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CSPM

Automate CSPM with CMDB-aware policies

Go beyond cloud configurations with a no-throttling CSPM. Cloudaware merges CMDB data with multi-cloud and on-prem checks to give you enforceable guardrails.

  • aws cloud
  • oracle
  • alibaba cloud
  • google cloud
  • vmware
  • kubernetes
  • azure cloud

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CMDB-enabled compliance visibility

See every cloud and on-prem finding in one view, decorated with apps and owners

3x faster remediation

Auto-route findings to Jira, ServiceNow, and email. Assign owners from CMDB and auto-close tickets when fixes land

Frameworks on autopilot

Run ongoing assessments for CIS, NIST, ISO, PCI, and HIPAA. CMDB-aware policies interpret tags, scopes, and exceptions

Audit-ready compliance

Slash preparation time from weeks to days with automated and continuous CIS, NIST, ISO, PCI, and HIPAA checks

Don’t limit yourself to cloud-only checks

Cloudaware evaluates all IT configurations and tools, regardless of their hosting location. CMDB-aware guardrails use this comprehensive overview to enforce policies that other companies cannot even express.

  • Use our ready-made policies and benchmarks, or add your own CMDB-aware controls (e.g., production Linux VMs must run IDS and have daily backups)
  • See every EC2, VM, and container, as well as the tools that manage them. There's no need to guess which instance a tool actually covers
  • Each finding contains the owner, app, and environment from the CMDB. This means that tickets are auto-assigned to the correct team with clear severity levels
CSPM security

Discover your clouds and set compliance boundaries

Auto-discover cloud and on-prem CIs. Scope controls by app, environment, or risk from day one. Cloudaware ensures that every CSPM security examination is performed in the right context.

  • Map every account and region into a single CSPM view
  • Set boundaries per app/env (prod, stage, and dev) with built-in CMDB ownership
  • Use boundary badges on services to prevent drift before it starts
  • Get started with automated tagging and built-in organization for instant clarity
CSPM cloud security

Measure everything that matters for CSPM security

Maintain an accurate inventory and scope with ready-to-share snapshots.

  • Track the percentage of assets in scope vs. out of scope
  • Monitor the discovery of new resources and boundary violations over time
  • Compare compliance coverage across business units
  • Track teams' progress in fixing CSPM violations over time
CSPM cloud

Automated conformance to CIS, NIST, ISO, and PCI

Perform ongoing CIS, NIST, ISO, PCI, and HIPAA assessments. Use UCF-enabled dashboards to map these assessments to the authoritative documents relevant to your industry.

  • Use over 900 UCF authority documents to see which standards and articles apply
  • Turn on baseline packs, tune by account or tag in minutes
  • Get custom checks with Policy Development as a Service
  • Author in-house with a YAML-based policy language
CSPM solutions

Prioritize risks and formalize exemptions

CSPM software ranks misconfigurations by owner, exposure, and blast radius. Use exemption handling to document legitimate deviations and ensure that true violations are never overlooked.

  • Reduce noise with CMDB data context
  • Group related items to understand the impact across accounts and regions
  • Formalize exception lifecycles with review and approvals
  • Focus efforts on the areas that will minimize the risk of breaches and outages the fastest
CSPM software

Route to owners and auto-remediate

Transform your findings into finished work. Violation routing uses the CMDB service catalog to assign the right team. Auto-remediation resolves issues. Ticketing integrations allocate tickets.

  • Auto-create tickets with the app. Use CMDB data to pre-fill team owner tags
  • Bidirectional sync keeps ticket statuses and CSPM violations in lockstep
  • Use trigger automation playbooks to auto-fix common misconfigurations
  • Escalate by SLA and environment to ensure that the MTTR continues to decrease
cloud security posture management

Audit-ready evidence

The CSPM platform provides everything you need: coverage, exemptions, owners, timestamps, and policy differences. UCF dashboards make attestation easy.

  • One-click exports for auditors. Scope → finding → remediation trail
  • Framework scorecards for CIS, NIST, ISO, PCI, and HIPAA
  • Versioned diffs across policy updates to show change safety
  • Ready-made exec views for posture and SLA compliance
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Policy editor

Use the policy editor to create new compliance policies from scratch or customize existing ones

Non-cloud compliance

Cloudaware can perform policy checks on any configuration data available in the CMDB through supported integrations

UCF-enabled reports

Cloudaware's reports and dashboards map compliance policy results to the relevant authority documents supported by the Unified Compliance Framework

Customizable workflows

Use CMDB data to deploy contextual workflows that route and assign compliance violations to application owners

Exemption handling automation

Use asset attributes, such as IDs and tags, to define the exact boundaries of a policy's application

Dashboards and custom reports for CSPM

Create and share posture dashboards to track framework pass/fail results, high-risk misconfigurations, exemptions, and owner SLAs

NASA case study

Learn how Cloudaware helped NASA attain complete cloud visibility and secure cloud infrastructure.

“Cloudaware has been a game-changer for securing our cloud infrastructure. The CMDB platform gives us complete visibility and control, allowing us to quickly detect and respond to threats while ensuring our cloud environment remains compliant. The team has been a true partner in helping us navigate the unique security challenges of the public cloud.”
Linda Cureton, Chief Information Officer, NASA

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CMDB

Find every asset in seconds with Cloudaware’s CMDB. Simplify multi-cloud searching and reporting. Run a single CMDB query across multiple cloud providers, accounts, and regions to get real-time results.

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IT asset management

Track the lifecycle and cost of every asset. Identify and eliminate idle resources, unused licenses, and wasteful spending. Approving changes becomes easier when you know exactly what you have.

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Patch management

Gain complete visibility into patches and drive down vulnerabilities. See which patches are installed, missing, or overdue. Use CMDB data to prioritize critical systems. Reduce risk while maintaining uptime.

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Vulnerability management

Tackle security debt with a vulnerability management solution. Stop managing endless vulnerability backlogs. Use CMDB context to group vulnerabilities into actionable tasks. Deliver measurable reductions in business risk.

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IT compliance

Deploy compliance-as-code with version-controlled, declarative policies. Use the CMDB service catalog for scope assertion runs. Transform the results into trackable violations mapped to HIPAA, PCI, CIS, and other standards.

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Intrusion detection

Make contextualized assessments to detect security breaches and minimize further damage. Use CMDB data to prioritize suspicious activity. Meet PCI, HIPAA, and SOC 2 security controls with file integrity and log inspection.

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Prevent cloud misconfigurations and data breaches with CSPM

Cloudaware allows your SecOps and DevOps teams to automate framework compliance and assess risk using CMDB context. Free up time for teams to focus on what really matters most.

$15.7B

in managed spending across 5 cloud providers

99.995%

historical uptime for Cloudaware CMDB

63

CMDB integrations with industry leading tools

3,000+

supported cloud services and CI types

CSPM FAQs

What is CSPM, and how does it work in Cloudaware?

Why choose Cloudaware over other vendors?

Which standards and regulations should we align with?

How does Cloudaware reduce noise and handle acceptable deviations?

Can Cloudaware automate the remediation process and close tickets?

Will it fit into our existing reporting and governance stack?

How quickly can we see value after connecting our clouds?

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Updated Sep 2025