Skyhawk Security CADR (Continuous Autonomous Purple Team for Cloud Applications) is an AI-based cloud application detection and response platform that combines purple team methodology with continuous breach and attack simulation. The platform operates agentlessly and focuses on identifying and prioritizing vulnerabilities and malicious behaviors across cloud applications and infrastructure. It evaluates risks from the application layer through to the underlying cloud environment, covering the full code-to-cloud delivery pipeline. CADR's AI-driven purple team engine continuously assesses cloud applications to detect weaponized risks — those that are actively exploitable — and ranks them based on the business value of the affected asset. This prioritization approach is intended to reduce mean time to respond (MTTR). The platform addresses application-layer threats such as vulnerabilities similar to the MOVEit Transfer breach, the XZ Utils backdoor, and cloud metadata exposure scenarios (e.g., Google Cloud metadata exposure). It performs both detection of application vulnerabilities and identification of malicious behaviors, aiming to validate existing security controls as part of a continuously delivered application lifecycle. Key operational characteristics: - Agentless deployment model - Continuous, autonomous operation - Combines offensive (red team) and defensive (blue team) purple team functions - Prioritizes risks by asset business value - Targets cloud-native and cloud-hosted applications