Upwind reveals recognition across multiple analyst reports

Upwind has announced that it has been recognised across multiple analyst reports in 2025, including publications from Gartner and Frost & Sullivan.

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Upwind says that it believes these acknowledgements validate its bottom up, hard work, rebuilding cloud security with Runtime as a foundation and its momentum in shaping the future of cloud-native security and highlight the company’s continued impact on the rapidly evolving CNAPP (Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform) category.

Upwind is a Runtime-first cloud security platform that secures deployments, configurations and applications by providing real-time visibility from the inside out.

Its unified Runtime fabric maps an environment as it runs – revealing what’s truly at risk, what’s actively happening and how to respond quickly and effectively.

A live map of network and application topology enables teams to prioritise fixes based on real usage and detect threats as they happen. 

“Operate more efficiently and securely”

Sardorbek Pulatov, VP Engineering and Security, Vestiaire Collective commented: “Upwind’s real-time insights and support have enhanced our cloud security operations.

“Upwind saves us a significant amount of time, helping our team focus on the truly critical alerts while disregarding low-priority findings.

“With Upwind, we are able to identify any vulnerabilities and can prioritise them for remediation – helping us operate more efficiently and securely.”

Upwind explains that the recognition across leading analyst firms underscores growing market demand for this consolidated, developer-aligned, inside-out approach to securing modern applications.

Recognised across multiple analyst landscapes

In 2025, Upwind says that it has been named as a Sample Vendor in three Gartner Hype Cycles, including:

• The Hype Cycle for Workload and Network Security, 2025 (14 July)
• The Hype Cycle for Container Technologies, 2025 (30 June)
• The Hype Cycle for Platform Engineering, 2025 (25 June) under the Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP) category

It was also included in Gartner’s 2025 Market Guide for Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms as one of the representative vendors helping shape this growing category.

Finally, Upwind was nominated for Frost & Sullivan’s 2025 Company of the Year in the Global Cloud-Native Application Detection & Response (CNADR) market and profiled in the firm’s latest CNADR industry report.

Frost & Sullivan cited Upwind’s innovation in Runtime intelligence, rapid growth of over 4,000% YoY and its ability to unify previously siloed tools into a single, high-performance platform.

A platform built for Runtime speed, developer control and real security outcomes

Upwind believes its recognition is grounded in its differentiated approach to cloud-native security built from the ground-up for Runtime. By combining a lightweight eBPF-based sensor with full-stack visibility, Upwind empowers security teams to detect, investigate and respond to risks and threats in real time, without adding complexity or slowing down developers.

The platform’s unique Threat Stories capability correlates Runtime signals, misconfigurations, audit logs and identity data into a single, actionable view – enabling teams to trace threats back to the exact code or pipeline that introduced them.

“Solving real, complex problems”

Amiram Shachar, CEO and Co-Founder, Upwind commented: “Security can’t be bolted on after deployment. It has to be built in continuously, contextually and with developers at the center.

“To us, this wave of analyst recognition validates the strength of our vision, our product and most importantly, our team.

“Upwind’s momentum is driven by real customer adoption, technical innovation and word-of-mouth from the people who use and love our platform,” Shachar added.

“We’re not building for the exit; we’re building for impact. We’re focused on solving real, complex problems for the teams building and securing the cloud.

“That’s why engineers, platform teams and SOCs are choosing Upwind to simplify, scale and unify cloud-native security at the speed of modern development,” he concluded.

Market momentum in a maturing category

As cloud-native adoption accelerates, organisations are moving away from fragmented tools and seeking integrated solutions that provide visibility across the entire application lifecycle.

According to Gartner, CNAPP platforms are emerging as the preferred approach for securing dynamic cloud environments, especially as DevSecOps, platform engineering and GenAI adoption rise.

Frost & Sullivan described Upwind as a game-changer in this space, citing its ability to drive impact across the customer value chain and consolidate once-disconnected functions like ADR, CDR, CWPP and CSPM into a single system.