# Stop runtime threats with Workload Protection response actions

DevFeed: [Stop runtime threats with Workload Protection response actions](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/stop-runtime-threats-with-workload-protection-response-actions-2311.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.datadoghq.com/blog/stop-runtime-threats-with-workload-protection-response-actions/>)

Author: Théo Putegnat; Taylor Overturf

Published: 2026-09-04T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Datadog | The Monitor blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/datadog-the-monitor-blog.md>)

Topics: [Processes](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/processes.md>), [Vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vulnerabilities.md>)

Tags: [datadog-agent](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/datadog-agent.md>), [processes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/processes.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [threat-detection](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/threat-detection.md>), [vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vulnerabilities.md>), [workload-protection](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/workload-protection.md>)

## AI overview

Datadog Workload Protection adds automated and manual runtime response actions. Agent rules can terminate matching malicious processes automatically, while analysts can investigate signals and respond manually.

## Source excerpt

When a runtime threat appears, every step costs time. Datadog Workload Protection can now kill processes and isolate workloads with automated and manual response actions.