
Upwind Security raises $400 million Series C at $3.8 billion valuation
The round comes nine months after a $250 million raise and follows disputed reports that Datadog offered nearly $4 billion to acquire the startup.
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The round comes nine months after a $250 million raise and follows disputed reports that Datadog offered nearly $4 billion to acquire the startup.

Of 400 professionals surveyed, 93% run production cloud workloads, but only 40% call their strategy advanced.

Wiz makes its AI security agents available in FedRAMP High Wiz for Gov for U.S. agencies.

A 2026 comparison ranks Microsoft Defender for Cloud the best native Azure security tool, with Wiz the top add-on.

Forrester named Wiz a Leader in its Q3 2026 Wave for proactive security platforms.

A buyer's guide compares pricing and features of 12 multi-cloud security platforms including Wiz, Prisma Cloud, FortiCNAPP, and Defender for Cloud.

A 2026 buyer's guide splits cloud compliance into posture scanners (Wiz, Prisma Cloud, Orca) and audit evidence automation platforms (Vanta, Drata, Scrut).

An editorial scorecard ranks the top ten Google Cloud security tools for 2026, with Wiz, Sysdig, and Security Command Center leading on correlation, GKE runtime, and native depth.

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.

An editorial roundup of the ten best Azure security tools in 2026 names Defender for Cloud the native floor, with Wiz, Orca, and Prisma Cloud leading third-party options.

Editorial roundup ranking the ten best AWS security tools of 2026, from native GuardDuty and Security Hub to CNAPPs like Wiz and Prisma Cloud.

GBHackers compares 12 Kubernetes security vendors including Sysdig, Wiz, Aqua, and Cisco Isovalent on features, pricing units, and procurement strategy.

An editorial roundup of the ten best multi-cloud security platforms for 2026, split between CNAPPs (Wiz, Prisma Cloud) and cloud-networking security (Aviatrix).

Editorial scorecard ranks ten 2026 cloud detection and response platforms; Sysdig, Wiz, and CrowdStrike lead, with Wiz's Gem Security acquisition highlighted.

Independent comparison of 12 CNAPP platforms finds identical estates draw quotes 2-3x apart; Microsoft Defender for Cloud is the only fully published per-resource option.

Editorial comparison ranks twelve CWPP vendors, with Sysdig leading K8s runtime depth, Prisma Cloud workload breadth, and Wiz agentless speed.

CSPM comparison ranks Wiz first for agentless attack-path analysis; notes Ermetic absorbed into Tenable and Lacework into Fortinet FortiCNAPP.

2026 roundup ranks Aqua, Sysdig, Prisma Cloud, Wiz, Snyk and CrowdStrike among the ten best container security tools across build-ship-run.

2026 CIEM guide ranks Wiz, Prisma Cloud, Okta, Entra Permissions Management and specialists Sonrai, Britive, Tenable/Ermetic for cloud entitlement right-sizing.

GBHackers ranks 10 CNAPP platforms for 2026, naming Wiz, Prisma Cloud, and Microsoft Defender for Cloud as category leaders.

2026 CSPM comparison ranks Wiz atop cloud posture tools and recaps Google's pending roughly $32 billion acquisition of Wiz.

Wiz for Gov achieved GovRAMP High authorization, validating NIST SP 800-53r5 controls for state, local government, and higher-education cloud security procurement.

Wiz announces Workflows general availability and public preview of Remediation and Response for closed-loop, automated cloud remediation.

Wiz details how its internal FinOps team uses Wiz Cloud Cost to investigate and optimize cloud spend with deep security context.
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