Category comparison
ASPM focuses on application-layer security posture. CNAPP focuses on cloud-native infrastructure, runtime, workload, identity, and cloud exposure. GoSentrix verifies whether the evidence from either satisfies policy for a release decision.
A Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) combines cloud security posture management, workload protection, identity risk, and runtime threat detection. Its core question is: what is exposed in our cloud environment, and what is happening there?
ASPM focuses on the application layer: code, dependencies, APIs, and the security posture of the software itself. Its core question is: what application-layer risks do we have, and what should we fix?
| Dimension | CNAPP | ASPM | GoSentrix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary focus | Cloud infrastructure, runtime, identity | Application-layer posture | Evidence for release decisions |
| Core question | What is exposed and active in the cloud? | What application risks exist? | Does evidence satisfy policy? |
| Input | Cloud APIs, workload telemetry, identity logs | Scanner, repo, CI, agent signals | Qualified evidence from existing tools |
| Output | Exposure list, runtime alerts, posture score | Prioritized findings and posture score | Proceed, Stop, Escalate, Require authorization |
| Evidence model | Runtime observation, configuration state | Correlation, context, risk rank | Corroboration, freshness, policy version |
| Remediation proof | Configuration change, workload update | State tracked in posture | Validated fixes, not just ticket closure |
A Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) secures cloud-native infrastructure, including workloads, containers, identities, cloud configurations, and runtime behavior. Its primary focus is cloud infrastructure exposure, misconfiguration, and runtime threat detection.
ASPM centers on application-layer risk: code, dependencies, APIs, and application posture. CNAPP centers on cloud infrastructure, workload, identity, and runtime. They overlap where applications run in cloud environments, but their primary scopes differ.
No. GoSentrix can consume runtime and cloud signals from CNAPP and other tools as evidence inputs. It evaluates whether the combined evidence satisfies policy for a release decision, but it does not perform cloud security posture management or runtime protection.
Runtime-correlated AppSec uses runtime observations to inform application-security prioritization and verification. GoSentrix treats runtime signals as evidence that can corroborate or challenge claims about risk, with the goal of showing that risk was retired rather than reassigned.
A plain-language definition of Application Security Posture Management.
How runtime evidence improves application-security prioritization.
How GoSentrix qualifies evidence for consequential software decisions.
Canonical answers about verification, policy binding, and tool relationships.
GoSentrix evaluates CNAPP, ASPM, and other signals against versioned policy for consequential release decisions.
