Upwind Named CNADR Company of the Year by Frost & Sullivan and Recognized in the Gartner® 2025 Market Guide for CNAPP and Three Hype Cycles

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 14, 2025--

Upwind, a next-generation cloud security provider, today announced it has been recognized across multiple analyst reports in 2025, including publications from Gartner® and Frost & Sullivan. Upwind believes these acknowledgements validate its bottom up, hard work, rebuilding cloud security with Runtime as a foundation and its momentum in shaping the future of cloud-native security and highlight the company’s continued impact on the rapidly evolving CNAPP (Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform) category.

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Upwind is a Runtime-first cloud security platform that secures deployments, configurations, and applications by providing real-time visibility from the inside out. Its unified Runtime fabric maps an environment as it runs - revealing what’s truly at risk, what’s actively happening, and how to respond quickly and effectively. A live map of network and application topology enables teams to prioritize fixes based on real usage and detect threats as they happen.

“Upwind's real-time insights and support have enhanced our cloud security operations,” said Sardorbek Pulatov, VP Engineering & Security at Vestiaire Collective. “Upwind saves us a significant amount of time, helping our team focus on the truly critical alerts while disregarding low-priority findings. With Upwind, we are able to identify any vulnerabilities and can prioritize them for remediation - helping us operate more efficiently and securely.”

For Upwind, recognition across leading analyst firms underscores growing market demand for this consolidated, developer-aligned, inside-out approach to securing modern applications.

Recognized across multiple analyst landscapes

In 2025, Upwind has been:

A platform built for Runtime speed, developer control, and real security outcomes

Upwind believes its recognition is grounded in its differentiated approach to cloud-native security built from the ground-up for Runtime. By combining a lightweight eBPF-based sensor with full-stack visibility, Upwind empowers security teams to detect, investigate, and respond to risks and threats in real time, without adding complexity or slowing down developers.

The platform's unique Threat Stories capability correlates Runtime signals, misconfigurations, audit logs, and identity data into a single, actionable view - enabling teams to trace threats back to the exact code or pipeline that introduced them.

“Security can’t be bolted on after deployment. It has to be built in continuously, contextually, and with developers at the center,” said Amiram Shachar, CEO and Co-Founder of Upwind. “To us, this wave of analyst recognition validates the strength of our vision, our product, and most importantly, our team. Upwind’s momentum is driven by real customer adoption, technical innovation, and word-of-mouth from the people who use and love our platform. We’re not building for the exit; we’re building for impact. We’re focused on solving real, complex problems for the teams building and securing the cloud. That’s why engineers, platform teams, and SOCs are choosing Upwind to simplify, scale, and unify cloud-native security at the speed of modern development.”

Market momentum in a maturing category

As cloud-native adoption accelerates, organizations are moving away from fragmented tools and seeking integrated solutions that provide visibility across the entire application lifecycle. According to Gartner, CNAPP platforms are emerging as the preferred approach for securing dynamic cloud environments, especially as DevSecOps, platform engineering, and GenAI adoption rise.

Frost & Sullivan described Upwind as a game-changer in this space, citing its ability to drive impact across the customer value chain and consolidate once-disconnected functions like ADR, CDR, CWPP, and CSPM into a single system.

About Upwind

Upwind is the next-generation cloud security platform built to lead the Runtime revolution. With rapid momentum and a bold vision to unify cloud and application-layer protection, Upwind helps organizations run faster, detect threats earlier, and secure their environments with unmatched precision. Upwind was founded by Amiram Shachar and his founding partners from Spot.io (which was sold to NetApp for $450 million) and is backed by top cybersecurity investors Greylock, Cyberstarts, Leaders Fund, Craft Ventures, Cerca Partners, and Sheva, a VC fund founded by former NBA player Omri Casspi. The company has secured $180 million in funding since its founding in 2022. For more information or to schedule a demo and see the future of Runtime security firsthand, visit www.upwind.io.

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Upwind Named CNADR Company of the Year by Frost & Sullivan and Recognized in the Gartner® 2025 Market Guide for CNAPP and Three Hype Cycles

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia voters will pick their nominees Tuesday for this year’s congressional midterm elections, capping a primary season marked by upheaval thanks to Democrats’ failed redistricting initiative.

The commonwealth typically holds its primaries in June but this year moved them to August to accommodate a push approved by voters — but squashed by the courts — to draw congressional districts more favorable to Democrats, part of a nationwide redistricting battle.

The state Supreme Court struck down the Democrats’ redrawn map, which would have given their candidates a shot at winning 10 of the state’s 11 congressional seats, but not before candidates launched campaigns in those presumed districts. When it became clear in May that voters would be casting ballots in congressional districts that have been in place since 2021, many candidates ended their bids. Others scrambled to move their campaign to another district, while some opted to carry on in much less favorable races.

The upheaval created challenges for the candidates, who had to stay in the primary season longer than usual and in some cases take their messages to different communities, Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger recently told reporters. But Spanberger, a former member of Congress who represented swing districts, said she remained “bullish” on her party's chances in the general election and hopeful that as many as four seats could flip in Virginia.

“The biggest point of consternation that I have is I think that along the way, people … incorrectly took the message that we couldn’t win without redistricting. We can win. I believe we will win,” she said.

Virginia is currently represented in the U.S. House of Representatives by six Democrats and five Republicans, all of whom are seeking reelection this year. Democrats who are less optimistic than Spanberger hope to flip at least two seats, contributing to their party’s effort to take control of the House for the second half of Trump’s term.

There are crowded Democratic primaries in two of the most competitive seats, where Republican incumbents Jen Kiggans and Rob Wittman avoided intraparty challenges but will be on defense in the fall.

Elsewhere, two incumbents, Democratic Rep. Don Beyer and Republican Rep. John McGuire, face primary challenges but have far outraised their opponents.

Republicans also were picking their nominee for what will be an uphill challenge against U.S. Sen. Mark Warner.

Two of Virginia’s congressional districts are among Democrats' top targets for retaking control of the House. The coastal 2nd District, with its population center in Virginia Beach, is a must-win for the party. The slightly more Republican-leaning 1st District has about half its population in the Richmond suburbs and the other half in more rural counties stretching north and west.

In the 2nd District, former U.S. Rep. Elaine Luria is seen as the favorite in the four-way Democratic primary field. It also includes physician Nila Devanath, who sought to define herself as the progressive voice in the race, along with scientist and veteran Bill Fleming, and Patrick Mosolf, a former international aid and humanitarian worker.

Luria, who is backed by the House Democrats’ campaign arm and has far outraised her opponents, is a retired Navy commander who was elected to the House in 2018 and served two terms before being ousted by Kiggans, a former Navy helicopter pilot.

The 1st District features a crowded seven-way primary, but most observers see a front-runner in Shannon Taylor, who has served as the elected prosecutor in suburban Richmond’s Henrico County for 14 years.

Taylor also has the backing of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and a massive fundraising advantage, though she’s faced sharp criticism from her opponents, including Salaam Bhatti, an attorney.

The race also includes several military veterans — Elizabeth Dempsey Beggs, Jason Knapp and Mel Tull — along with environmental advocate Tim Cywinski and attorney Ericka Kopp.

Only two of Virginia's 11 U.S. House incumbents face a primary challenge.

In central Virginia’s 5th District, Trump-endorsed McGuire, a former Navy SEAL and state lawmaker, faces veteran Melanie Lucero, whom McGuire has far outraised.

In Northern Virginia’s overwhelmingly blue 8th District surrounding Washington, incumbent Rep. Don Beyer faces four challengers for the nomination as he seeks a seventh term.

A former congressman seeking the chance at a comeback, Tom Perriello, is also among Tuesday’s primary contenders. Perriello has led fundraising in a three-way race for the Democratic nomination in the 5th District, which he represented for one term beginning in 2009.

Voters will also be settling a three-way statewide contest to pick the Republican nominee to challenge Democratic Sen. Mark Warner, a well-known former governor who was first elected to the Senate in 2008 and currently serves as the ranking Democrat on the chamber’s Intelligence Committee.

Defeating Warner would be an enormous challenge, and the race is not among those seen as a battleground that will determine control of the Senate.

The GOP contenders are: Kim Farington, an accountant who has touted her work over decades in the federal government; Bert Mizusawa, a decorated retired Army major general; and David Williams, a Marine Corps reservist.

Warner does not have a primary challenger.

Democratic congressional candidate Shannon Taylor speaks with supporter Bill Ramsey at a door-knocking event Saturday, July 25, 2026, in Williamsburg, Va. (AP Photo/Mike Kropf)