PSPM and CNAPP: Prevention and Detection Together
PSPM and CNAPP (Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform) serve complementary roles in cloud security:
CNAPP Provides Comprehensive Detection
CNAPP continuously scans cloud environments, identifies misconfigurations, detects threats, and surfaces findings. CNAPP excels at visibility - showing what exists, what's misconfigured, what's vulnerable, and what requires attention. CNAPP is essential for threat detection, compliance visibility, and risk assessment.
PSPM Provides Prevention Management
PSPM makes preventive controls visible, testable, and deployable at scale. PSPM reduces what reaches production by blocking issues before deployment. PSPM excels at risk reduction - stopping misconfigurations before they create exposure.
The Symbiotic Relationship
PSPM and CNAPP enhance each other's effectiveness:
CNAPP findings inform PSPM priorities. Detection data reveals which issues appear repeatedly and could be prevented. PSPM analyzes CNAPP findings to identify prevention opportunities that would eliminate alert volume.
PSPM deployment reduces CNAPP noise. As prevention coverage expands, fewer misconfigurations reach production. CNAPP finding volumes drop dramatically. Detection tools focus on genuine threats rather than preventable misconfigurations.
Together they create defense in depth. Prevention handles predictable, preventable misconfigurations. Detection catches sophisticated threats, unknown risks, and issues that bypass prevention. Neither is sufficient alone; together they provide comprehensive cloud security.
Organizations typically deploy CNAPP first for visibility, then add PSPM to reduce what detection finds. The combination delivers both comprehensive visibility and systematic risk reduction.