How imPAC's Asset Chain Technology Secures Modern Cloud Infrastructure

In response to JP Morgan's recent open letter on third-party supplier security concerns, we examine how innovative cloud security approaches can address today's most pressing risks. ## The Third-Party Problem JP Morgan's open letter highlighted a critical issue: organizations are only as secure as their least secure supplier. With cloud adoption accelerating, the attack surface has expanded dramatically. Third-party integrations, SaaS applications, and cloud services all introduce risk that traditional security tools struggle to address. The challenge isn't just visibility—it's understanding how risks compound across interconnected systems. ## Asset Chain: A New Approach imPAC's Asset Chain technology addresses this challenge by mapping relationships, not just resources. ### How It Works Asset Chain creates a complete graph of your cloud environment: - **Resources** — Every compute instance, storage bucket, database, and service - **Relationships** — How resources connect, communicate, and depend on each other - **Configurations** — The settings that define each resource's security posture - **Changes** — How the environment evolves over time ### Why It Matters When a third-party integration is misconfigured, Asset Chain shows you: 1. What data it can access 2. What other systems it connects to 3. What the blast radius of a breach would be 4. How its configuration has changed over time This context transforms security from reactive scanning to proactive risk management. ## Addressing JP Morgan's Concerns The open letter called for: ### Better Visibility Asset Chain provides complete visibility across your cloud estate, including third-party integrations and their connections to your data. ### Faster Detection Time Machine tracks configuration changes in real-time, surfacing risky modifications the moment they occur. ### Stronger Controls Compose lets you define and enforce policies that third-party integrations must meet—automatically. ### Comprehensive Evidence Vault captures every configuration state and enforcement action, creating the audit trail that regulators and partners demand. ## The Path Forward Third-party risk isn't going away—it's accelerating. Organizations need security approaches that match the complexity of modern cloud architectures. Asset Chain represents a fundamental shift: from scanning individual resources to understanding complete systems. --- Ready to see how Asset Chain can secure your cloud? [Request a Demo](/request-demo)