Best Cloud Workload Protection Platforms

CrowdStrike Falcon is a cloud-native cybersecurity platform that provides advanced protection against a wide range of cyber threats, including malware, ransomware, and sophisticated attacks. It leverages artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to detect and respond to threats in real time, offering endpoint protection, threat intelligence, and incident response capabilities. The platform uses a lightweight agent that continuously monitors endpoints for signs of malicious activity, providing visibility and protection without significant impact on system performance. Falcon’s cloud-based architecture ensures fast updates, scalability, and rapid threat response across large, distributed environments. Its comprehensive security features help organizations prevent, detect, and mitigate potential cyber risks, making it a powerful tool for modern enterprise cybersecurity.

Qualys TruRisk Platform (formerly Qualys Cloud Platform). The revolutionary architecture that powers Qualys’ IT, security, and compliance cloud apps. Qualys TruRisk Platform gives you a continuous, always-on assessment of your global IT, security, and compliance posture, with 2-second visibility across all your IT assets, wherever they reside. And with automated, built-in threat prioritization, patching and other response capabilities, it’s a complete, end-to-end security solution. On premises, at endpoints, on mobile, in containers or in the cloud, Qualys TruRisk Platform sensors are always on, giving you continuous 2-second visibility of all your IT assets. Remotely deployable, centrally managed and self-updating, the sensors come as physical or virtual appliances, or lightweight agents. Qualys TruRisk Platform provides an end-to-end solution, allowing you to avoid the cost and complexities that come with managing multiple security vendors.