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 as Upwind’s Explorer and Inventory 2.0 for Azure Cloud users.
Upwind Scanners are designed to jumpstart visibility, validate configurations, and provide context in situations where deploying the Sensor straightaway may not be feasible – enabling:
- Faster Time-to-Value. Rapid visibility across your Azure environment without the need to install or manage software on individual cloud resources, enabling capabilities like the Upwind Explorer and Inventory 2.0.
- Comprehensive Cloud Visibility: Scan all cloud assets inside your Azure environments, including VMs, containers, serverless functions, storage buckets, and more.
- Lightweight Deployments: Safe for critical systems where adding agents could either be risky or not permitted, or for early-stage environments where agents are impractical.
- Continuous and Adaptable Monitoring: Continuously check for new risks as your cloud environment changes.
- Compliance and Audit Readiness: Help speed up compliance with frameworks like CIS Benchmarks, NIST, SOC 2, and HIPAA
Just like all of our Cloud Scanners, findings from Upwind’s Azure Cloud Scanners are automatically surfaced in the same modules used for runtime insights, to reduce friction and give users rapid time to value for the Upwind Platform.
“The speed at which Upwind innovates is truly unheard of. Especially in a time when we see a lot of security companies being acquired or consolidating, we feel confident that Upwind is innovating faster than anyone in the market.”
-Horacio Granillo, SRE/DevOps Team Lead, TTMzero
To Deploy:
Deploying Upwind’s Azure Scanners across your entire organization is easy with Upwind’s Organizational Onboarding. As part of Organizational Onboarding, Azure Cloud Scanners can be deployed automatically in the background via Terraform. This ensures consistent, automated, and scalable infrastructure deployment through infrastructure as code. Follow the on-screen instructions inside the Upwind Platform to initiate deployment, then gain instant visibility into your Azure Cloud environments, enabling some of Upwind’s most powerful capabilities.
Managing Upwind’s Agentless Cloud Scanners for Azure Cloud
Like all Upwind Scanners, the Azure Cloud Scanner can be monitored via the Inventory section of the Upwind Platform, where you can find every deployed scanner in your environment and drill down into each one to review:
- Deployment status and health
- Scan history and result logs
- CPU and memory usage of the scanner
- Last run and next scheduled execution
Scanners auto-scale within their assigned regions and can be updated or reconfigured at any time via the UI.
Learn More
Upwind’s Agentless Azure Cloud Scanners extend Upwind’s industry-leading coverage into areas where sensor-based monitoring may not be possible straightaway, like critical systems or early-stage deployments that have only existed for a matter of hours. Our scanners deliver rapid insight into posture, misconfiguration, and exposure, while integrating seamlessly into existing Upwind modules for threat detection, customizable queries, vulnerability management, and inventory tracking.
When combined with the Upwind eBPF sensor, security teams gain both the context and depth needed to protect their cloud environments in real-time without compromise. For security leaders, Cloud Scanners also mean instant onboarding of new environments, improved visibility for audits, and more efficient risk reduction across Azure workloads.
Start protecting your Azure workloads today. Deploy in minutes by visiting the Upwind Documentation Center (login required), scheduling a live demo with our team, or drop us a line at [email protected]
