Automatically Correlate Identity Context with Real-Time Container Behaviors 

We are excited to announce a new addition to Upwind’s industry-leading container security capabilities, giving you the ability to easily view information about highly privileged identities for every containerized resource in your cloud environment.  The Upwind Cloud Security Platform goes beyond traditional CWPP solutions to leverage runtime insights and correlate them with your most important […]

Understanding Kubernetes Identities Part 2: Escalation Paths

In Kubernetes, understanding identity escalation paths is crucial for managing security risks effectively. This blog post delves into defining highly privileged identities and exploring potential privilege escalation paths using highly privileged permissions. Definition of a Highly Privileged Identity in Kubernetes In Kubernetes, a highly privileged identity refers to entities such as users or service accounts […]

Monitor & Secure Cross-Account Roles with Upwind’s Non-Human Identity Security (NHI)

Upwind’s Non-Human Identity (NHI) Security streamlines your identity management and gives you the ability to easily view cross-account roles and their associated permissions. Cross-account roles are incredibly useful for organizations with multiple AWS accounts and permissions, but they can also be difficult to monitor and secure. Upwind helps solve this problem by providing increased visibility […]

Ensure Security for AWS EC2 Instances & Lambda Functions with Upwind’s Non-Human Identity Security 

Using Upwind’s Non-Human Identity Security, you can easily monitor and secure AWS execution roles and ensure best practices for non-human identities (NHIs). Execution roles are important for granting permissions to AWS EC2 instances and AWS Lambda functions. However, it can be difficult to enforce best practices that allow only known resources to assume and use […]