2021 Gartner Market Guide for Cloud Workload Protection Platforms (CWPP)

Based on our understanding of the Gartner report, security and risk management leaders should develop a strategy for addressing the unique and dynamic requirements for protecting hybrid cloud workloads. Gartner’s recommendations for cloud workload security include:

Sysdig is listed by Gartner® as a Representative Vendor for Cloud Workload Protection Platforms. Gartner also notes Sysdig in the list of companies building or acquiring CSPM capabilities.

* Gartner, “Market Guide for Cloud Workload Protection Platforms”, Neil MacDonald, Tom Croll, 12 July 2021. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner’s research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. GARTNER is a registered trademark and service mark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and internationally, and is used herein with permission. All rights reserved.

  • Proactively extend CWPP testing into the CI/CD pipeline.
  • Extension into cloud security posture management (CSPM).
  • Make container protection capabilities a mandatory requirement in your CWPP evaluation (including for Kubernetes).
  • Support for workload EDR, behavioral monitoring, and threat detection and response.

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