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Sysdig Named Leader in Forrester CNAPP Wave 2026


Sysdig Named Leader in Forrester CNAPP Wave 2026
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  • February 18, 2026

Sysdig has been named a Leader in “The Forrester Wave™: Cloud Native Application Protection Solutions, Q1 2026” by Forrester, one of only three vendors to achieve this distinction out of 14 evaluated. Sysdig also ranked among just three providers with above-average customer feedback, highlighting strong trust and delivered value from its runtime-focused platform.

Quick Intel

  • Sysdig recognized as a Leader in the Forrester Wave for CNAPP, Q1 2026, alongside two other vendors.
  • The platform excels in runtime telemetry, connecting posture, vulnerability, and real-time insights for precise risk management.
  • Sysdig Sage, the first agentic AI cloud security analyst, reduces mean time to respond by 76% and exposure to critical vulnerabilities from days to minutes.
  • Runtime security addresses dynamic cloud environments where Kubernetes runs 82% of AI workloads, up from 54% two years ago.
  • Forrester highlights Sysdig’s vision for business-outcome tracking, role-specific workflows, semantic attack graphs, pricing flexibility, and community strategies.
  • Sysdig’s approach shifts cloud defense from static posture to real-time understanding and action in AI-accelerated threat landscapes.

Runtime Leadership Drives Recognition

Forrester commended Sysdig’s vision for linking application risk management from code to cloud, including integration of posture management with vulnerability data and runtime telemetry. The report notes strengths in role-specific workflows for administrators and incident responders, semantic attack graph capabilities, flexible pricing, and community engagement.

Sysdig’s CNAPP was built from the ground up on runtime insights, providing the deepest visibility into what is actually running in cloud environments. This enables security teams to prioritize genuine risks, reduce alert fatigue, and respond with precision across multi-cloud setups.

“We built Sysdig with the steadfast belief that runtime would decide the future of cloud security,” said Loris Degioanni, Founder and CTO of Sysdig. “In an AI-driven world where attacks can unfold in 10 minutes, understanding what’s running and acting with precision is the only way to defend the cloud. For us, Forrester’s recognition confirms what our customers already know: runtime wins.”

Addressing Modern Cloud Threats with Real-Time Defense

Traditional cloud security relied heavily on posture assessments and static risk indicators, which fall short in today’s dynamic environments accelerated by AI adoption and agentic coding. With Kubernetes now powering 82% of AI workloads according to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation, attack surfaces expand rapidly, and threats evolve at unprecedented speed.

Sysdig’s runtime-powered approach delivers real-time context and actionable intelligence, moving beyond visibility to informed, immediate defense. This shift is essential as AI-assisted attacks compress exploitation timelines.

“The industry used to say, ‘You can’t protect what you can’t see.’ But just seeing is no longer enough,” said Enrique Salem, Chairman at Sysdig. “In a threat landscape increasingly driven by AI, you can’t defend what you don’t understand. Security that can’t take action in real time has become irrelevant.”

Sysdig Sage leverages deep runtime telemetry to reason, prioritize risks, accelerate investigations, and enable precise remediation, delivering measurable outcomes such as reclaiming over 80 hours per week from manual triage.

About Sysdig

Sysdig delivers cloud security the right way with open innovation, agentic AI, and the uncompromising truth of runtime. In a world of black boxes and blind spots, Sysdig helps security and development teams prevent, detect, and respond to threats in the moment. AI is only as powerful as the signals it receives, and Sysdig Sage™ – the first agentic AI analyst for cloud security – is fueled by the deepest runtime intelligence in the industry. It doesn’t just observe. It reasons and acts with the context, speed, and precision that modern teams need to build and defend innovation in real time. Founded by the creators of Falco and Wireshark, Sysdig is trusted by more than 60% of the Fortune 500 and is built for those who refuse to compromise on security.

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