A practical guide to the architecture model, guardrails, AI controls, and rollout planning.
- 01The shift to architecture
- 02Actors & zones
- 03Boundaries & baselines
- 04The architecture for AI
- 05Design to enforcement
Architecture for Active Defense in the Cloud
From security intent to enforced architecture.
Use actors and zones to model cloud architecture across providers
Define boundaries and baselines that map to provider-native controls across clouds
Extend architecture to AI agents, inference, and tool access
Turn guardrail gaps into rollout plans teams can trust
Format
PDF · 5 chapters
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Live webinar, July 21
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Key Takeaways
01
Visibility isn’t the job anymore
CSPM and CNAPP solved finding risks. The work now is building defenses, and that work lives at the architecture layer.
02
Actors and zones are the building blocks
A shared layer above provider terms, built around actors, nested zones, inherited guardrails, and scoped exception paths.
03
Boundaries and baselines define enforceable guardrails
Boundaries govern what crosses zones. Baselines set the floor inside them. Each maps to provider-native controls underneath.
04
AI is an attribute, not a new category
Inference is a perimeter decision. Agents need tighter segmentation. Baselines hold when models act through tools and data.
05
Posture turns gaps into plans
Compare required guardrails to installed controls, then fold new accounts, services, and actors into rollout plans, without backlog.
Companion Webinar
A moderated panel walking the architecture model, with a practitioner and an industry analyst. Live Q&A. 45 minutes.
Webinar Details
July 21, 2026 - 9:00 AM Pacific
SPEAKERS

Gal Ordo
CPO & Co-founder, Native

Eugene Reznik
SOLUTION ARCHITECT,
Native
