CWPP and CNAPP Model for Cloud-Native Protection

Secure Cloud-Native Transformation

The New Security Paradigm

Cloud-native architectures require a fundamentally different security approach. Traditional perimeters disappear, workloads are ephemeral and deployment velocity exceeds manual security process capacity.

Initial State

Workload Inventory:

• 2,400+ containers in production
• 47 Kubernetes clusters (AKS, GKE, OKE)
• 340+ serverless functions
• 890+ unique container images

Identified Security Gaps:

• No visibility into base image vulnerabilities
• Unaudited Kubernetes configurations
• Hardcoded secrets in configurations
• No runtime protection
• CI/CD pipeline without security gates

CNAPP Architecture Implemented

Shift-Left Security

Integrated Security Pipeline:

# Security Gates in CI/CD
stages:
  - name: "SAST Analysis"
    tools: [Semgrep, SonarQube]
    fail_on: critical, high

  - name: "SCA Scan"
    tools: [Snyk, Dependabot]
    fail_on: critical
    sbom_generation: true

  - name: "Container Scan"
    tools: [Trivy, Prisma Cloud]
    fail_on: critical, high
    base_image_check: true

  - name: "IaC Security"
    tools: [Checkov, tfsec]
    fail_on: high

  - name: "Secrets Detection"
    tools: [GitLeaks, TruffleHog]
    fail_on: any

Shift-Left Results:

• 94% of vulnerabilities detected pre-production
• 78% reduction in remediation time
• 0 secrets exposed in production

Results and Metrics

Security Posture Improvement

Metric	Before	After
Critical Vulnerabilities	234	3
Unscanned Images	67%	0%
Non-compliant Clusters	89%	0%
Exposed Secrets	47	0
Mean Time to Patch	14 days	4 hours

This project demonstrated that cloud-native security doesn’t have to slow innovation. With the right approach, security becomes an enabler that allows faster and more confident deployments.