What is a cloud workload protection platform (CWPP)? Security for the workloads actually running in your cloud—VMs, containers, and serverless functions doing real work. Unlike posture management (CSPM) that checks configurations, CWPPs monitor processes, network connections, and application behavior to catch threats as they happen. What’s the difference between CSPM, CWPP, CNAPP, and CADR? CSPM scans cloud settings for misconfigurations. CWPP protects running workloads.