Applies To: WatchGuard CloudDR
WatchGuard Cloud Detection and Response (CloudDR) is a cloud‑native security solution designed to help Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and their customers detect, prioritize, and address potential security risks in their cloud applications. Additionally, it can help businesses maintain compliance with industry regulations and standards. You can use CloudDR to standardize cloud security on your account and all the accounts you manage in WatchGuard Cloud.
For information on CloudDR licensing, go to About WatchGuard CloudDR Licenses.
WatchGuard CloudDR integrates with over 40 third-party cloud applications. After you integrate an application, CloudDR identifies security issues with your third-party configuration, including vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and compliance issues, so that you can improve the security posture of your environment. For more information, go to About WatchGuard CloudDR Integrations.
CloudDR focuses on three cloud risk areas that commonly lead to breaches:
Shadow IT Protection
CloudDR provides continuous visibility into cloud applications and integrations used across an environment, including discovered applications (shadow applications) that IT teams might not be aware of.
CloudDR also discovers connected cloud applications and OAuth integrations and helps enforce application usage policies. This enables organizations to reduce unmanaged or unknown exposure.
Shadow IT protection reduces the risk created by unapproved tools and third‑party connections before they can be exploited. For more information, go to Discovered Applications Inventory.
Misconfiguration Management
CloudDR continuously monitors cloud application configurations to identify risky settings, security gaps, and configuration drift from best practices.
Instead of periodic reviews or manual audits, CloudDR detects unsafe or outdated configurations as they occur and supports automated remediation at scale. This ongoing monitoring helps close common attack paths and reduces the likelihood that misconfigurations will lead to data exposure or security incidents.
For more information, go to Issue Rules in WatchGuard CloudDR.
Identity Threat Detection and Response
CloudDR monitors user and account behavior to detect signs of identity compromise or suspicious activity within cloud environments. It identifies risky behaviors such as unusual access patterns or compromised credentials and can automatically revoke access or enforce additional safeguards.
CloudDR addresses identity‑based threats in real time to stop attackers who try to misuse legitimate access instead of break-ins through traditional exploits.
For more information, go to Identity Management in WatchGuard CloudDR.