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CloudSec Academy

Welcome to CloudSec Academy, your guide to navigating the alphabet soup of cloud security acronyms and industry jargon. Cut through the noise with clear, concise, and expertly crafted content covering fundamentals to best practices.

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What is Code-to-Cloud Security?

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Code-to-cloud security protects applications across the entire software development lifecycle (SDLC), from code all the way to runtime in the cloud.

What is a VPC?

Wiz Experts Team

A VPC is a logically isolated private network within a public cloud that users can fully configure.

Vulnerability Management: The Complete Guide

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Learn about vulnerability management and how you can improve your cloud security with best practices and tools—plus how you can get a 1-on-1 assessment.

What is Data Security in 2025?

Wiz Experts Team

Data security in 2025 demands a shift from perimeter defenses to continuous, context-aware protection across cloud, SaaS, and on-prem environments.

How to Choose a CNAPP: A Security Leader’s Cheat Sheet

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In this guide, we’ll show you how to choose a CNAPP that cuts through complexity and gives your team a real path to security: with full-stack visibility, runtime protection, and developer-friendly workflows.

How to Evaluate CSP security: A Checklist

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Cloud service providers offer on-demand, scalable computing resources like storage services, applications, and cloud-based compute. Using a structured checklist can help your business select a cloud provider that has the features you need to meet your security goals.

Container Vulnerability Management

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Container vulnerability management is the process of finding and fixing flaws throughout the container stack.

What is Unauthorized Access?

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Unauthorized access refers to any successful or attempted access to systems, services, or data without the proper permissions. These incidents can result from misconfigurations, credential theft, or flaws in identity and access management—and often go unnoticed without proper detection mechanisms in place.

MDR vs. SOC: What's the difference?

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A SOC manages cloud and on-premises security with complete oversight. On the other hand, MDR is an external service that provides cloud-focused threat detection and response, offloads operational complexity, and offers flexibility without internal resource expansion.

AI Security Solutions in 2025: Tools to secure AI

Wiz Experts Team

In this guide, we'll help you navigate the rapidly evolving landscape of AI security best practices and show how AI security posture management (AI-SPM) acts as the foundation for scalable, proactive AI risk management.

Kubernetes Cost Monitoring: Metric, Approaches and Tools

Wiz Experts Team

This post explains where traditional cost tools fall short in Kubernetes, the core metrics that matter, practical tactics for eliminating waste, and how modern platforms—Wiz included—blend cost and security data into a single actionable view.

What is a Cloud Security Audit?

Wiz Experts Team

Aimed at verifying security, compliance, and operational resilience, a cloud security audit is a structured evaluation of an organization's cloud environments, infrastructure, configurations, access controls, and security policies.