Skyhawk Security, the creator of Cloud Detection and Response (CDR), is set to revolutionize cloud security by expanding its AI-powered Autonomous Purple Team to include custom cloud applications. For the first time, organizations can now preemptively secure custom cloud apps and their associated infrastructure without the need for traditional agents. This innovation represents a significant leap in cloud security, addressing vulnerabilities that have been exploited in recent high-profile breaches such as the MOVEit Transfer, XZ Utils backdoor, and the Log4j/Log4Shell exploits.
Skyhawk’s Autonomous Purple Team: Securing Custom Cloud Apps and Infrastructure
1. Comprehensive Security Across the Cloud Stack
Skyhawk’s Autonomous Purple Team expands beyond application-layer security to cover both the cloud infrastructure and custom cloud applications in a unified platform. This approach ensures comprehensive protection, preventing security gaps that often arise from siloed security systems. Skyhawk’s AI-driven technology can preemptively analyze application-layer vulnerabilities, detect exploit paths across the application and cloud infrastructure boundaries, and prioritize remediation efforts based on real-time risk context.
2. Addressing Real-World Cloud Threats
With cloud security threats evolving, Skyhawk’s solution tackles some of the most prominent issues today, including those identified in recent high-profile breaches like Google Cloud metadata exposure and other web application flaws. By continuously monitoring for threats, including those that bridge application and cloud infrastructure layers, Skyhawk’s platform ensures that security teams are one step ahead, preventing lateral attacks before they can escalate.
3. No Agents, No Complexity
Skyhawk’s innovative platform delivers these capabilities without the need for traditional agent-based security tools, which are often complex and costly to maintain. This agentless approach reduces both costs and complexity, making security more efficient while still delivering enterprise-grade protection. Security teams can now gain full context across their cloud stack and respond rapidly to threats, significantly reducing the time to remediation.
Features of Skyhawk’s Expanded Autonomous Purple Team
4. AI-Powered Preemptive Attack Simulation
Skyhawk’s AI-powered Autonomous Purple Team simulates real-world attacks against both custom cloud applications and the underlying infrastructure. This preemptive detection allows security teams to identify potential attack paths before an incident occurs, reducing the risk of breaches and improving incident response capabilities.
5. Application Scanning and Data Flow Analysis
By analyzing data flows and performing comprehensive application scanning, Skyhawk identifies potential business logic flaws and coding errors that could lead to exploits. This helps DevSecOps teams discover and resolve vulnerabilities early in the development cycle, reducing the risk of these issues being exploited in production.
6. Real-Time Observability and Context
Skyhawk’s platform provides real-time observability of both cloud apps and infrastructure. This live visibility helps security teams understand how threats are unfolding and enables them to quickly identify the root causes of incidents. By offering full context during security events, Skyhawk ensures that teams can differentiate between real threats and legitimate activity.
7. Rapid Incident Response
When incidents do occur, Skyhawk’s platform allows SOC teams to respond in seconds, not days. The platform’s full-context responses enable teams to take immediate action to neutralize threats before they can cause significant damage, minimizing both the impact and recovery time.
8. Risk Scoring and Prioritization
Skyhawk’s risk scoring system evaluates alerts based on exploitability and the potential impact on the organization’s critical assets. This prioritization ensures that SecOps teams focus their efforts on the highest-risk threats, making the vast amount of security data more manageable and actionable.
Skyhawk Security at RSA Conference 2025
Skyhawk will demonstrate its expanded Autonomous Purple Team for custom cloud applications at booth 5173 in the North Expo Hall at the RSA Conference, taking place April 28 – May 1, 2025, in San Francisco. Attendees can learn more about Skyhawk’s cutting-edge AI-powered CDR platform and schedule private meetings with the team to discuss custom cloud application security and more.
Transforming Cloud Security with Preemptive Protection
Skyhawk’s expanded platform represents a monumental shift in cloud security, offering preemptive threat detection and context-aware security simulation for custom cloud applications and infrastructure. By integrating AI-driven capabilities and eliminating the need for traditional agents, Skyhawk is providing organizations with a smarter, more efficient way to safeguard their cloud environments. As security challenges continue to evolve, Skyhawk’s innovative solutions help businesses stay ahead of the curve.
