Key Takeaways:

1. Runtime is the only place where real risk can be separated from noise

CADR brings security to where attacks increasingly originate: inside running applications. By grounding detection in runtime behavior, CADR distinguishes exploitable threats from theoretical exposure – cutting through alert noise and helping teams act on what truly puts production at risk.

2. Modern attacks demand application-first detection and response

Today’s breaches start in application code, dependencies, and APIs – not the perimeter. CADR brings deep application insight into runtime detection and response, exposing attacks that traditional cloud and infrastructure tools can’t see until it’s too late.

3. CADR unifies runtime protection across apps, cloud, network, and AI

Attacks move fluidly across layers, and CADR is built to follow them. By correlating runtime signals across applications, cloud infrastructure, networks, and AI systems, CADR delivers a complete attack picture, enabling faster response, fewer blind spots, and stronger protection for modern environments.

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After reading this guide, you’ll be able to:

• Understand how CADR secures modern cloud applications by focusing on runtime behavior – not just configurations and vulnerabilities.
• Identify which vulnerabilities, libraries, and application behaviors are actually exploitable in production.
• See how CADR unifies application, cloud, network, and AI security into a single, runtime-driven approach.

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Who is the guide for?

This guide is designed for security, cloud, and application teams responsible for protecting modern cloud-native and AI-driven environments. Whether you’re investigating runtime threats, managing cloud risk, or defining your organization’s security strategy, this guide explains what CADR is, why it matters, and how it fits into the modern security stack.

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What’s included?

• CADR fundamentals: Learn what Cloud Application Detection and Response is, why it emerged, and how it differs from traditional tools like CWPP, CNAPP, and EDR.
• Runtime visibility and detection: Explore how deep application inspection reveals what code is actually running, how it behaves, and where attacks begin.
• Stopping real-world attacks: See how CADR detects and blocks exploitation techniques such as supply chain abuse, zero-days, lateral movement, and fileless attacks.

Securing AI and modern workloads: Understand how runtime protection extends to AI applications, models, and agentic systems – where static controls fall short.