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title: "Frost Radar™: Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms, 2026"
description: A Benchmarking System to Spark Companies to Action - Innovation That Fuels New Deal Flow and Growth Pipelines
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# Top 10 Platforms Transforming the Next Phase of Cloud Security Leadership

**Turning Cloud Risk into Coordinated, Actionable Intelligence**

Enterprises operating across multicloud and hybrid environments are navigating an expanding attack surface spanning infrastructure, workloads, identities, applications, and AI systems. This is accelerating the shift toward a more integrated cloud security approach, focused on continuous risk alignment and context-driven decision-making.

Frost & Sullivan’s Frost Radar™: Cloud-native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP), 2026 spotlights top 10 innovators and maps the competitive landscape across innovation, growth, and execution. The analysis highlights platforms that bring together development, cloud, and security operations, enabling organizations to manage risk with greater clarity, coordination, and precision.

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##### Growth Momentum in CNAPP

- $7.37 billion (2025)
- 30.8% Year on year growth
- 30.8% Year on year growth

### Benchmark Your Cloud Security Strategy

###### Expansion of multicloud and hybrid environments

###### Increasing adoption of containers, Kubernetes, and serverless

###### Rising importance of software supply chain security

###### Board-level focus on cyber risk governance

###### A Strategic Assessment of the CNAPP Vendor Ecosystem

1. 1 Platform-led innovators driving code-to-cloud-to-security operation center (SOC) integration
2. 2 Runtime-focused players emphasizing exploitability-based risk reduction
3. 3 Ecosystem-driven vendors enabling large-scale enterprise adoption

###### Why This Means for Executive Decision-makers

1. 1 Benchmarking cloud security maturity against industry leaders
2. 2 Identifying the right platform strategy for their organization
3. 3 Aligning cybersecurity investments with business risk outcomes
4. 4 Navigating vendor selection in an evolving landscape

Which platform strategies, architectural choices, and innovation pathways will define leadership in the next phase of cloud security?

###### [Download the Full Analysis](https://go.frost.com/fr/sec/plyx_cloudnative#ac-form)

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