Upwind Releases Native Support for NixOS

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We’re excited to announce that the Upwind Sensor now officially supports NixOS. This marks a major step forward for teams running fully declarative infrastructure – NixOS users can now seamlessly deploy and manage the Upwind Sensor using the reproducible, version-controlled workflows they already trust for the rest of their system. What is NixOS? NixOS is […]

Upwind Accelerates Zero-Day Remediation with Runtime and Network-Aware SBOMs

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It was a regular Thursday when Lisa, a DevOps lead at a mid-sized fintech company, got an alert: Log4Shell, a zero-day vulnerability in Log4j, was being exploited. Confident in their security posture, she checked the SBOM. No Log4j. But as network anomalies piled up, a manual scan revealed the truth – Log4j was buried in […]

Upwind for Microsoft Azure: Fast, Agentless Protection for Every Workload

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Upwind is a hybrid solution that utilizes both agentless cloud scanners along with our industry-leading eBPF-based sensor to ensure deep visibility and security in every environment. Our Agentless Azure Cloud Scanner builds out graph inventory, then overlays secrets exposure, vulnerabilities scanning, internet exposure, configuration findings and more – enabling a rapid onramp to capabilities such […]

Simplify EU Data Compliance with Automatic Regional Control

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If you store or process customer data in the European Union (EU), knowing exactly where that data resides isn’t optional – it’s the law. For growing companies, meeting those requirements without friction can also be a strategic advantage. That’s why we’re excited to announce our independent region capability: enabling one-click data residency compliance directly within […]

How to Deploy the Upwind Sensor in 5 Minutes

The Upwind Platform is a hybrid solution, enabling a best of both worlds approach with agentless deployment options for rapid time-to-value and a sensor for industry-leading realtime and runtime security. While we’ve previously covered our agentless cloud sensors, this post focuses on how quickly you can deploy the Upwind sensor and gain deep, real-time visibility […]