Wiz Adds Inventory Coverage for Cloud Services to Help Identify Shadow IT

Summary
Wiz says its enhanced inventory detects cloud services in customer environments, including newly released services, and lets teams classify services and alert when unreviewed or unwanted services are found.
Key points
- Wiz says the enhanced inventory detects cloud services in use, including services that may have been released only days earlier.
- Teams can view where a service is used by region, account, or business unit.
- Organizations can mark services as required, approved, or unwanted and set alerts or automation for policy violations.
- Wiz says the enhanced inventory is available to all customers.
Article Details
- Event Type
- Cloud security product capability announcement
- Impact
- Wiz enhanced its inventory to detect cloud services in customer environments, including newly released or previously unsupported services, and to support service review, approval or rejection, policy enforcement, alerts, and automation. The stated aim is to improve visibility into shadow IT and help organizations manage related security, compliance, and cost risks.
Vendors
Products
Amazon OpenSearch Serverless If someone in your organization begins to use a new cloud service (such as the newly announced Amazon OpenSearch Serverless), Wiz will automatically show that technology and map it to where it is being used in yourWiz InventoryThe Wiz inventory already gives customers deep visibility into what cloud resources, applications, operating systems, and packages exist in their environment in minutes. We’re excited to release enhancements to the Wiz