Subcategory · AI Citation Index
Cloud Security
Cloud security evaluation reveals a mature market dominated by platform consolidation plays. Orca Security and Lacework represent the CNAPP (Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform) approach with agentless scanning and runtime protection, while Okta anchors identity and access management. CrowdStrike's dual presence suggests endpoint-to-cloud convergence. The 77-brand consensus against near-zero prompt coverage indicates buyers rely heavily on established vendor awareness rather than specific requirement articulation, pointing to either category maturity or evaluation fatigue.
134 discovery queries · 236 head-to-heads · refreshed Jul 13, 2026
Discovery stage
The shortlist
Across 134 buyer-style "Cloud Security" queries
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Signal by intent
By topic
Top 5 most-cited brands per intent cluster. Brands with zero citations in a topic are not shown.
Evaluation stage
Head-to-head
How often AI cites each brand across uniform category evaluation prompts · median 6/100
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Each brand's score is the share of category evaluation prompts where AI cited them across all four engines — the same prompt pool for every brand. Brands above the median citation rate have stronger presence in evaluation-stage queries.
Brands to know
In this category
Orca Security
Leads at 64% shortlist rate with agentless CNAPP approach, suggesting side-scanning architecture resonates with buyers avoiding agent sprawl.
Read brand profile →Okta
62% shortlist rate positions identity and access management as foundational cloud security layer, competing across IAM and broader security platforms.
Read brand profile →CrowdStrike
Dual presence in top brands at 58% and 43% reflects endpoint security heritage expanding into cloud workload protection and threat detection.
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Where AI pulls citations from
473 citations captured across Cloud Security prompt runs.
Vendor pages
203Product, help, and marketing pages from tracked vendors
Independent sources
89Reviews, encyclopedias, forums, press — not vendor-owned
Buyer questions
What AI cites for top Cloud Security questions
Most-cited prompts across the buyer journey. Click any prompt to see the actual URLs AI engines link to.
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