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Are Cloud Native and Runtime Protection Security a Perfect Match?

More than a decade into the transition to cloud-based applications, companies still often struggle with securing their cloud assets. Runtime Application Self-Protection (RASP) is an important security capability that can be integrated into Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP) to provide real-time protection for applications running in the cloud.

How RASP Improves  CNAPP

CNAPP is an all-in-one cloud security solution that combines multiple security tools, including Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM), Cloud Workload Protection Platform (CWPP), Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM), and sometimes RASP.

RASP enhances CNAPP by offering:

  1. Real-Time Threat Detection – Monitors application behavior and prevents attacks at runtime.
  2. Application-Level Protection – Detects and stops threats like SQL injection, XSS, and zero-day attacks inside the app.
  3. Context-Aware Security – Unlike traditional firewalls (WAF), RASP understands the application’s context and prevents malicious actions.
  4. Runtime Visibility – Provides deep insights into application vulnerabilities and attack attempts.
  5. Reduced False Positives – Since it works inside the application, it can differentiate between actual threats and normal activity.

Why RASP is Valuable in CNAPP

  • Traditional security tools (WAF, EDR, IDS/IPS) do not offer enough robust protections  in dynamic cloud-native environments.
  • RASP provides CNAPP end-to-end security from development to runtime.
  • RASP works well with containerized and serverless workloads, offering runtime protection that is critical in modern cloud applications.

Waratek Provides Real-Time Defense for Modern Applications

Waratek’s RASP solution identifies, mitigates, and reports threats in real-time. Waratek Secure offers deep visibility and control over Java applications, blocking threats such as data exfiltration, insider threats, external attacks, and malware. With zero app downtime required to deploy immutable rules or remediate CVEs, Waratek’s protection against known and Zero Day exploits and virtual patching capabilities ensure that your applications remain secure without ever having to stop your system for updates.

Why Fixing in the Runtime Matters

Waratek’s Software-defined RASP platform provides holistic, application-layer protection that works seamlessly across environments to secure your applications at runtime. With the power to virtually patch vulnerabilities in real-time, prevent exploits, and enhance overall security without impacting performance, Waratek’s solutions are built for today’s dynamic threat landscape.

Secure’s  patented runtime tainting feature tracks data flows throughout all layers of the application stack. Combined with a powerful semantic and syntactic analysis engine, Waratek analyzes the data, code structure, and the app’s runtime behavior to deliver continuous protection against known and unknown security threats with pinpoint accuracy.

By monitoring and analyzing all inputs to an application, Secure distinguishes between trusted and untrusted data. This enables Waratek to provide runtime protection that is both active and retrospective against all OWASP Top 10 security risks, including SQL injection (SQLi), command injection, cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, and insecure deserialization before they can cause harm.

One Solution to Identify, Protect, and Respond

You can’t defend what you can’t detect. Waratek Secure provides unparalleled visibility into your application’s runtime environment, automatically identifying, classifying, and neutralizing threats in real-time.

With no performance hit, Waratek provides comprehensive protection against advanced attacks, including the OWASP Top 10, injection vulnerabilities, remote code execution, privilege escalation, and zero-day vulnerabilities. Secure monitors all phases of the threat lifecycle—blocking infiltration, command and control, lateral movement, and data exfiltration—while providing instant insight into an attack, enabling swift remediation.

Ready to see Waratek Secure in action? Explore our platform today to learn how you can transform your organization’s approach to Java security.

About Waratek

Based in Dublin, Ireland, Waratek is an award winning leader in the next significant shift toward active security platforms. Organizations around the world rely on our solutions to prescriptively secure their business-critical applications. Rather than focusing on lagging indicators like network traffic and regex, we fix vulnerabilities in the code while your applications run. Security professionals and developers love our solutions for the low friction and ease of scalability.

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