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Orca Security, Plerion, Sweet Security and Upwind Compared
Orca SecurityOrca Security sells a cloud security platform covering posture, AI discovery, code scanning, workload protection, and detection and response, sold as five named solution areas.orca.securityPlerionPlerion describes its offering as cloud security that does the work.plerion.comSweet SecuritySweet Security sells a Runtime CNAPP platform that combines cloud visibility, vulnerability management, posture management, identity threat detection and API security with an AI Security Platform for securing models and agents.sweet.securityUpwindUpwind sells a cloud and AI security platform that combines cloud workload, API and agent context with runtime intelligence to identify risks and detect attacks in real time.upwind.io
What it sells
  • Reduce cloud risk[4]Scans cloud accounts for misconfigurations and compliance gaps and prioritizes exposures so a team can show its cloud risk status to the board.
  • Secure AI[4]Finds AI models, packages and agents running across an organization's cloud accounts and applies posture and data-exposure checks to them.
  • Code securely[4]Scans code, dependencies, infrastructure-as-code and secrets before deployment and scores findings against live cloud context.
  • Protect workloads[4]Applies agentless scanning to virtual machines, containers and serverless workloads to find vulnerabilities and malware.
  • Detect and respondMonitors cloud environments for attacks in progress and supports containment of affected resources.
  • Pleri[1][2][3]Plerion calls Pleri your AI security engineer.
  • Runtime CNAPP[1]A cloud-native application protection platform that uses runtime context to detect and respond to threats across applications, workloads and infrastructure.
  • AI Security Platform (AISP)[1]Discovers AI models and agents, maps their interactions and flags misconfigurations or over-permissioned access, with runtime detection of adversarial attacks like prompt injection.
  • Cloud Application Detection & Response (CADR)Detects and responds to threats against cloud applications using runtime signals.
  • Cloud VisibilityProvides unified visibility into cloud environments, workloads and assets.
  • Vulnerability ManagementIdentifies and helps prioritize vulnerabilities across cloud workloads using runtime context.
  • Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)Checks cloud configuration against runtime context to surface posture issues that matter in production.
  • Cloud Security[1]A CNAPP that combines posture, workload and runtime signals to find and prioritize cloud risks.
  • AI SecurityMonitors AI workloads and agents within the cloud environment to identify risky configurations and behaviour.
  • Agentic Security[1]Watches autonomous AI agents and their skills or MCP connections for malicious or high-risk activity.
  • Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)[1]Checks cloud account and resource configuration against security policy on an ongoing basis.
  • Cloud Infrastructure Entitlements Management (CIEM)[1]Analyses identity permissions across cloud platforms to reduce excess access.
  • Cloud Detection & Response (CDR)[1]Correlates runtime signals and cloud activity logs to detect and respond to threats as they occur.
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Headquarters
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Founded
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Ownership and funding
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Named customers
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Recent news
  • May 12, 2026Orca Security announced it was included in Rising in Cyber 2026, an annual list from Notable Capital covering 30 private cybersecurity startups.[6]
  • April 13, 2026Orca Security announced a strategic distribution agreement with TD SYNNEX covering North America.[5]
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Who it fits
Not written yetFrom its own pages, the company sells mainly to organisations with cloud environments, saying its autonomous agents investigate your cloud and map what actually needs fixing. It also lists delivery partnerships for MSPs, MSSPs, and consultancies, so service providers are a stated audience. It publishes cloud security reference articles on controls and frameworks as well.Not written yetNot written yet
Last verified
September 27, 2026September 27, 2026November 5, 2026November 5, 2026

About Orca Security

Orca Security sells a cloud security platform covering posture, AI discovery, code scanning, workload protection, and detection and response, sold as five named solution areas. One is described as a way to know cloud exposure and prove to the board that risk is under control. Another is described as a way to govern every AI system in your cloud. A third is described as a way to catch risky code before it reaches production. A fourth is described as a way to harden every cloud workload without slowing your pipelines down. A fifth is described as a way to catch cloud and AI attacks as they unfold and contain the blast radius.[2][4]

Orca SideScanning™ is described as agentless scanning across every cloud workload. Orca Sensor is described as runtime observability and protection.[4]

The site also lists Unified Data Model, described as risk correlation to inform action. Risk Prioritization is described as dynamic scoring and attack path analysis. A capability entry is described as agentless vulnerability management that prioritizes your most critical risks. A further one is described as securing cloud identities, users, and entitlements.[1][3][4]

Orca Security on the record

Sources

Orca Security full record

  1. [1]orca.securityOrca Security · orca.security · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]PlatformOrca Security · orca.security · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]Orca Security Report 99.9 of Fixable AI Vulnerabilities Remain Unpatched as AI Moves Into ProductionOrca Security via Business Wire · businesswire.com · published July 9, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]Orca Security | AI-Powered Cloud Security Platform & CNAPPOrca Security · undated page, accessed October 27, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Orca Security Accelerates AI-Driven Cloud Security Growth with TD SYNNEX PartnershipBusiness Wire · published April 13, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]Orca Security Named to Rising in Cyber 2026 for Third Consecutive YearBusiness Wire · published May 12, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Orca Security Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features - G2G2 · undated page, accessed October 27, 2026 · Tier C

Plerion full record

  1. [1]plerion.comPlerion · plerion.com · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]PlerionPlerion · undated page, accessed October 27, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]Privacy Policy | PlerionPlerion · published June 12, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]Application and Interface Security Policy and Procedures | PlerionPlerion · published July 15, 2025 · Tier A
  5. [5]Application Security Baseline Requirements | PlerionPlerion · published July 15, 2025 · Tier A

Sweet Security full record

  1. [1]Sweet security raises 75m series b and unveils the first unified runtime cnapp for cloud and ai securitySweet Security · sweet.security · published November 12, 2025 · Tier A

Upwind full record

  1. [1]upwind.ioUpwind · upwind.io · undated page, accessed November 5, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]NewsroomUpwind · upwind.io · undated page, accessed November 5, 2026 · Tier A

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