Securing the Cloud, One Identity at a Time

CyberArk's Hinton and Wiz's Noah on Identity and Visibility Challenges in the Cloud Tom Field (SecurityEditor) • December 6, 2024

Cloud security demands effective management of identity risks and comprehensive visibility. CyberArk and Wiz address these challenges by combining privileged controls with advanced cloud-native solutions.

The partnership simplifies cloud management by identifying excessive permissions and applying automated policies for secure access. It ensures only necessary permissions are granted, using zero-standing privileges to eliminate risks associated with overprivileged accounts, said Clarence Hinton, chief strategy officer, head of corporate development at CyberArk, and Oron Noah, vice president, product extensibility and partnerships at Wiz.

This approach allows enterprises to strengthen cloud security without hindering developers’ productivity.

"Cloud is challenging," Noah said. "It's hard to understand what is running in the cloud, what the relevant risk is, how you correlate risk and how you identify the most critical attack path."

CyberArk's ...