The nonprofit cyber assessment firm CyberRatings.org is launching a tool for testing cloud security solutions that is designed to increase visibility into vendor management of cloud vulnerabilities.

The “Spot Check” tool provides a “step customers can take proactively to help manage their relationship with their [cloud security] service providers,” CyberRatings CEO Vikram Phatak told Inside Cybersecurity. The tool specifically tests “Security Service Edge” threat protection in cloud environments.

The nonprofit announced the tool today in a press release highlighting capabilities that will be tested through the new service. The announcement describes CyberRatings as a non-profit “dedicated to providing confidence in cybersecurity products and services through its research and testing programs.”

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