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Use case · lateral movement detection Detect lateral movement before it becomes data access.
Detect lateral movement before it becomes data access.
Cloud movement is graph movement.
Cloud lateral movement rarely looks like a malware beacon. It looks like a role assumption, a new token, a service account touching a new resource, a pod reaching a namespace it never reached before. Cloudanix joins identity, network, runtime and data context so the SOC sees the path, not just isolated events.
AWS · Azure · GCP · KubernetesIdentity + network + runtime graphPrioritized by crown-jewel reach
cloudanix · use case · live graph
compromised workload to assumes role + opens path to customer PII bucket
graph verdict High-confidence lateral movement path
- new sts:AssumeRole by workload identity
- first-time connection to private subnet
- security group permits east-west path
- target identity can read sensitive data
- path promoted to P1 because crown jewel is reachable
Signals become a story when the graph joins them.
The problem
Cloud lateral movement hides in legitimate control-plane activity.
Attackers do not need to drop binaries when the cloud API already lets them move.
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Events look normal alone
Role assumption, security-group reachability, pod-to-service calls and object-store reads can all be legitimate. The suspicious pattern only appears after they are joined.
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Network tools miss identity movement
East-west network detection sees connection attempts, but misses the IAM relationship that made the next hop meaningful.
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Identity tools miss reachability
CIEM tools can show over-permissioned roles, but not whether a compromised workload can actually traverse to the resource using them.
How it works
Join the movement chain from first hop to crown jewel.
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Detect movement signals
Examples include new role assumptions, first-time resource touches, unusual namespace-to-namespace traffic, credential use from new sources, suspicious peering paths and unexpected data-plane calls.
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Score by reachability
A movement signal is promoted when the graph shows a real path to sensitive data, admin control, production systems or a crown-jewel asset.
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Respond with context
Revoke the session, expire the credential, isolate the workload, close the security-group path or open a ticket with owner, path and evidence attached.
Why Cloudanix
What changes when this use case runs on one graph.
Identity and network together
Cloudanix does not force analysts to mentally join CloudTrail, VPC Flow, IAM and Kubernetes signals. The graph does the join before the alert fires.
Path-first prioritization
A suspicious hop with no sensitive destination can wait. A suspicious hop that reaches PII, payment data or admin control cannot.
Works for humans, services and agents
The same detection logic applies to engineers, service accounts, CI/CD principals and AI coding agents that receive temporary credentials through Cloudanix.
What Our Users Are Saying
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Common questions
Asked plainly.
What is lateral movement in cloud security?
Lateral movement is an attacker's attempt to move from an initially compromised identity, workload or service to another resource with more privilege or more valuable data. In cloud, this often happens through IAM role assumption, credential reuse, Kubernetes service-account abuse, network reachability and data-plane API calls.
How is cloud lateral movement different from endpoint lateral movement?
Endpoint lateral movement often shows up as SMB, RDP, credential dumping or remote execution. Cloud lateral movement often shows up as control-plane activity: assuming roles, enumerating accounts, changing policies, reaching new networks and accessing managed services. You need cloud identity and graph context to see it.
Does Cloudanix need agents to detect lateral movement?
Not for control-plane movement. CloudTrail, Azure Activity Log, GCP Audit Logs, Kubernetes audit events and cloud configuration data provide the core graph. Runtime agents or eBPF signals can improve workload-level visibility, but the main detection logic is graph-backed.
Can Cloudanix automatically stop lateral movement?
Yes, where policy allows. Actions include expiring JIT credentials, revoking sessions, disabling keys, isolating a workload, changing security-group rules, blocking an egress path or opening a ticket. Sensitive response actions can require human approval.
How does this relate to attack path analysis?
Lateral movement detection is the live event side of attack path analysis. Attack path tells you which paths exist. Lateral movement detection tells you when an identity or workload appears to be walking one.
Can this detect AI-agent lateral movement?
Yes. When AI coding agents receive credentials through Cloudanix, their actions are identity-stamped to the operating human and evaluated against the same graph. A Cursor or Claude agent that starts moving outside its expected scope can be gated or blocked.
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