Every second, your cloud environment processes thousands of actions. New resources spin up,...
Your security agents are lying to you. Not intentionally, of course - they simply can't see what they haven't been installed on. As cloud infrastructures expand and contract by the minute, the traditional approach of deploying security agents is creating more blind spots than visibility.
The hard truth? While you're busy managing agent deployments, updates, and troubleshooting, critical parts of your cloud infrastructure remain invisible. The gap between static security tools and dynamic cloud environments continues to widen, leaving organisations increasingly vulnerable. Maybe it's time to think differently about visibility.
The Agent Problem
Traditional security relies on deploying agents across your infrastructure. Each agent acts as a security camera, monitoring its assigned territory. But cloud environments don't work like traditional infrastructure - they're fluid, dynamic, and constantly changing. When new resources spin up automatically, or developers create temporary environments for testing, those security cameras aren't automatically there to watch.
Hidden Costs of Agent-Based Security
Beyond the obvious challenges of deployment and maintenance, agent-based approaches carry deeper operational costs:
- Performance impact on workloads
- Increased cloud computing costs
- Time spent troubleshooting agent issues
- Coverage gaps in rapid deployment scenarios
- Resistance from development teams
Rethinking Cloud Visibility
What if you could see everything without installing anything? Agentless visibility leverages cloud providers' native APIs and services to gain comprehensive insight into your environment. Rather than deploying thousands of individual monitoring points, this approach taps directly into your cloud infrastructure's nervous system.
How Agent-based Security & Agentless Security scanning compare
How Agentless Actually Works
Unlike traditional agents that need installation on each resource, agentless platforms connect directly to your cloud environment through secure, read-only access. This allows them to:
- Scan configurations across all resources
- Monitor security settings in real-time
- Track resource relationships and dependencies
- Identify potential risks and misconfigurations
- Maintain visibility as environments change
Time to See Clearly
Cloud environments demand security that can keep pace with their dynamic nature. While agent-based tools struggle with rapid changes and automated deployments, agentless visibility aligns perfectly with modern cloud operations. The result? Better coverage, lower overhead and higher security, that enables rather than constraints.
Forward-thinking organisations are already making this shift, freeing their teams from agent management while gaining better visibility into their cloud environments. The question isn't whether to embrace agentless visibility, but how quickly you can adapt to this more efficient approach.
Ready to see your cloud environment more clearly? Talk to our cloud security experts about modernising your security visibility strategy.
