Subcategory · AI Citation Index
Cloud Security
The cloud security landscape reflects a maturation around three pillars: identity management (Okta), endpoint/workload protection (CrowdStrike), and cloud-native application protection (Orca Security). Azure Cloud Services' repeated appearance with varying shortlist rates suggests evaluators consider Microsoft's native tooling across multiple security domains. The 93 consensus brands against only 12 evaluation brands indicates a well-established market with clear category leaders, though the prominence of newer CNAPP vendors like Orca signals ongoing architectural shifts toward unified cloud security platforms.
134 discovery queries · 233 head-to-heads · refreshed Oct 22, 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.
AkamaiEvaluation 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.
Trends
Over the last 12 months
Brands to know
In this category
Orca Security
Matches hyperscaler shortlist rates at 64%, signaling strong CNAPP adoption for agentless cloud security posture management.
Read brand profile →Okta
Achieves 62% shortlist rate as the identity layer remains foundational to zero-trust cloud architectures.
Read brand profile →Crowdstrike
Appears twice with 57% and 54% rates, reflecting dual consideration for endpoint protection and cloud workload security.
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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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