Bridging the Security Intelligence Gap

SecureIQLab specializes in rigorously validating enterprise-class Cloud Workload Protection solutions to ensure they meet the highest security standards for our clients. 

Our comprehensive testing methodology evaluates how effectively vendors perform unified vulnerability assessments across cloud computing instances and on-premises hosts. The methodology provides organizations with clear insights into which solution best fits their specific infrastructure requirements. 

Through our enterprise-grade testing procedures, we:

• Verify the vendor’s ability to conduct a comprehensive vulnerability assessment across diverse environments
• Assess the solution’s effectiveness in identifying critical security gaps in configurations and systems clients’ highest security standards
• Evaluate cross-environment visibility features for seamless monitoring of hybrid infrastructures
• Key metrics captured
  • Run time Processes: Identification and monitoring of all active processes powering workloads, detecting unauthorized or suspicious processes that may indicate compromise
  • Application Catalog: Comprehensive visibility into application dependencies, components, and their origins, ensuring all software is verified and properly documented
  • Granular details from Cloud Environments: Collection and analysis of cloud configuration settings, cloud service parameters, and cloud service provider infrastructure metadata to identify potential misconfigurations and compliance violations
  • Exposure points: Identification of all listening ports and services, identifying unnecessary exposure points and potential attack vectors across the network perimeter

SecureIQLab’s independent validation ensures organizations can confidently select Cloud Workload Protection vendors that deliver consistent security controls across all environments and proactively address vulnerabilities before they can be exploited by threat actors.

The evaluation of Cloud WAF will be based on blocking attacks against application and API based security threats, seamless integration, deployment, and scalability handling. We will also validate against compliance.

Our NGFW firewall-based tests will be focused on three key criteria: Security, Compliance, and enterprise-centric workflows.

A combination of four solutions will be evaluated: Firewall, SWG, CASB, and ZTNA

Whether you’re seeking to validate security posture in your Kubernetes in the cloud or your enterprise-based container environment, SecureIQLab provides the clarity and confidence you need to select the right solutions for your organization’s unique security requirements. We validate the following areas within Kubernetes and Container environments:

Analytics Capabilities: We assess how effectively each solution provides intuitive analytics of container environments, security postures, and potential threats. Our testing confirms whether security teams can quickly understand complex containerized infrastructures and identify areas of concern.

Risk Prioritization Methods: Our validation process measures each vendor’s ability to accurately prioritize security risks based on severity, exploitability, and potential business impact. We evaluate whether solutions can effectively differentiate between critical vulnerabilities requiring immediate attention and lower-priority issues.

Remediation Effectiveness: We thoroughly test each solution’s remediation workflows and mitigation capabilities to ensure they provide actionable guidance and effective resolution paths for identified vulnerabilities.

Runtime Security Scanning: SecureIQLab includes comprehensive testing of runtime scanning capabilities, evaluating how effectively solutions detect anomalous behavior, unauthorized access attempts, and potential exploits in live Kubernetes and container environments.

Shift-Left Security Testing: We validate each vendor’s ability to integrate security into early development stages through:

• Static code analysis of container images
• Configuration assessment before deployment
• Automated security testing in development environments

CI/CD Pipeline Integration: Our testing confirms seamless integration with popular CI/CD tools and evaluates whether security checks can be efficiently incorporated without disrupting development workflows.

Container Registry Security. We assess how thoroughly each solution scans and secures container registries, examining capabilities for detecting vulnerable components, malicious code, and compliance violations before deployment.

The evaluation of XDR will be based on blocking blended attacks across multiple security layers – email, endpoint, server, cloud workload, and network. Alerts will be evaluated from an operational perspective.