Lacework

Lacework is a cloud security platform that provides workload and data protection, threat detection, and posture management across public cloud environments.

• Cloud-native application and workload security for public cloud environments (cloud security)
• Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) across multi-account and multi-cloud deployments (CSPM)
• Threat detection and anomaly monitoring across cloud workloads, identities, and configurations (cloud threat detection)
• Data security and visibility for cloud-resident data stores and services (data security)
• Support for DevOps and security teams with integrations into Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD), ticketing, and observability tools (DevSecOps enablement)

More About Lacework

Lacework provides a cloud security platform designed for organizations operating workloads and data in public cloud infrastructures such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud. The platform focuses on securing cloud-native applications, containers, and Kubernetes environments, along with associated identities, configurations, and data. Enterprises use Lacework to consolidate multiple security capabilities into a unified data-driven service that works across accounts, regions, and cloud providers.

The Lacework platform (cloud security) ingests telemetry from cloud control planes, workloads, containers, Kubernetes clusters, and services such as object storage and databases. It uses data analysis techniques to establish behavioral baselines and to detect anomalies that can indicate misconfigurations, insider activity, or external attacks. The platform supports monitoring of network activity, processes, user activity, and cloud Application Programming Interface (API) calls. This approach allows organizations to correlate signals across infrastructure, application, and identity layers.

In the area of CSPM, Lacework evaluates cloud resources against configuration policies and security benchmarks. It identifies misconfigurations, exposed services, and policy violations in areas such as identity and access management, network security groups, storage access controls, and encryption settings. The platform surfaces prioritized findings so security and cloud engineering teams can remediate risk across multiple accounts and environments. This posture management capability is commonly used to support compliance programs and governance frameworks in regulated industries.

Lacework also addresses workload and container security, which aligns with cloud Workload Protection Platform (WPP) (CWPP) use cases. It provides visibility into running workloads, container images, and Kubernetes clusters to detect vulnerabilities, suspicious processes, lateral movement, and unexpected changes. By correlating runtime behavior with configuration and vulnerability data, organizations can focus on high-risk issues in production environments. This is relevant for teams operating microservices architectures and large-scale containerized applications.

For data security, Lacework monitors access and behavior around cloud data stores, such as object storage buckets and managed databases. It identifies unusual access patterns, configuration drifts, and exposure of sensitive data, which can help reduce the risk of data exfiltration and unintended public access. This supports data governance and aligns with broader data protection strategies in the enterprise.

The platform integrates with DevOps and Security Operations (SecOps) workflows through APIs and connectors with CI/CD pipelines, ticketing systems, alerting and incident management tools, and observability platforms. This allows organizations to embed policy checks and security visibility earlier in the software delivery lifecycle and to route findings into existing incident response processes. In enterprise environments, Lacework is typically categorized under cloud security, CSPM, CWPP, data security, and DevSecOps tooling within security and infrastructure portfolios.