The Problem with Cloud Vulnerability Management

Modern cloud environments generate millions of data points — from misconfigured IAM roles to container vulnerabilities — and every scanner speaks a different language.

For large enterprises like Hearst, this created a huge operational burden.

“We’re dealing with over 300 companies using different scanning tools,” said Chris Akras. “Being able to put all those results in one platform and knock prioritization down from eight and a half million to less than a million to send to patching teams is huge.”

Without consolidation and prioritization, even the best teams spend more time sifting than securing.

That’s where NopSec and Wiz come in.

From Visibility to Action

Wiz delivers deep, agentless visibility across your entire cloud stack — from code to runtime. It connects the dots between misconfigurations, exposed services, and data sensitivity to show what actually forms a threat path.

NopSec takes that intelligence further.
By combining Wiz findings with 80+ threat intelligence feeds, contextual asset data, and machine learning–based risk scoring, NopSec identifies which vulnerabilities are truly exploitable and automates how they’re remediated.

“If something’s critical or being exploited in the wild and exposed to the public, we patch it immediately,” Akras said. “Otherwise, it goes through the normal cycle. NopSec helps us know the difference.”

The result: faster triage, less noise, and confidence that your efforts are focused where they count.

The Power of Context

Wiz’s cloud security graph and NopSec’s risk-based prioritization speak the same language: context.
Instead of treating each alert in isolation, they show how vulnerabilities, permissions, and network exposure intersect.

That means teams can see:

• Whether a vulnerability is reachable

• If it ties to sensitive data or crown-jewel assets

• Whether compensating controls already mitigate it

• How fixing one issue reduces risk across dozens of systems

As Akras put it:

“I can bring up a Wiz graph, show a developer exactly how their VM connects to a database with PII, and then check NopSec to confirm if it’s truly critical. It takes the debate out of it.”

Real Results

The Hearst team saw an 83% reduction in workload using Wiz and NopSec together — transforming millions of raw findings into a single, prioritized remediation plan.

“It’s not about patching faster,” said Michelangelo Sidagni. “It’s about patching smarter — knowing which issues actually expose your business to risk.”

That combination of visibility and validation helps security teams stop guessing and start proving impact.

Why It Matters

The future of cloud security isn’t more scanning.
It’s smarter prioritization.

By combining Wiz’s full-stack visibility with NopSec’s contextual analytics, organizations gain an end-to-end view of risk — from development pipelines to production workloads — and the insight to act before attackers do.

Because in the cloud, speed means nothing without focus.

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