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What is Cloud Native Application Security?
Cloud Native Application Security (CNAS) solutions enable modern applications to be built securely, empowering developers to own and build security for the whole application, from code & open source to containers & cloud infrastructure.


Why is a new application security model needed?
The traditional approach of putting the responsibility of securing applications on the security team is too slow and does not scale. A collaborative approach is needed that enables security to be built in continuously to align with the iterative DevOps model. Read more
Developers now assemble applications via a combination of proprietary and open source code, run code in containers, and deploy and configure via infrastructure as code technologies like Kubernetes and Terraform. A cloud native application security process needs be able to secure each of these components in an integrated and efficient manner.
Traditional infrastructure has been replaced with code that defines application containers, services and infrastructure provisioning, shifting the line between AppSec and OpSec. This code must now be secured as a part of the application security process as it is fundamentally part of the application. Read more from Snyk’s founder