NEW REPORT · SACR
The CISO's Guide to Cloud Security Intent Enforcement
Software Analyst Cyber Research (SACR) defines Cloud Security Intent Enforcement (CSIE): the control layer that turns security intent into controls the cloud enforces. Native is named a 2026 Recognized Vendor.
INSIDE THE REPORT
- How SACR defines Cloud Security Intent Enforcement
- How CSIE complements CNAPP
- The CSIE control loop, and how SACR evaluates vendors against it
- Buyer guidance for CISOs
- SACR's vendor profile of Native
Knowing what should be secure is not the same as keeping it that way
Cloud security teams already have extensive visibility into risk. The harder problem, SACR argues, is preventing unsafe states from being introduced or recreated across constantly changing cloud environments, without slowing the business down or disrupting production.
The report defines Cloud Security Intent Enforcement as the layer that connects cloud context and security intent with impact analysis, preventive enforcement and ongoing control management. It sets out how CISOs should judge it: by whether a platform turns a security objective into a durable control, not by a feature checklist.
Native's differentiation comes from combining declared security intent, cross-cloud translation, impact simulation, enforcement, exception handling, and ongoing alignment within one workflow.