Cloud native application protection platforms (CNAPPs) are a unified set of tightly integrated security and compliance functionality designed to protect cloud native applications across the entire lifecycle—from development to production. It is an emerging category of security solutions, defined by Gartner, which aims to address the unique security requirements of cloud native environments.
CNAPPs consolidate multiple previously disparate capabilities, such as container scanning, infrastructure-as-code (IaC) scanning, cloud infrastructure entitlement management (CIEM), cloud security posture management (CSPM), runtime workload protection (CWPP), runtime configuration scanning, and vulnerability scanning.