12 Serverless Security Options Compared (2026): Features & Pricing
A buyer-focused comparison of twelve serverless security offerings concludes no standalone SKU is worth buying in 2026, with function protection bundled inside CNAPP contracts.
The scorecard compares twelve serverless security options on function-protection depth, pricing visibility, platform attach economics, multi-runtime coverage, and vendor viability. Microsoft Defender for Cloud tops the weighted scores at 4.75, with Prisma Cloud at 4.60 and Datadog at 4.55 noted for publishing clean per-function rates. The piece warns that Thundra and Epsagon are defunct and that most vendors bill functions inside platform units where costs are hard to see. It also references the Aqua Security Trivy supply chain incident and Google's finalized acquisition of Wiz as market context.
12 Best CWPP Solutions Compared (2026): Features & Pricing
Editorial comparison ranks twelve CWPP vendors, with Sysdig leading K8s runtime depth, Prisma Cloud workload breadth, and Wiz agentless speed.
A 2026 buyer's guide compares twelve cloud workload protection platforms across features and pricing models. Sysdig is rated deepest for container/Kubernetes runtime via its Falco lineage, Prisma Cloud broadest across hosts, containers, and serverless, Aqua strongest on cloud-native lifecycle, and Wiz/CrowdStrike lead agentless speed and platform correlation. Category notes flag Illumio as microsegmentation and Fidelis as NDR/XDR rather than classic CWPP.
12 Best CWPP Solutions Compared (2026): Features & Pricing
CWPP comparison favors Sysdig for container runtime depth, Prisma Cloud for workload breadth, and Aqua for cloud-native lifecycle security.
An editorial comparison of twelve CWPP solutions covers Trend Micro, Aqua, Prisma Cloud, Illumio, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Fidelis, CrowdStrike and others, with pricing models and category notes. It names Sysdig (Falco lineage) the leader in Kubernetes/container runtime depth and Prisma Cloud the breadth benchmark across hosts, containers, and serverless. It flags Illumio as microsegmentation and Fidelis as NDR/XDR rather than classic CWPP.
Top 10 Best Serverless Security Solutions in 2026
Buyer's guide ranks Palo Alto Prisma Cloud and Aqua top for serverless security; standalone serverless security has largely folded into CNAPP platforms.
A top-ten listicle evaluates serverless security tools across FaaS platforms like AWS Lambda, Azure Functions, and Google Cloud Functions. Prisma Cloud and Aqua lead platform coverage, Snyk owns code/dependency scanning, and Sysdig covers runtime behavior. The guide's main conclusion is that the standalone serverless security category has largely consolidated into CNAPP platforms.
AI made software development unrecognizable. Is cybersecurity next?
Opinion piece argues AI-driven shifts that transformed software development—agent-run SOCs, autonomous triage—will soon reshape cybersecurity operations and staffing.
A CSO Online analysis notes Google Cloud research found 90% of developers already use AI, while a March 2026 Federal Reserve paper found coder employment growth fell roughly 3% since ChatGPT's arrival. Gartner predicts 80% of organizations will run smaller, AI-augmented engineering teams by 2030. Security leaders from Contrast Security, Menlo Security and the Cloud Security Alliance expect agent-run SOCs, machine-speed containment and abundant vulnerability discovery, but caution that absorption capacity and autonomous production-environment validation remain bottlenecks.
New CISO appointments 2026
Companies including Mistral AI, Trellix, Marriott, and ANZ appointed new CISOs in July-September 2026 amid high security-leadership turnover.
CSO Online's rolling column tracks senior security appointments, noting many companies are hiring a CSO/CISO for the first time. Notable moves include Thomas Coudray leaving Ledger to become Mistral AI's CISO, David Soto joining Trellix from Amazon, and Daniel Dubowski becoming Marriott International's SVP and CISO. Other appointments span ANZ, Gigamon, Axonius, Tricentis, Remitly, Allied Universal, and the State of California.