to discover why over 2,200 of the world's most complex organizations trust AlgoSec to help secure their most critical workloads, visit www.algosec.com . About AlgoSec AlgoSec, a global cybersecurity leader, empowers organizations to securely accelerate application delivery up to 10 times faster by automating application connectivity and security policy across the hybrid network environment. With two decades of expertise securing hybrid networks, over 2,200 of the world's most complex organizations trust AlgoSec to help secure their most critical workloads. AlgoSec Horizon platform utilizes advanced AI capabilities, enabling users to automatically discover and identify their business applications across multi-clouds, and remediate risks more effectively. It serves as a single source for visibility into security and compliance issues across the hybrid network environment, to ensure ongoing adherence to internet security standards, industry, and internal regulations. Additionally, organizations can leverage intelligent change automation to streamline security change processes, thus improving security and agility. Learn how AlgoSec enables application owners, information security experts, SecOps and cloud security teams to deploy business applications faster while maintaining security at www.algosec.com . MEDIA CONTACT: Michelle Williams Alloy, on behalf of AlgoSec [email protected] 855-300-8209