Who leads security at Sysdig

What the company sells

Sysdig delivers real-time defense for cloud, containers, and AI agents. Sysdig captures live system calls at the kernel level, which shows what is actually running in the cloud.

Sysdig offers an agentless approach that provides visibility into cloud security posture, covering vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, in-use permissions, and threats. Sysdig delivers real-time threat detection across workloads, identities, cloud services, and third-party apps by combining drift control, machine learning, and Falco rules curated by the Sysdig Threat Research Team. Cloud Attack Graph correlates assets, activity, and risks across domains to uncover hidden attack paths and accelerate incident detection and response. Sysdig combines runtime insights, such as in-use vulnerabilities and in-use permissions, with static assessments, including misconfigurations and known security flaws, to generate a prioritized list of the riskiest findings.

Sysdig uses a graph model that continuously ingests and correlates data from cloud APIs, configurations, identity permissions, and runtime insights. Sysdig maintains an inventory of cloud resources, enriched with compliance violations, vulnerabilities, and IAM misconfigurations. For workloads, Sysdig detects workload and container threats in real time with out-of-the-box detection rules, powered by Falco and curated by the Threat Research Team. For vulnerabilities, Sysdig prioritizes vulnerabilities tied to in-use packages, enriched with context like exploitability, exposure, and asset criticality. CVE360 offers a complete picture of each vulnerability, including its source, affected resources, and how to fix it. Sysdig identifies high-impact fixes at the source, such as a patch to a base image that resolves dozens of downstream vulnerabilities. Sysdig Sage provides AI-powered remediation guidance with step-by-step instructions in natural language.

Sysdig delivers real-time detection across Linux and Windows servers, containers and Kubernetes, cloud logs and trails, and Serverless (FaaS). Sysdig correlates identity activity patterns with workload exploits to detect compromised identities and stop attacks at the first sign of privilege escalation and account compromise. Sysdig server threat detection starts with a lightweight agent, fueled by the Falco detection engine. The Sysdig agent streams kernel-level events, cloud service logs, and Kubernetes metadata in real time. For infrastructure as code, Sysdig automatically scans infrastructure code during development to detect misconfigurations, policy violations, and vulnerabilities in Terraform, CloudFormation, Kubernetes manifests, and other IaC templates before they reach production. Sysdig enforces security standards directly in the development workflow using OPA-based policies.

The Sysdig GenAI Assistant, formerly Sysdig Sage, is powered by an autonomous agents architecture and employs multi-step reasoning and contextual awareness. The Sysdig GenAI Assistant can respond to user queries on cloud detection and response, posture management, and vulnerability management. The Sysdig GenAI Assistant is available as a conversational assistant and embedded directly into the UI. Secure AI extends the Sysdig Secure platform with an expert AI security team. Secure AI can run inside the agents a team already uses, take on the work, or answer questions along the way. Sysdig connects its platform to the AI agents a team already uses through curated agent skills and an MCP server. Sysdig Secure lets users define desired outcomes while autonomous agents handle the work.

Sysdig Monitor provides visibility into Kubernetes clusters, namespaces, workloads, pods, and containers, regardless of cloud platform. Sysdig Monitor collects metrics about an environment, then correlates and enriches those metrics. Sysdig grew out of open source and supports open standards. The Sysdig Threat Research Team monitors emerging attacker behaviors and cloud-native threats and turns real-world insights into actionable detections. Sysdig's Threat Research Team has spent years uncovering novel cloud attacks, from JADEPUFFER to SCARLETEEL.

Sysdig describes a product for defending Kubernetes, containers, and hosts in on-premises, air-gapped, and private cloud environments. Sysdig cloud detection and response is designed to provide advanced capabilities across multi-cloud, hybrid, and on-premises infrastructures. The security and engineering teams at BigCommerce use Sysdig to identify and eliminate misconfigurations and streamline compliance. Neo4j needed a cloud security platform that provided unified coverage across its cloud environment. Apree Health uses Sysdig for security and incident response and for visibility into its Kubernetes deployment.^{[1][3][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]}

Categories

• Cloud-native application protection (CNAPP) (primary category)
• Cloud workload protection
• Cloud security posture management
• Cloud detection and response
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Headquarters

San Francisco, United States^[2]

Founded

Not established from our sources

Ownership

Privately held^[4][19]

CISO on record

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Website

sysdig.com

Products and services

Product names as the company writes them; what each does, in our words, from the company's own product pages. Never how well it does it.

• Sysdig Secure^[3][17]

  A cloud-native application protection platform that unifies prevention, detection, and response across containers, Kubernetes, identities, workloads, and cloud services.

• Sysdig Monitor^{[1][11][13][14]}

  Provides visibility into Kubernetes clusters, namespaces, workloads, pods, and containers.

  Sysdig Monitor provides visibility into Kubernetes clusters, namespaces, workloads, pods, and containers, regardless of cloud platform. Sysdig Monitor collects metrics about an environment, then correlates and enriches those metrics.

Competitors and alternatives

The other companies on our record filed under the same categories, category by category: first those that lead with that category and share more of Sysdig's categories, then alphabetical. A list from the record, never a ranking.

• On cloud-native application protection (cnapp), Sysdig competes with Lacework, Orca Security, RAD Security, Uptycs, Upwind, Wiz, Aqua Security, Cyscale, Plerion, Sweet Security and 12 more.

• On cloud workload protection, Sysdig competes with AccuKnox, Modelyo, Oligo, Raven.io, VMware, Lacework, Orca Security, RAD Security, Uptycs, Wiz and 3 more.

• On cloud security posture management, Sysdig competes with Lacework, RAD Security, Upwind, Cyscale, Intruder, SAIC and Sonrai.

• On cloud detection and response, Sysdig competes with Miggo, Mitiga, Skyhawk Security, Stream.Security, Lacework, Orca Security, Uptycs, Upwind, Wiz, Sweet Security and 4 more.

What review platforms show

The headline rating and review count each platform showed in public search results on the day we looked, with the link. We do not read or reproduce the reviews, and a rating is the platform's, not ours.

• G2 · 4.7 out of 5^[19]seen November 10, 2026

Recent news

Dated company events from the last twelve months, each in one sentence of ours with its source. Newest first.

• November 4, 2026

  Sysdig announced general availability of Sysdig AI Defense, a product providing runtime security and governance for AI agents. Sysdig^[15]

• August 4, 2026

  Sysdig announced the launch of Sysdig Secure AI, a new AI-native offering built on the Sysdig Secure CNAPP. Sysdig^[17]

• June 16, 2026

  Sysdig announced the appointment of Hatem Naguib as Chief Executive Officer and a member of its board of directors. Sysdig^[16]

• March 23, 2026

  Sysdig announced runtime security for AI coding agents, intended to help organizations adopt autonomous development tools safely. Sysdig^[18]

References

Every fact above cites one of these by number. Tier A is the company itself, a regulator or a filing; tier B is trade or business press.

1. [1]sysdig.comSysdig · sysdig.com · undated page, accessed November 5, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
2. [2]Inc best workplaces 2019Sysdig · sysdig.com · published May 28, 2019 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
3. [3]Sysdig | Cloud Security Starts at RuntimeSysdig · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
4. [4]Sysdig Platform | SysdigSysdig · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
5. [5]Cloud Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) | SysdigSysdig · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
6. [6]Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) Tools | SysdigSysdig · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
7. [7]Cloud Workload Protection Platform (CWPP) | SysdigSysdig · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
8. [8]Vulnerability Management Tools | SysdigSysdig · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
9. [9]Cloud Detection and Response (CDR) | SysdigSysdig · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
10. [10]Server Threat Detection Tools | SysdigSysdig · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
11. [11]Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Security | SysdigSysdig · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
12. [12]Generative AI – SysdigSysdig · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
13. [13]Cloud Monitoring | SysdigSysdig · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
14. [14]Sysdig Monitor | SysdigSysdig · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
15. [15]Sysdig Launches Sysdig AI Defense, Bringing Runtime Security to Every Action AI Agents TakeSysdig · published November 4, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
16. [16]Sysdig Names Hatem Naguib as CEO to Lead Next Generation of AI-Driven Cloud SecuritySysdig · published June 16, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
17. [17]Sysdig Launches Secure AI to Democratize Machine-Speed Cloud DefenseSysdig · published August 4, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
18. [18]Sysdig Launches Runtime Security for AI Coding AgentsSysdig · published March 23, 2026 · Tier A: the company, a regulator or a filing
19. [19]Sysdig Secure Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & FeaturesG2 · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier C

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