With Upwind’s recent major releases of Inventory 2.0 and Custom Policies and Frameworks, security teams can now define security posture rules that reflect their specific requirements. These rules automatically adapt to infrastructure and workload, keeping compliance in step with real time conditions.  In this article, we will dive into how the Upwind Explorer enables teams to […]

Upwind is launching a new capability designed to accelerate time-to-value: Organizational Onboarding. Organizational Onboarding is a new method of deployment for Upwind’s Agentless Cloud Scanners that enables faster, more efficient onboarding and cloud coverage. It is now available for all major cloud providers – including support for AWS, Google and Azure. What is Organizational Onboarding? The […]

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 […]

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 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 […]

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 […]

Extended detection and response (XDR) can be a powerful tool for organizational security. These solutions unify disparate data sources from security tools spread throughout the enterprise, ensuring that security teams can more holistically understand network, endpoint, and cloud telemetry and respond to potentially malicious activities. What do the best XDR tools in 2025 offer? XDR tools […]

Traditional security stacks — Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR), Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), and Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) — each address pieces of the detection and response puzzle, but they struggle to correlate attacks spanning endpoints, cloud, identity, and network traffic in real time. As a result, threats slip through the […]

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 […]

Too many security tools create friction – forcing you to choose between speed and safety, or bolting on yet another dashboard. Integrating security tools shouldn’t slow you down;  it should make your pipeline smarter, faster, and safer. Upwind is designed to seamlessly integrate into your existing DevSecOps workflow, enhancing visibility and control without disrupting your […]