Cloud security is a shared responsibility, and for organizations leveraging both Netskope and Amazon Web Services (AWS), the synergy between these platforms creates a robust defense. A significant advancement in this partnership lies in plans for Netskope to ingest OCSF-formatted, cloud security findings directly from AWS Security Hub. This integration is pivotal, as it allows Netskope to correlate its determination of user risk and access and the workloads they use to then unleash its inline protection capabilities when called for. By understanding the security posture of AWS environments through Security Hub's comprehensive insights, Netskope can dynamically adjust its enforcement, preventing access to compromised resources and ensuring that only secure interactions occur within the cloud.
Netskope's Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) solution plays a critical role in this dynamic security model, providing a secure and adaptive way to connect users to workloads and services hosted in AWS. Unlike traditional VPNs that grant broad network access, Netskope Private Access (NPA) operates on the principle of "never trust, always verify." It establishes highly granular, identity- and context-aware connections, ensuring that users are connected only to the specific applications and services they are authorized to access, and only when their device and user posture meet predefined security requirements. This drastically reduces the attack surface and enhances the security of remote and hybrid workforces accessing AWS resources.
This integration is powerfully enhanced by AWS Security Hub, which provides comprehensive visibility into your cloud environment. By correlating signals from various services, it automatically detects and prioritizes the most critical security risks. Security Hub then transforms these findings into actionable insights using intuitive visualizations and natural language summaries, enabling swift, informed decisions. With automated response workflows to streamline remediation, you can effectively reduce security risks, boost team productivity, and minimize operational disruptions.
By ingesting these detailed findings in OCSF format from AWS Security Hub, Netskope gains invaluable intelligence that directly informs its ZTNA enforcement. For example, if Security Hub identifies a critical vulnerability in your cloud environment, Netskope can leverage this information to immediately classify those workloads as "risky." Consequently, Netskope's inline protection can dynamically block or restrict user access to these compromised workloads until the security issues are remediated, effectively preventing lateral movement and data exfiltration. This seamless flow of information between AWS Security Hub and Netskope ensures that security policies are always aligned with the dynamic nature of cloud environments, providing unparalleled protection for users and data in AWS.
