Cloud Workload Protection Platforms (CWPP) secure running workloads — virtual machines, containers, and serverless functions — through runtime threat detection, vulnerability assessment, behavioral monitoring, and micro-segmentation that controls workload-to-workload communication.
CSPM catches configuration problems; CWPP catches threats in running workloads. Attackers who penetrate your cloud environment move laterally between workloads — CWPP detects this movement and provides the response capabilities to contain threats before they spread.
A structured advisory process — from security posture assessment and market evaluation to vendor selection, contract negotiation, and post-deployment validation — tailored to your risk profile and compliance obligations.
We inventory your cloud workload estate — EC2 instances, EKS clusters, Lambda functions, Azure VMs, GKE pods — and assess the security posture of each workload type against vulnerability exposure, privilege levels, and network exposure.
We evaluate CWPP platforms — Wiz, Prisma Cloud CWPP, Orca Security, Lacework, CrowdStrike Falcon for Cloud — against your workload types, deployment model, and the runtime detection depth required for your threat model.
We design the runtime protection architecture — agent vs. agentless deployment, micro-segmentation policy design, and the anomaly detection configuration that distinguishes legitimate workload behavior from attack activity.
CWPP vulnerability findings require integration with CI/CD pipelines for developer remediation. We design the remediation workflow that surfaces findings to developers at the right point in the development lifecycle.
These are the dimensions that consistently separate effective security programs from expensive ones — and the questions RLM will help you answer before any vendor commitment.
Agent-based CWPP provides deep runtime visibility and enforcement capability; agentless provides broad coverage with minimal deployment overhead. Evaluate the coverage depth vs. deployment complexity trade-off for your workload types.
Container workloads require specialized protection — image scanning, runtime behavioral detection, and Kubernetes admission control. Evaluate container-specific capabilities if Kubernetes is part of your environment.
Serverless functions are difficult to protect with traditional agents. Evaluate the platform's serverless security capabilities — Lambda, Azure Functions, GCP Cloud Run — if serverless is significant in your environment.
Lateral movement between cloud workloads is a primary attack technique. Evaluate the platform's visibility into workload-to-workload communication and the micro-segmentation capabilities that restrict unnecessary east-west traffic.
Catching vulnerabilities in running production workloads is late in the lifecycle. Evaluate CI/CD integration — image scanning in pipelines, infrastructure-as-code security scanning — that prevents vulnerable workloads from reaching production.
Modern platforms combine CSPM, CWPP, and CIEM capabilities into Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP). Evaluate whether a consolidated CNAPP approach better serves your requirements than separate CSPM and CWPP tools.
"RLM helped us build a security program that satisfied our board and our auditors — without locking us into a single vendor's roadmap. Their independence is the whole point."
"We had three overlapping security tools doing the same job. RLM helped us rationalize the stack, cut spend by 30%, and actually improve our detection coverage in the process."
Start with a no-cost conversation with an RLM security advisor — vendor neutral, no agenda, just clarity on where your gaps are and the right path to close them.
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