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Rapid7 InsightCloudSec

2026-11-02-7e9eb024 commercial

Rapid7 InsightCloudSec is a cloud security platform that monitors multi-cloud environments to detect misconfigurations, enforce compliance policies, and manage risk across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.

Summary

Rapid7 InsightCloudSec is a commercial cloud-native application protection platform (CNAPPCNAPPA cloud-native application protection platform that combines checks across cloud configuration, workloads and development. It helps teams connect risks that separate tools might report apart.) that runs as a SaaSSaaSSoftware delivered over the internet and run on the provider's infrastructure, so the buyer pays a subscription instead of installing or operating anything locally. service for continuously assessing cloud accounts against security and compliance standards. It is aimed at cloud security and compliance teams who need to catch misconfigurations across AWS, Azure, and Kubernetes environments and map findings to frameworks like CISCISA nonprofit that publishes consensus-based configuration benchmarks and controls for hardening operating systems, cloud environments, and software; cyber tools use it as a ready-made compliance baseline. Benchmarks and HITRUSTHITRUSTA US-based certification framework for healthcare data security, maintained by the HITRUST Alliance, that maps controls from HIPAA, NIST, and ISO into a single assessable standard tools can target to prove compliance. CSFCSFThe NIST Cybersecurity Framework, a set of outcomes for managing cybersecurity risk. Organizations use it to describe their current posture, priorities and improvement goals.. It works through Insights that flag risky resource configurations — exposed snapshots, unencrypted databases, storage services without managed identities — and lets teams group these into compliance packs with custom rules via API or UI, while runtime sensors report health status for connected Kubernetes clusters. It sits in the CNAPP category alongside cloud security posture management tools generally, rather than any product named in its own materials. Launched in 2016, it continues to ship dated releases, with its most recent update 43 days ago.

Rapid7 InsightCloudSec is a cloud security platform that monitors multi-cloud environments to detect misconfigurations, enforce compliance policies, and manage risk across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.

How Rapid7 InsightCloudSec helps

Which cloud resources are misconfigured against a standard like CIS or HITRUST right now?

scans connected AWS, Azure, and Kubernetes accounts with Insights and maps each flagged resource to the specific benchmark control it fails, including newer packs like CIS EKS v2.0.0 and HITRUST CSF v11.7.1

Which databases and storage resources are missing encryption or identity controls?

Insights check for conditions like missing Customer Managed Key encryption on Aurora, DocumentDB and PostgreSQL, and Data Factories running without a Managed Identity or with credentials stored inline instead of in Key Vault

Are my Kubernetes clusters actually reachable by the runtime sensor?

the Clusters page and Resources Listing show a live health status of Healthy, Disconnected, or Degraded for each cluster's runtime sensor

Why did this container runtime detection fire, and how far back does the risk go?

the Root Cause Analysis tab generates a summary with a Prevention Window showing when the underlying posture risk first appeared relative to the incident, plus Primary Causes with confidence scores and Contributing Factors

Which load balancers or snapshots are exposed in ways that violate policy?

query filters flag conditions like HTTP listeners not redirecting to HTTPS or snapshots accessible to the public, split now into separate snapshot-versus-database-snapshot checks after the old combined filter was deprecated

How much of a compliance pack's coverage comes from my own custom rules versus inherited ones?

the Compliance Rules tab lists user-defined rules like a custom control alongside rules inherited from a base pack, with inherited ones shown read-only so the source of each rule is clear

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Features

11 capabilities across 4 areas

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  • Rapid7 InsightCloudSec covers 1 of the 3 runtime security capabilities we track.

What Rapid7 InsightCloudSec offers you

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Cloud Misconfiguration and Compliance 4 capabilities InsightCloudSec continuously checks cloud environments against a library of built-in and custom rules to identify misconfigurations across compute, storage, networking, and database services. It maps those checks to recognised compliance benchmarks and lets teams manage the full lifecycle of rules and compliance packs in one place.
Cloud misconfiguration detection (Insights) shipped Detects misconfigurations across AWS and Azure resources by running built-in and custom checks against common service types. 36 releases · 2 other sources · first seen Jul 2026

release 36 total

  • InsightCloudSec now includes new and updated Insights for cloud security posture checks.⁠︀︄︇︀︅︉︀︅︀︀︃︀︀︅︅︀︅︊︀︄︆︀︃︄⁠ changelog · Nov 2026 · source · release history
  • Expands Amazon RDS harvester to evaluate VPC Security Group configurations across RDS DB Instances and Clusters (including Aurora) using existing harvested data. changelog · Oct 2026 · source · release history
  • Adds Cache Instance Security Group Allows Ingress From the Public Insight to identify cache instances whose security groups permit ingress from the public internet, mapped to CIS Controls v8.1.2 safeguard 12.2, CMMC Level 1 and 2, NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5, NIST SP 800-171, and NIST CSF v2.0. changelog · Oct 2026 · source · release history
  • Adds Database Instance Without Security Group Insight to flag database instances and clusters with no attached security group configured. changelog · Oct 2026 · source · release history
  • Adds Distributed Table Using Provider Default Encryption Key (DynamoDB) Insight to detect DynamoDB tables using the AWS-owned default key instead of an AWS-managed or customer-managed KMS key. changelog · Oct 2026 · source · release history
  • Adds Cache Database Cluster Transit Encryption Disabled Insight to flag Cache Database Clusters without Transit Encryption, mapped to CIS AWS Database Services Benchmark control 6.2 and CIS Controls v8.1.2 safeguard 3.10. changelog · Oct 2026 · source · release history

docs

  • Empower cloud teams with expanded Remediation Hub access Mimics Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Scanning Tool Version 2.2.1 : September 2, 2026 | False Positive for Publicly Exposed Serverless Functions : Fixed a false positive in the âServerless Function Exposed to the Publicâ Insight by adding an organization principal… changelog · Oct 2026 · source
  • September 14, 2026 Version 26.9.15 Version 26.9.15 Cache Instance Not Using Customer Managed Key : Identifies Azure Cache for Redis instances that do not use Customer-Managed Keys (CMK) for encryption at rest. changelog · Sep 2026 · source
Compliance pack management shipped Lets users create, edit, and organise compliance packs by mapping checks to rules, with support for inheritance and bulk actions. 6 releases · 4 other sources · first seen Jul 2026

release

  • Adds tag export options to the Compliance Scorecard. changelog · Oct 2026 · source · release history
  • Introduces a unified Map to Compliance Pack row and bulk action in the Insights Library, replacing the separate Edit Metadata and Add to Custom Pack actions. changelog · Jul 2026 · source · release history
  • Enables cascading dropdown selection of one or more compliance rules when mapping an Insight to a compliance pack. changelog · Jul 2026 · source · release history
  • The Edit Metadata and Add to Custom Pack actions in the Insights Library have been replaced by the single Map to Compliance Pack action; any workflows or documentation referencing those actions must be updated. changelog · Jul 2026 · source · release history
  • Supports rule inheritance from base packs; inherited rules appear read-only on the child pack's Compliance Rules tab. changelog · Jul 2026 · source · release history
  • Supports user-defined compliance rules (e.g., Custom Control 1.3) on custom packs, with a new Compliance Rules tab for adding, renaming, and deleting rules. changelog · Jul 2026 · source · release history

docs

  • Simplify compliance mapping with custom rules and a unified workflow In Cloud Security (InsightCloudSec) and Exposure Command, a new Map to Compliance Pack action in the Insights Library consolidates pack membership and compliance rule mapping into a single step, replacing the separate Edit Metadata and Add to Custom… changelog · Aug 2026 · source

example

  • Create a custom compliance rule on a pack to enforce an internal policy control. curl -X POST 'https://<insightcloudsec-host>/api/pack/<pack_id>/rules/create' \ -H 'Authorization: Bearer <api_token>' \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ -d '{"name": "Internal Policy 2.1"}' changelog · Jul 2026 · source
  • Retrieve all Insight-to-rule mappings for a specific compliance pack to audit current coverage programmatically. curl -X GET 'https://<insightcloudsec-host>/api/pack/<pack_id>/insight-rule-mappings' \ -H 'Authorization: Bearer <api_token>' \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' changelog · Jul 2026 · source
  • Map one or more Insights to a specific compliance rule within a custom pack in a single API call. curl -X POST 'https://<insightcloudsec-host>/api/map-to-compliance-rule' \ -H 'Authorization: Bearer <api_token>' \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ -d '{"pack_id": "<pack_id>", "rule_id":… changelog · Jul 2026 · source
Built-in compliance benchmarks shipped Ships ready-to-use compliance packs for benchmarks such as CIS and HITRUST CSF across major cloud and container platforms. 10 releases · first seen Jul 2026

release 10 total

  • Updates Database Instance not Encrypted (RDS) Insight to support CIS Amazon Web Services Database Services Benchmark v2.0.0 Control 2.2 and adds compliance mappings for NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5, NIST SP 800-171 Rev. 2, and CMMC Level 2. changelog · Oct 2026 · source · release history
  • Adds CIS Microsoft Azure Database Services Benchmark v2.0.0 compliance pack covering 47 controls across Azure Cache for Redis, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Data Factory, Azure Database for MySQL, Azure Database for PostgreSQL, and Azure SQL Database — available for Azure, Azure Gov, and Azure China. changelog · Sep 2026 · source · release history
  • Adds CIS AWS Database Services Benchmark v1.0.0 compliance pack covering 22 controls across Aurora, RDS, DynamoDB, ElastiCache, Redshift, DocumentDB, Neptune, and Timestream. changelog · Sep 2026 · source · release history
  • Adds the CIS Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Benchmark v1.9.0 compliance pack for GKE clusters. changelog · Aug 2026 · source · release history
  • Adds the CIS Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform Benchmark v1.9.0 compliance pack for OpenShift clusters. changelog · Aug 2026 · source · release history
  • Adds the CIS AWS Compute Services Benchmark v1.1.0 compliance pack covering EC2, EBS, ECS, Lambda, Lightsail, Elastic Beanstalk, Fargate, Batch, App Runner, and SimSpace Weaver — 47 Insights mapped across AWS, AWS GovCloud, and AWS China regions. changelog · Aug 2026 · source · release history
Insights Library shipped Provides a searchable, paginated library of checks where users can browse, search matched resources, and retire outdated checks. 4 releases · first seen Jul 2026

release

  • Adds a Lifecycle Management page for tracking and managing deprecated components.⁠︀︄︇︀︅︉︀︅︀︀︃︀︀︅︅︀︅︊︀︄︆︀︃︄⁠ changelog · Oct 2026 · source · release history
  • Paginates the Cloud Security Insights Library by default with a toggle to revert to the classic view, improving load times for large libraries. changelog · Aug 2026 · source · release history
  • Adds a search input field to the Bot matched resources modal for quickly locating a specific resource by name. changelog · Jul 2026 · source · release history
  • The Insight Snapshot Available to the Public is deprecated (targeted removal in version 27.1); it should be replaced with Snapshot Is Accessible to the Public and Database Snapshot Is Accessible to the Public. changelog · Jul 2026 · source · release history
Cloud Resource Inventory and Discovery 2 capabilities InsightCloudSec collects and stores configuration data from cloud provider resources to build a searchable inventory of what is running and how it is configured. Users can filter and classify resources by specific attributes to locate assets of interest quickly.
Cloud resource query filtering shipped Lets users filter cloud resources by attributes such as public snapshot access, load balancer protocol, and serverless function permissions to find specific assets. 21 releases · 3 other sources · first seen Jul 2026

release 21 total

  • InsightCloudSec now surfaces improved visibility into Azure load balancer configurations. changelog · Nov 2026 · source · release history
  • Adds Database Instance Without Security Group Query Filter to identify database instances and clusters lacking an attached security group.⁠︀︄︇︀︅︉︀︅︀︀︃︀︀︅︅︀︅︊︀︄︆︀︃︄⁠ changelog · Oct 2026 · source · release history
  • Updates Instance With Image Owned Outside Of Organization Query Filter so instances running AMIs shared from accounts within your organization are no longer flagged, reducing false positives in custom Insights using this filter. changelog · Oct 2026 · source · release history
  • Adds Database Instance Microsoft Entra-Only Authentication Query Filter to identify Database Instances by Entra-only authentication status (default: not configured). changelog · Sep 2026 · source · release history
  • Adds Distributed Table Local Authentication Configuration Query Filter to identify Cosmos DB accounts by whether local (key-based) authentication is enabled or disabled (default: enabled). changelog · Sep 2026 · source · release history
  • Adds Database Instance Firewall Allows Public Ingress Query Filter to flag Database Instances with a firewall rule whose start IP is 0.0.0.0 and end IP is any address other than 0.0.0.0 (Azure services-only rule 0.0.0.0–0.0.0.0 is not flagged). changelog · Sep 2026 · source · release history

docs

  • Version 26.9.22 : September 22, 2026 | : September 21, 2026 CrowdStrike Falcon agent Query Filters now support Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) compute instances, alongside AWS, Azure, and GCP. Security teams can now identify OCI compute instances based on CrowdStrike Falcon agent presence. changelog · Sep 2026 · source
  • Version 26.9.22 Version 26.9.15 Version 26.9.22 : September 22, 2026 | : September 21, 2026 CrowdStrike Falcon agent Query Filters now support Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) compute instances, alongside AWS, Azure, and GCP. changelog · Sep 2026 · source
  • August 27, 2026 Version 26.8.25 Version 26.8.25 : August 25, 2026 | : August 24, 2026 New Features Bot Query Preview : Added a Bot query preview option to the Bot creation and edit flow, allowing users to see which resources a Botâs query filters would match before saving or running it. changelog · Aug 2026 · source
Cloud resource harvesting shipped Harvests configuration data from cloud resources, including AWS tag policies and Azure Data Factory settings, to keep the inventory current. 11 releases · 1 other source · first seen Jul 2026

release 11 total

  • InsightCloudSec now harvests additional cloud resource data with harvester updates. changelog · Nov 2026 · source · release history
  • Reduces OCI Identity Domains API calls during cloud user harvesting for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, lowering the risk of rate-limit errors on large tenancies. changelog · Sep 2026 · source · release history
  • Shows each resource's lifecycle state as reported by the cloud provider, along with last harvest time, in Layered Context. changelog · Sep 2026 · source · release history
  • Adds harvesting of private endpoint connection counts for Azure Database for MySQL and PostgreSQL Flexible Servers. changelog · Sep 2026 · source · release history
  • Expands Azure Diagnostic Settings harvester to collect diagnostic settings for Azure Cosmos DB accounts (Microsoft.DocumentDb/databaseAccounts). changelog · Sep 2026 · source · release history
  • Expands Azure Distributed Table (Cosmos DB) harvester to collect the public_network_access property for Azure Cosmos DB accounts. changelog · Sep 2026 · source · release history

docs

  • September 28, 2026 Version 26.9.29 Version 26.9.29 : September 29, 2026 | : September 28, 2026 Resource state and last harvest time in Layered Context : Layered Context now shows each resourceâs lifecycle state as reported by the cloud provider, along with last harvest time. changelog · Sep 2026 · source
Container and Runtime Security 2 capabilities InsightCloudSec monitors the health of runtime sensors deployed across Kubernetes clusters and container instances so operators know when coverage is intact. When a runtime detection fires, an AI-generated analysis explains what happened, why, and when the underlying posture risk first appeared.
AI-powered root cause analysis for runtime detections shipped Generates an AI-produced explanation for runtime detection findings, including likely root causes with confidence scores and a timeline of when related posture risks emerged. 1 release · 2 other sources · first seen Jul 2026

Shared capability: Runtime threat detection

release

  • Adds a Root Cause Analysis tab to the AI Analysis panel for container runtime detection findings, surfacing an AI-generated summary, a Prevention Window showing when posture risks were first detected relative to the runtime incident, Primary Causes with confidence scores, and Contributing Factors. changelog · Jul 2026 · source · release history

docs

  • Version 26.7.28 Version 26.7.28 : July 27, 2026 | : July 28, 2026 Root Cause Analysis for Runtime Detection Findings : Added a Root Cause Analysis tab to the AI Analysis panel for container runtime detection findings. changelog · Jul 2026 · source

example

  • Investigate why a container runtime detection fired by reviewing AI-generated root causes and when the underlying posture risks first appeared. In InsightCloudSec, open a container runtime detection finding > AI Analysis panel > Root Cause Analysis tab to view the AI summary, Prevention Window, Primary Causes with confidence scores, and… changelog · Jul 2026 · source
Runtime sensor health monitoring shipped Shows the live health status of runtime sensors across Kubernetes clusters and container instances so operators can spot coverage gaps. 1 release · 1 other source · first seen Jul 2026

release

  • Adds real-time Runtime Sensor health status (Healthy, Disconnected, or Degraded) on the Kubernetes Clusters page and Resources Listing for customers with a Runtime license. changelog · Jul 2026 · source · release history

docs

  • Version 26.7.21 Version 26.7.21 : July 22, 2026 | : July 22, 2026 New Features Runtime Sensor Health Monitoring : Added real-time health status visibility for runtime sensors across Kubernetes clusters and container instances. changelog · Jul 2026 · source
Other 3 capabilities
Kubernetes cluster scanning shipped Scans Kubernetes clusters using a dedicated scanner component, with ongoing improvements to performance and stability. 2 releases · first seen Sep 2026

release

  • Ships a new Kubernetes Scanner version with improved performance and stability. changelog · Oct 2026 · source · release history
  • Introduces a new Kubernetes Scanner version for improved cluster resource coverage. changelog · Sep 2026 · source · release history
Container vulnerability export shipped Exports container vulnerability findings from the Layered Context list view as a CSV file with one row per container, CVE, and affected package, for offline triage or ticket import. 1 release · 1 other source · first seen Sep 2026

Also counts toward: CSV data export

release

  • Exports container vulnerability findings from the Layered Context list view as a CSV file, with one row per container, CVE, and affected package.⁠︀︄︇︀︅︉︀︅︀︀︃︀︀︅︅︀︅︊︀︄︆︀︃︄⁠ changelog · Sep 2026 · source · release history

example

  • Pull a per-container, per-CVE, per-package CSV of all container vulnerability findings for offline triage or ticket import. In InsightCloudSec, open Layered Context, filter to the desired container resources, then select Export > CSV to download one row per container, CVE, and affected package. changelog · Sep 2026 · source
Remediation Hub shipped Provides a centralized hub where cloud teams can access and act on remediation guidance across cloud findings. 1 release · first seen Oct 2026

release

  • Expands Remediation Hub access to empower cloud teams with broader remediation capabilities.⁠︀︄︇︀︅︉︀︅︀︀︃︀︀︅︅︀︅︊︀︄︆︀︃︄⁠ changelog · Oct 2026 · source · release history

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Score card

  1. Shipping velocity releases a month, last 12 months
  2. Documentation quality release-notes rubric, 0–100
  3. Breaking-change discipline how rarely a release breaks users, and notice given
  4. Maintenance risk quiet time against its own cadence, maintainers
  5. Innovation & surface new capabilities, API and MCP surface

Five scores for Rapid7 InsightCloudSec, each built from the releases, notes and API history this site tracks — and, on Researcher and Business, where it stands among every measured tool in its category and how that has moved.

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  • Shipping velocity — releases a month over the last 12 months, on a log scale where 16 a month scores 100. Needs 3 releases in the window.
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  • Breaking-change discipline — the share of releases carrying a breaking change (none scores 100, half or more scores 0). Only projects that label breaking changes are measured: a clean record cannot be told from an unlabelled one.
  • Maintenance risk — quiet time measured against the tool's own release cadence (quiet longer than 90 days and three typical gaps scores 0), plus the number of active maintainers and whether contributors are growing, where known. Higher is lower risk.
  • Innovation & surface — new capabilities in the feature ledger this year, API and MCP operations added, and the share of commits that are features: the mean of whichever we hold.
  • Community health (open-source tools only) — each is a direction, not a size: contributors this year against last, the bus factor now against a year ago, and issues closed per issue opened, where steady scores 50, doubled 100 and halved 0; plus the median time to a maintainer's first reply (an hour scores about 100, a month or more 0). A commercial card has no repository and carries none of the four.
  • Documented delivery (commercial tools) — when a vendor's documented new capabilities have slowed against its own baseline, that counts against the overall standing as heavily as two low dimensions. Steady delivery, or too little history to judge, leaves the standing alone; it is never a sixth score.
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