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Container security vendors

We list 29 companies active in cloud workload and container security, and 1 of them has it as its main focus. 9 are public, 6 are owned by another company and 14 are private. Most are based in the United States (23). The oldest, Microsoft, was founded in 1975. By revenue from annual reports, the largest company here is Microsoft ($331.8bn in FY2026).

By countryUnited States 23

Companies focused on cloud workload and container security

1 company
CompanyBased inFoundedSizeOwnershipRevenue
Red Hat

Open source software company whose Advanced Cluster Security product protects Kubernetes and container workloads, alongside Red Hat Enterprise Linux and OpenShift.

Raleigh, United StatesPrivate

Also active in cloud workload and container security

28 companies
CompanyBased inFoundedSizeOwnershipRevenue
Microsoft

Microsoft sells software, cloud services, hardware, and gaming products.

Redmond, United States1975228,000 staffPublic, MSFT$331.8bn (FY2026)
Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Networks provides cybersecurity platforms and services to protect organizations from cyber threats.

Santa Clara, United States200513,900 staffPublic, PANW$11.5bn (FY2026)
Fortinet

Fortinet provides cybersecurity solutions and services, including networking and security convergence, for enterprises and governments.

Sunnyvale, United States200015,109 staffPublic, FTNT$6.8bn (FY2025)
CrowdStrike

CrowdStrike provides AI-native cybersecurity solutions to stop breaches.

Austin, United States20117,925 staffPublic, CRWD$4.8bn (FY2026)
Zscaler

Zscaler provides a cloud-native zero trust cybersecurity platform that securely connects users, devices, and applications.

San Jose, United States2007Public, ZS$3.4bn (FY2026)
Check Point

Check Point Software provides cyber security solutions including network, cloud, and AI security.

Tel Aviv, Israel1993Public, CHKP$2.7bn (FY2025)
Elastic

Elastic provides the Elasticsearch Platform, which includes search, observability, and security solutions.

Mountain View, United States2012Public, ESTC$1.7bn (FY2026)
SentinelOne

SentinelOne provides an AI-native cybersecurity platform for endpoint, identity, and cloud protection.

Mountain View, United States2013Public, S$1.0bn (FY2026)
Tenable

Tenable provides an exposure management platform that unifies security visibility, insight, and action across the attack surface.

Columbia, United States2002Public, TENB$999.4m (FY2025)
Amazon Web Services

Amazon Web Services is a cloud computing platform that provides a wide range of services.

Seattle, United States2006Owned by Amazon
Aqua Security

Aqua Security provides cloud native security covering containers, Kubernetes and serverless workloads from build through runtime.

Israel2015Private
Blast Security

Blast Security provides a preemptive cloud defense platform.

Tel Aviv, Israel2024Private
Checkmarx

Checkmarx provides application security testing software that scans code for vulnerabilities.

Tel Aviv, United States2006Owned by Hellman & Friedman
Hillstone Networks

Hillstone Networks provides cyber security products including firewalls, threat detection and cloud workload protection.

Santa Clara, United StatesPrivate
JFrog

Software supply chain security and artifact management platform that blocks risky open source packages, scans for exploitable vulnerabilities and governs releases and AI models.

Sunnyvale, United StatesPrivate
O3 Security

O3 Security sells a platform for software supply chain security.

Dover, India2025Private
Opaque Systems

Provides a trust layer that lets organisations run AI on sensitive data with hardware-enforced governance and verifiable proof.

San Francisco, United StatesOwned by Anthropic
Orca Security

Orca Security provides an agentless cloud security platform that scans workloads from the cloud control plane rather than by installing agents.

Israel2019Private
Sysdig

Sysdig provides cloud security built on the open-source Falco project, with an emphasis on runtime detection inside running workloads.

United States2013Private
Upwind Security

Upwind provides a runtime-powered cloud security platform that uses live workload behaviour to prioritise posture findings.

IsraelPrivate
Veracode

Veracode provides a platform that identifies and fixes security flaws in software.

Burlington, United States2006Owned by TA Associates
Wiz

Wiz provides a cloud and AI security platform that connects code, cloud, and runtime for risk reduction and threat response.

New York City, United States2020Part of Google
Chainguard

Chainguard builds hardened, verified open source container images, libraries and packages to reduce vulnerabilities.

Seattle, United StatesPrivate
Cloudrise

Cloudrise provides security services to enterprises and technology partners.

Grand Junction, United States2019Part of Exclusive Networks
Contrast Security

Contrast Security provides runtime application security that detects and blocks attacks from inside running applications.

Pleasanton, United StatesPrivate
Deep Instinct

Deep Instinct provides deep learning-based data security that prevents malware and ransomware across cloud, NAS, applications, and endpoints.

New York, United States2014Private
Oracle

Identity and access management with OCI IAM, Oracle Access Management and Oracle Access Governance, alongside Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Oracle's business applications.

Austin, United StatesPrivate
Snyk

Snyk provides a security platform that finds and fixes vulnerabilities in code, dependencies, containers, and cloud infrastructure.

Boston, United States2015Private

Recent deals in cloud workload and container security

All cloud workload and container security deals
DateDealAmountSource
October 2026Anthropic acquired Opaque SystemsSource for Anthropic buying Opaque Systems, opens in a new tabUndisclosedSource for Anthropic buying Opaque Systems, opens in a new tab
1 Sept 2026Palo Alto Networks acquired ConsoleSource for Palo Alto Networks buying Console, opens in a new tabUndisclosedSource for Palo Alto Networks buying Console, opens in a new tab
18 Aug 2026Fortinet acquired Virtue AISource for Fortinet buying Virtue AI, opens in a new tabUndisclosedSource for Fortinet buying Virtue AI, opens in a new tab
July 2026CrowdStrike acquired XM CyberSource for CrowdStrike buying XM Cyber, opens in a new tabUndisclosedSource for CrowdStrike buying XM Cyber, opens in a new tab
May 2026Check Point acquired DeepchecksSource for Check Point buying Deepchecks, opens in a new tabUndisclosedSource for Check Point buying Deepchecks, opens in a new tab
May 2026Zscaler acquired Symmetry SystemsSource for Zscaler buying Symmetry Systems, opens in a new tabUndisclosedSource for Zscaler buying Symmetry Systems, opens in a new tab
February 2026Check Point acquired CyataSource for Check Point buying Cyata, opens in a new tabUndisclosedSource for Check Point buying Cyata, opens in a new tab
February 2026Check Point acquired CyclopsSource for Check Point buying Cyclops, opens in a new tabUndisclosedSource for Check Point buying Cyclops, opens in a new tab
February 2026Check Point acquired RotateSource for Check Point buying Rotate, opens in a new tabUndisclosedSource for Check Point buying Rotate, opens in a new tab
February 2026Zscaler acquired SquareXSource for Zscaler buying SquareX, opens in a new tabUndisclosedSource for Zscaler buying SquareX, opens in a new tab

Acquisitions come from SecurityWeek's monthly M&A round-ups from 2021 onwards, from Cybersecurity Ventures' quarterly M&A reports for 2020, and a few from Wikipedia lists. These are dated to the month. A few deals added from the news are dated to the day. Smaller deals may be missing. Amounts are in US dollars.

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