Aqua Security Named Cloud Security Platform of the Year
The 10th annual CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards recognized the firm for its cloud-native workload protection.
Updated on Oct. 9, 2026 in Cybersecurity
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Independent market intelligence firm CyberSecurity Breakthrough awarded Aqua Security the title of Cloud Security Platform of the Year on October 8, 2026. The award recognizes innovation in securing cloud-native environments across a global enterprise footprint.
Why it matters
The recognition highlights the industry shift toward integrating security directly into distributed cloud workloads rather than relying solely on perimeter defenses. Aqua Securitys approach is currently utilized by a significant portion of the Fortune 100 to manage risks in real-time.
The Aqua Security platform currently protects more than 1.5 million workloads across 500 enterprise customers, representing over 40% of the Fortune 100. These figures compare against the firm’s growth since its founding in 2015.
The players
Aqua Security
A cybersecurity firm based in Boston and Ramat Gan that provides platforms for protecting cloud-native workloads.
CyberSecurity Breakthrough
An independent market intelligence organization that evaluates and awards innovation within the information security industry.
The details
The platform secures environments by mapping risks identified in software code to activity occurring inside active, running workloads. Aqua Enforcers, which are small security agents, operate locally within the workload to verify policies and deny unauthorized actions in real-time. This method allows the system to bridge the gap between static vulnerability scanning and active threat prevention.
Timeline
2015: Aqua Security was founded.
2025: Aqua Secure AI won the CyberSecurity Solution of the Year award.
October 8, 2026: Aqua Security received the 2026 platform award.
The Tech Race
This win marks the 10th iteration of the CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards, reflecting the maturation of cloud-native security standards. It follows the industry trend of rewarding platforms that demonstrate measurable risk reduction across complex, high-scale environments.
Enterprise security teams currently managing large-scale cloud infrastructure can evaluate the platform for its policy-enforcement capabilities inside live workloads. The technology is specifically designed for complex, multi-country deployments across 40 different nations.
The takeaway
The award confirms that automated, workload-integrated security is currently the industry-standard approach for large-scale enterprise protection. Stakeholders should monitor upcoming 2027 award cycles to see how competing vendors adjust their AI-driven security offerings to keep pace with these benchmarks.
Further reading
Explore more analysis of industry standards in our Cybersecurity section.
More information
View the platform specifications on the Aqua Security official website.
Source note: This article includes information reported by The Manila times.
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