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Do Your Cloud Apps Need a CNAPP?

Cybersecurity is already infamous for its obsession with acronyms. Regardless, it’s time to add another to those lists: CNAPP, short for cloud native application protection platform, the newest acronym in the https://thenewstack.io/category/security/ realm. While IT and cybersecurity pros can be forgiven for some acronym fatigue, what CNAPP represents is vital as both applications and infrastructure grow increasingly diverse and distributed.

A CNAPP commonly comprises several other technologies, including cloud security posture management (CSPM), cloud workload protection platforms (CWPP), cloud infrastructure entitlement management (CIEM), and https://thenewstack.io/category/ci-cd/ security.

Put another way: we don’t need another security acronym, but cloud native environments increasingly need something like a CNAPP — a holistic, integrated approach to securing inherently disparate, distributed workloads and environments.