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Fix the Misconfigurations that Expose Running Workloads

Aquasec assesses cloud accounts and Kubernetes clusters along with hosts and identities, against CIS Benchmarks and supported compliance frameworks, then connects each finding to the workloads it affects.

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Prioritize Misconfigurations by What They Expose

Aquasec treats cloud and Kubernetes configuration as context for the applications running on it, so each finding is prioritized and reported based on what it actually exposes in production.

Detect

Surface toxic combinations where a misconfiguration, an exposed service, an excessive permission or a vulnerable image meets a running workload, so teams fix the risk an attacker could actually use.

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Enforce

Deny noncompliant pods at admission with KubeEnforcer, using built-in best practices and custom OPA Rego rules based on pod, namespace, node and cluster attributes.

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Compliance

Map cloud, Kubernetes, host and identity configuration to CIS Benchmarks, NIST, PCI DSS, HIPAA, GDPR, SOC 2 and FedRAMP, and show controls operating in production rather than checked once.

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See Cloud Risk From One Inventory

Find misconfigurations across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure from a single view. Aqua connects through cloud provider APIs, maps VMs, containers, serverless functions and Kubernetes clusters, and runs both scheduled and event driven assessments.

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Solution Brief

See, prioritize, and remediate your most critical multi-cloud risks with Aqua Real-Time CSPM

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Visualize Risk Inside Running Clusters

See how misconfigurations, vulnerabilities, permissions and network connections combine inside each cluster. Risk Explorer maps namespaces, deployments, nodes and images and rates the risk of each so teams know where to start.

Visualize and Prioritize Risks in Kubernetes with Aqua Risk Explorer

Research and Reports

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Harden Clusters and Hosts Against CIS Benchmarks

Check Kubernetes clusters and Linux hosts against CIS Benchmarks automatically. Aqua runs daily CIS Kubernetes Benchmark scans built on kube-bench, its open source project, and assesses hosts against CIS hardening guidance.

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Harden Clusters and Hosts Against CIS Benchmarks

Reduce Excessive Permissions

Find the users, service accounts, roles and cloud identities with more access than they need. Aqua assesses Kubernetes RBAC and cloud identity permissions against best practices and highlights where privileges can be reduced.

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Block Risky Workloads at Admission

Stop workloads that fail policy from starting in the cluster. Kubernetes Assurance Policies built on Open Policy Agent combine built-in rules, custom Rego and Image Assurance Policy results to decide what KubeEnforcer admits.

Check Cloud AI Services for Misconfiguration

Extend posture checks to the managed AI services your teams adopt. AI-SPM assesses services such as OpenAI and Amazon Bedrock against governance standards to reduce misconfiguration risk.

Integrations

Cover the Clouds and Clusters Your Applications Run On

Aquasec connects to cloud provider APIs and Kubernetes clusters across public cloud, private cloud, hybrid and on premises environments, then routes findings to the tools teams use to fix them.

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FAQs

What is posture management?

Posture management continuously assesses the configuration of cloud and Kubernetes environments against security best practices and compliance frameworks. Cloud security posture management (CSPM) covers cloud accounts and services, and Kubernetes security posture management (KSPM) covers clusters, workloads and access. Aqua connects both to the running workloads they affect.

How is Aqua different from an agentless CSPM tool?

Agentless posture tools are useful for broad discovery, but configuration data alone cannot show what a running workload is doing. Aqua combines agentless cloud assessment with runtime intelligence from the Aqua Enforcer, so teams prioritize the misconfigurations that expose live applications and can control what runs.

What is KubeEnforcer?

KubeEnforcer is Aqua’s Kubernetes native control. It evaluates admission requests and resource changes as they occur, applies Aqua policy and custom OPA Rego rules and connects cluster, namespace, deployment and image context to workload protection.

Which compliance frameworks does Posture Management support?

Aqua maps cloud, Kubernetes, host and identity findings to frameworks including CIS Benchmarks, NIST, PCI DSS, HIPAA, GDPR, SOC 2 and FedRAMP. Continuous assessment shows that controls are operating in production, not only that a configuration was checked once.

Does Posture Management cover cloud identities?

Posture Management gives visibility into supported human and machine identities and their effective permissions, and uses that context in toxic combination analysis. It is not a full CIEM or identity governance platform.

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