Wiz Launches Cloud Detection and Response and Cross-Cloud Attack-Path Analysis

Summary

Wiz launched cloud detection and response features using cloud activity logs and its Security Graph, alongside cross-account, cross-cloud attack-path analysis. The company says its analysis of over 5 million workloads found an average of 200 critical risks per scanned企业

Key points

Wiz CDR integrates cloud activity logs and security alerts from services including AWS CloudTrail, Azure Activity Logs, Google Cloud Audit Logs and Amazon GuardDuty.
The product uses Wiz’s Security Graph to add context to identified risks and detect suspicious events using rules updated by Wiz Research.
Wiz says CDR includes a dynamic scanner for validating external exposures, plus options to scan for malware and collect workload samples, logs and forensic data.
Wiz Advanced Control adds attack-path analysis intended to identify exposure chains and lateral movement paths to high-value assets across cloud accounts and providers.
Wiz says its analysis of more than 5 million cloud workloads found an average of 200 critical cloud risks per enterprise during an initial scan; this is a company-reported finding.
The new capabilities were offered through Wiz Advanced, alongside a new Wiz Essential plan.

Article Details

Event Type: Wiz product launch: Cloud Detection and Response (CDR), Wiz Advanced Control, and new purchasing plans.
Impact: Wiz says CDR combines cloud activity events with its Security Graph to help teams detect suspicious activity and investigate threats. Wiz Advanced Control adds cross-account and cross-cloud attack path analysis. The article reports that an analysis of more than 5 million cloud workloads found an average of 200 critical cloud risks per enterprise that could result in a breach if exploited; this is a reported risk estimate, not a confirmed breach.