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Cisco Panoptica

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What it is

Cisco Panoptica is a cloud native application security solution for finding and addressing risks across multi-cloud environments. Its coverage includes Kubernetes workloads, APIs, serverless functions, virtual machines, and infrastructure-as-code repositories. Graph-based attack path analysis combines security findings, vulnerabilities, and identity risks to map attack paths and remediation options. Workload scans review CVEs by asset or Docker image and prioritize them using environment security and network topology. API security catalogs internal, externally exposed, and third-party APIs, assesses risks, and detects sensitive data in API traffic. Code Security checks connected repositories for misconfigurations, secrets, and code vulnerabilities. Listed source control providers include GitHub, GitLab, Azure DevOps, and Bitbucket; several security modules can create Jira tickets. Deployments include AWS, Azure, GCP, and Kubernetes, including Kubernetes on-premise. Cloud integrations are agentless and use a secure read-only role. The free plan costs nothing. Integrated repositories are scanned daily when new commits exist, with manual rescans also available.

Spec sheet

Intended users
Cisco describes Panoptica as helping developers and engineers provide cloud-native security from application development through runtime.Read 8 Oct 2026 · newsroom.cisco.com
Compliance
The Help Center says its compliance frameworks cover GDPR, SOC 2, HIPAA, CIS, PCI, and more.Read 8 Oct 2026 · panoptica.readme.io
Agentless onboarding
The Help Center says cloud integrations use a secure read-only role and are agentless.Read 8 Oct 2026 · panoptica.readme.io
API security
Panoptica catalogs internal, externally exposed, and third-party APIs, assesses risks, and detects sensitive data in API traffic.Read 8 Oct 2026 · panoptica.readme.io
Attack path analysis
Its graph-based attack path analysis combines security findings, vulnerabilities, and identity risks to show attack paths and remediation options.Read 8 Oct 2026 · panoptica.readme.io
Cloud deployment
The Help Center lists AWS, Azure, GCP, and Kubernetes deployments, with Kubernetes available in public cloud or on-premise environments.Read 8 Oct 2026 · panoptica.readme.io
Code scanning
Code Security detects IaC misconfigurations, secrets, and code vulnerabilities in connected repositories.Read 8 Oct 2026 · panoptica.readme.io
Coverage
The documentation describes coverage for Kubernetes workloads, APIs, serverless functions, virtual machines, and infrastructure-as-code repositories.Read 8 Oct 2026 · panoptica.readme.io
Product purpose
Panoptica is Cisco’s cloud native application security solution for identifying, prioritizing, and remediating risks and misconfigurations in multi-cloud environments.Read 8 Oct 2026 · panoptica.readme.io
Repository scan cadence
Integrated repositories are scanned once a day when there have been new commits, and users can also initiate a manual rescan.Read 8 Oct 2026 · panoptica.readme.io
Security controls
For proof-of-concept tenants, the platform security FAQ says data is encrypted, tenant access can be restricted by IP allowlist or mTLS, and tenant data is deleted when the tenant closes.Read 8 Oct 2026 · panoptica.readme.io
Source control integrations
The docs list GitHub, GitLab including self-managed repositories, Azure DevOps, and Bitbucket as supported source control providers.Read 8 Oct 2026 · panoptica.readme.io
Task integrations
Panoptica can create Jira tickets from its Attack Path Analysis, Vulnerability Management, Security Posture, Root Cause Analysis, and Code Security modules.Read 8 Oct 2026 · panoptica.readme.io
Vulnerability management
Workload scanning reviews CVEs grouped by assets or Docker images and prioritizes them using environment security and network topology.Read 8 Oct 2026 · panoptica.readme.io

Plans and prices

Free tier Free Free tier stated by Cisco; a 2023 Cisco brochure says up to 10 nodes · 1 cluster · unlimited pods Read 8 Oct 2026 · newsroom.cisco.com

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Strong points and limits

Strong points

  • Covers workloads, APIs, serverless, VMs, and IaC
  • Maps attack paths using security and identity findings
  • Scans connected repositories for code and IaC risks
  • Free plan costs nothing

Limits

  • Integrated repositories scan daily only when new commits exist
  • Cloud integration uses a read-only role
  • Manual rescans are needed outside the repository scan cadence

Who it suits

It is aimed at developers and engineers working on cloud-native security from application development through runtime. It may suit teams that need visibility across cloud workloads, APIs, code repositories, and infrastructure configurations.

Verdict

Panoptica combines workload, API, code, and attack path security functions with support for multiple cloud environments. Its free plan and broad coverage may suit development teams, while repository scan timing is a practical consideration.

Where Specifiction places it

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