
Cloud Security Pacesetter · Q3 2026
Runtime-focused CNAPP for cloud security and vulnerability management
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Mandos Pacesetters · Q3 2026
The 10 Cloud Security companies with the strongest market momentum in Q3 2026, out of 41 that met the entry rules. All 10 are this quarter's Pacesetters. Scores compare companies with peers in the same category and growth stage.
41
met the entry rules
79
average score, top 10
Upwind
ranked #1 · score 88

Cloud Security Pacesetter · Q3 2026
Runtime-focused CNAPP for cloud security and vulnerability management
What they do · United States · founded 2022
Upwind provides a Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) that focuses on runtime security for cloud environments. The platform performs vulnerability management and scanning services to identify security risks in cloud infrastructure and applications.
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Cloud Security Pacesetter · Q3 2026
Provides a Microsoft 365 security management platform built for MSPs
What they do · United Kingdom · founded 2022
Inforcer provides a Microsoft 365 security management platform designed for managed service providers (MSPs). The platform enables MSPs to sell, secure, and support Microsoft 365 environments for their clients at scale, consolidating visibility and control over tenant security configurations across multiple customers into a single interface.
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Cloud Security Pacesetter · Q3 2026
AI-powered platform for cloud security architecture design and validation
What they do · Netherlands · founded 2025
Dawnguard provides an AI-powered platform for cloud security architecture design and validation. The company focuses on enabling "shift-left" security by embedding security controls at the design phase rather than addressing issues after deployment.
The platform operates through three main stages: analyzing existing cloud architectures from diagrams, documents, or Infrastructure as Code (IaC); collaborating in real-time with AI-powered insights, risk detection, and recommendations during the design process; and deploying validated…
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Cloud Security Pacesetter · Q3 2026
Autonomous cyber resilience platform for cloud, backup, and IaC continuity.
What they do · Israel · founded 2024
Gambit Security develops an autonomous cyber resilience platform called Balens, designed to provide continuous visibility and control over an organization's digital continuity across cloud infrastructure, backups, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
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Cloud Security Pacesetter · Q3 2026
Cloud identity security platform for managing permissions and entitlements.
What they do · Israel · founded 2024
Native Security is a cybersecurity company focused on cloud identity and access management security. The company provides a platform designed to help organizations gain visibility into and control over their cloud permissions, entitlements, and identities across multi-cloud environments.
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Cloud Security Pacesetter · Q3 2026
Cloud security platform enforcing policies at deployment to prevent risks
What they do · Israel · founded 2024
Aryon provides cloud security enforcement at deployment time to prevent risks before they reach production environments. The company's platform addresses security challenges across different cloud infrastructure management approaches, including Infrastructure as Code (IaC), ClickOps (manual console operations), and third-party provider configurations.
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Cloud Security Pacesetter · Q3 2026
Cloud-native detection & response platform with runtime threat protection
What they do · Israel · founded 2023
Sweet Security is a cloud-native application protection platform (CNAPP) founded by the former CISO of the IDF and a team of cloud security experts. The company provides cloud detection and response capabilities designed to stop cloud attacks in real-time.
The platform combines unified cloud visibility with deep runtime context and cloud-native technologies to enable security teams to detect and neutralize threats as they occur.
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Cloud Security Pacesetter · Q3 2026
SaaS security platform offering SSPM, identity protection, and threat detection.
What they do · United States · founded 2017
Obsidian Security is a SaaS security platform founded in 2017 that focuses on protecting enterprise organizations' SaaS application ecosystems. The company provides capabilities spanning SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM), identity protection, data protection, and threat detection across SaaS environments.
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Cloud Security Pacesetter · Q3 2026
Builds CVE-free container images for cloud-native infrastructure security
What they do · Israel · founded 2025
Echo builds CVE-free container images for cloud-native infrastructure. The company addresses the challenge that traditional vulnerability scanning and remediation tools scale slower than the rate at which vulnerabilities accumulate in cloud environments.
The company was founded by Eilon Elhadad (CEO) and Eylam Milner (CTO), who previously co-founded Argon, a software supply chain security company that was acquired by Aqua Security.
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Cloud Security Pacesetter · Q3 2026
Container security platform with automated CVE remediation and hardening
What they do · United States · founded 2020
RapidFort provides a Software Supply Chain Security platform focused on vulnerability management for containerized applications. The platform combines multiple capabilities including curated near-zero-CVE open-source container images, runtime profiling, automated CVE remediation, and software attack surface management through hardening techniques.
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