CloudGuard

Check Point CloudGuard is a Cloud Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) that delivers cloud security posture management (CSPM), cloud workload protection (CWPP), code security, network security, and intelligence/CDR capabilities across AWS, Azure, GCP, Alibaba, Oracle, Kubernetes, and on-premises environments. The CloudGuard public REST API (originally Dome9) is used to onboard cloud accounts, run posture assessments, manage compliance bundles, retrieve findings, and configure policies and alerts.

CloudGuard publishes 5 APIs on the APIs.io network, including CloudAccounts API, Compliance API, Findings API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include Check Point, CNAPP, Cloud Security, Compliance, and CSPM.

The CloudGuard catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

CloudGuard’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, getting-started guide, support, engineering blog, and 11 more developer resources.

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40.7/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 29/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-20 · rubric v0.12.0

AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

9 APIs

Check PointCNAPPCloud SecurityComplianceCSPMCWPPPosture Management

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scored 2026-08-20 · rubric v0.12.0

Composite quality — 40.7/100 · developing

Contract Quality 13.8 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 6.7 / 20

Access Clarity 5.3 / 20

Operational Transparency 3.1 / 13

Contract Governance 5.5 / 12

Discoverability 6.5 / 10

Agent readiness — 29/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 9

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Cloudguard Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 2

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONLD

JSONLD

Spectral

Spectral

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

Community

Community

StatusPage

StatusPage

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Terraform Provider

Terraform Provider

Source (apis.yml)

aid: cloudguard
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cloudguard/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: CloudGuard
tags:
- Check Point
- CNAPP
- Cloud Security
- Compliance
- CSPM
- CWPP
- Posture Management
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/cloudguard.png
access: 3rd-Party
created: '2024-01-01'
modified: '2026-04-26'
position: Consumer
kind: company
x-company: Check Point Software Technologies
description: Check Point CloudGuard is a Cloud Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) that delivers cloud security
  posture management (CSPM), cloud workload protection (CWPP), code security, network security, and intelligence/CDR capabilities
  across AWS, Azure, GCP, Alibaba, Oracle, Kubernetes, and on-premises environments. The CloudGuard public REST API (originally
  Dome9) is used to onboard cloud accounts, run posture assessments, manage compliance bundles, retrieve findings, and configure
  policies and alerts.
apis:
- aid: cloudguard:cloudguard-workload-api
  name: CloudGuard Workload Protection (CWPP) API
  tags:
  - Container Security
  - CWPP
  - Image Assurance
  - Kubernetes
  humanURL: https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/CloudGuard_Dome9/Documentation/Workload/Overview.htm
  properties:
  - url: https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/CloudGuard_Dome9/Documentation/Workload/Overview.htm
    type: Documentation
  description: Workload protection capabilities exposed through the CloudGuard platform for Kubernetes admission control,
    image assurance/CI scanning, runtime protection, and serverless function security.
- aid: cloudguard:cloudguard-code-security-api
  name: CloudGuard Code Security (Spectral) API
  tags:
  - Code Security
  - Secrets Detection
  - SAST
  humanURL: https://docs.spectralops.io/
  properties:
  - url: https://docs.spectralops.io/
    type: Documentation
  description: CloudGuard Code Security (formerly Spectral) provides developer-first SAST, infrastructure-as-code scanning,
    secrets detection, and SCA via CLI and API integrations into CI/CD pipelines.
- aid: cloudguard:cloudguard-waf-api
  name: CloudGuard WAF API
  tags:
  - API Security
  - WAF
  - Web Application Firewall
  humanURL: https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/CloudGuard_AppSec/Documentation/Default.htm
  properties:
  - url: https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/CloudGuard_AppSec/Documentation/Default.htm
    type: Documentation
  description: CloudGuard WAF (CloudGuard AppSec) protects web applications and APIs with contextual machine-learning-based
    threat prevention; the platform exposes management APIs for policy, asset, and event configuration.
- aid: cloudguard:cloudguard-network-security-api
  name: CloudGuard Network Security API
  tags:
  - Cloud Firewall
  - Network Security
  humanURL: https://www.checkpoint.com/cloudguard/cloud-network-security/
  properties:
  - url: https://www.checkpoint.com/cloudguard/cloud-network-security/
    type: Documentation
  description: CloudGuard Network Security delivers cloud-native firewalling and threat prevention with management APIs for
    gateway provisioning, rule management, and integrations with CI/CD pipelines.
- aid: cloudguard:cloudguard-cloudaccounts-api
  name: CloudGuard CloudAccounts API
  description: The CloudAccounts API from CloudGuard — 4 operation(s) for cloudaccounts.
  humanURL: https://docs.cgn.portal.checkpoint.com/reference
  tags:
  - Cloud Accounts
  tags_raw:
  - CloudAccounts
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cloudguard-cloudaccounts-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.cgn.portal.checkpoint.com/reference
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/CloudGuard_Dome9/Documentation/API-Authentication.html
  - type: Terraform Provider
    url: https://registry.terraform.io/providers/dome9/dome9/latest/docs
- aid: cloudguard:cloudguard-compliance-api
  name: CloudGuard Compliance API
  description: The Compliance API from CloudGuard — 1 operation(s) for compliance.
  humanURL: https://docs.cgn.portal.checkpoint.com/reference
  tags:
  - Compliance
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cloudguard-compliance-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.cgn.portal.checkpoint.com/reference
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/CloudGuard_Dome9/Documentation/API-Authentication.html
  - type: Terraform Provider
    url: https://registry.terraform.io/providers/dome9/dome9/latest/docs
- aid: cloudguard:cloudguard-findings-api
  name: CloudGuard Findings API
  description: The Findings API from CloudGuard — 5 operation(s) for findings.
  humanURL: https://docs.cgn.portal.checkpoint.com/reference
  tags:
  - Findings
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cloudguard-findings-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.cgn.portal.checkpoint.com/reference
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/CloudGuard_Dome9/Documentation/API-Authentication.html
  - type: Terraform Provider
    url: https://registry.terraform.io/providers/dome9/dome9/latest/docs
- aid: cloudguard:cloudguard-notifications-api
  name: CloudGuard Notifications API
  description: The Notifications API from CloudGuard — 2 operation(s) for notifications.
  humanURL: https://docs.cgn.portal.checkpoint.com/reference
  tags:
  - Notification
  tags_raw:
  - Notifications
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cloudguard-notifications-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.cgn.portal.checkpoint.com/reference
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/CloudGuard_Dome9/Documentation/API-Authentication.html
  - type: Terraform Provider
    url: https://registry.terraform.io/providers/dome9/dome9/latest/docs
- aid: cloudguard:cloudguard-policies-api
  name: CloudGuard Policies API
  description: The Policies API from CloudGuard — 1 operation(s) for policies.
  humanURL: https://docs.cgn.portal.checkpoint.com/reference
  tags:
  - Policies
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cloudguard-policies-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.cgn.portal.checkpoint.com/reference
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/CloudGuard_Dome9/Documentation/API-Authentication.html
  - type: Terraform Provider
    url: https://registry.terraform.io/providers/dome9/dome9/latest/docs
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/cloudguard-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/cloudguard-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/cloudguard-authentication.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.checkpoint.com/cloudguard/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.cgn.portal.checkpoint.com/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://docs.cgn.portal.checkpoint.com/reference
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/CloudGuard_Dome9/Documentation/Getting-Started/Getting-started-with-CloudGuard.htm
- type: Authentication
  url: https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/CloudGuard_Dome9/Documentation/API-Authentication.html
- type: Support
  url: https://support.checkpoint.com/
- type: Community
  url: https://community.checkpoint.com/
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.dome9.com/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.checkpoint.com/privacy/
- type: Terraform Provider
  url: https://registry.terraform.io/providers/dome9/dome9/latest/docs
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/cloudguard-context.jsonld
- type: Spectral
  url: rules/cloudguard-rules.yml
- type: Blog
  url: https://blog.checkpoint.com/feed/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
specificationVersion: '0.23'