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Skyhigh Security vs Upwind

Skyhigh Security sells Hybrid Mesh SSE, which decouples policy management from enforcement location, so that a security policy authored once is enforced across a mesh of local gateways, virtual appliances, and global cloud points of presence. Upwind sells security for cloud workloads, APIs and agents, combining their context with runtime intelligence to identify critical risks and catch new attacks in real time. CISO Tribune files both under Cloud-native application protection (CNAPP). This page sets the two records side by side: what each sells, where it is based, who owns and funds it, the customers it names and its recent news, each fact numbered to its source.

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  • Skyhigh Security
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Skyhigh Security vs Upwind: Products, Customers and Funding Compared
Skyhigh SecuritySkyhigh Security sells Hybrid Mesh SSE, which decouples policy management from enforcement location, so that a security policy authored once is enforced across a mesh of local gateways, virtual appliances, and global cloud points of presence.skyhighsecurity.comUpwindUpwind sells security for cloud workloads, APIs and agents, combining their context with runtime intelligence to identify critical risks and catch new attacks in real time.upwind.io
What it sells
  • Skyhigh Hybrid Mesh SSE[4]Decouples policy management from enforcement location. Policy is enforced across local gateways, virtual appliances and cloud points of presence.
  • Skyhigh Cloud Access Security Broker[7]Controls user access to sanctioned and unsanctioned cloud services.
  • Skyhigh Private Access[8][10]A Zero Trust Network Access solution for remote access VPN replacement.
  • Skyhigh Data Security Posture ManagementDiscovers, classifies, monitors and remediates sensitive data.
  • Cloud Security[1]A CNAPP that combines posture, workload and runtime signals to find and prioritize cloud risks.
  • AI Security[8]Monitors AI workloads and agents within the cloud environment to identify risky configurations and behaviour.
  • Agentic Security[1][7]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.
Categories
Headquarters
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Founded
Not stated on its pages2022[2][4]
Ownership and funding
Not stated on its pagesPrivately held[4][11]
Named customers
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Recent news
  • April 30, 2026Skyhigh Security's SSE Cloud Platform completed its SOC 2 Type II assessment, covering the full SSE portfolio as a unified platform for the first time.[16]
  • March 23, 2026Skyhigh Security reported over 30% year-over-year growth in Q4 2025, its largest new business quarter ever for new and expansion bookings.[15]
  • December 9, 2025Skyhigh Security launched a data visibility and compliance dashboard as part of Skyhigh DSPM's Data Explorer.[17]
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G2 and Gartner Peer Insights
  • G2: listed, seen November 4, 2026[2]
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
  • G2: listed, seen November 10, 2026[11]
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
Who it fits
From its own pages, Skyhigh Security sells mainly to large multinational enterprises and public-sector organizations. Skyhigh Security names regulated industries including financial services and insurance, government and defense, healthcare and pharma, energy and utilities, and manufacturing. Skyhigh Security says organizations with meaningful in-office traffic can target lower web security and SSE operating costs than under a cloud-only architecture. Skyhigh Security says its web gateway meets customer demand as federal and public sectors embrace cloud-delivered security. Skyhigh Security describes a U.S telecommunications company serving rural areas as a customer of Skyhigh Private Access.Upwind's API offering is aimed at organizations that run APIs in the cloud. Upwind's AI security offering is aimed at organizations that run AI applications on cloud infrastructure. Upwind's code security features address teams practising shift-left security in AI-native development.
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October 7, 2026November 5, 2026

Where they overlap

  • Skyhigh Security and Upwind are both filed under Cloud-native application protection (CNAPP).

Where they differ, field by field

  • Skyhigh Security's primary category is SASE and SSE; Upwind's is Cloud-native application protection (CNAPP).
  • Skyhigh Security is also filed under Data loss prevention and Remote browser isolation. Upwind is also filed under Cloud security posture management, Cloud detection and response and API security.
  • Skyhigh Security lists Skyhigh Hybrid Mesh SSE, Skyhigh Cloud Access Security Broker, Skyhigh Private Access and Skyhigh Data Security Posture Management. Upwind lists Cloud Security, AI Security, Agentic Security, Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM), Cloud Infrastructure Entitlements Management (CIEM) and 1 more.
  • Upwind was founded in 2022.
  • Upwind is privately held.

What it sells: Skyhigh Security

What Skyhigh Hybrid Mesh SSE does[4]
Skyhigh Hybrid Mesh SSE decouples policy management from enforcement location. Policy is authored once and enforced across local gateways, virtual appliances, and global cloud points of presence. Skyhigh Security uses location-aware licensing to determine where inspection is done locally or in the cloud.
What Skyhigh Cloud Access Security Broker does[7]
Skyhigh CASB uses inline deployment modes, forward and reverse proxy, for real-time control over user access to sanctioned and unsanctioned cloud services. Skyhigh CASB provides activity monitoring, threat detection, and data protection for company-approved cloud services such as O365, Box, ServiceNow, and Salesforce.
What Skyhigh Private Access does[8][10]
Skyhigh Private Access is a Zero Trust Network Access solution for remote access VPN replacement. Skyhigh Private Access includes full protocol support for UDP traffic. Skyhigh Private Access provides access only to authorized apps and verifies device compliance.

Questions about Skyhigh Security and Upwind

What do Skyhigh Security and Upwind sell?
Skyhigh Security sells Skyhigh Hybrid Mesh SSE, Skyhigh Cloud Access Security Broker, Skyhigh Private Access and Skyhigh Data Security Posture Management. Upwind sells Cloud Security, AI Security, Agentic Security, Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM), Cloud Infrastructure Entitlements Management (CIEM) and 1 more.
Are Skyhigh Security and Upwind in the same category?
They share Cloud-native application protection (CNAPP). Skyhigh Security's primary category is SASE and SSE and Upwind's is Cloud-native application protection (CNAPP).
When were Skyhigh Security and Upwind founded?
Upwind was founded in 2022.
Who owns Skyhigh Security and Upwind?
Upwind is privately held.
Who are Skyhigh Security and Upwind sold to?
From its own pages, Skyhigh Security sells mainly to large multinational enterprises and public-sector organizations. Upwind's API offering is aimed at organizations that run APIs in the cloud.
What have Skyhigh Security and Upwind announced recently?
April 30, 2026: Skyhigh Security's SSE Cloud Platform completed its SOC 2 Type II assessment, covering the full SSE portfolio as a unified platform for the first time.

About Skyhigh Security

Skyhigh Security sells Hybrid Mesh SSE, which decouples policy management from enforcement location, so that a security policy authored once is enforced across a mesh of local gateways, virtual appliances, and global cloud points of presence. Skyhigh Security says return to office mandates, AI adoption, and cloud repatriation have changed where work happens, and that cloud-only enforcement sends local traffic on a round trip it no longer needs. Skyhigh Hybrid Mesh SSE extends Zero Trust and data protection across on-premises and cloud environments, with unified policy, local control, and up to 50% lower SSE operating costs, according to Skyhigh Security.

Skyhigh Security uses location-aware licensing to determine where inspection is done locally or in the cloud. Skyhigh Security says the cloud is used for remote users and sanctioned SaaS, and that on premises is used for campus, data center, and regulated traffic. Hybrid Mesh SSE uses Policy-as-Code to author policies once and apply them across all on-premises, remote and cloud enforcement points. Skyhigh Security says that with a single console and a single policy enforced consistently across all locations where users work, customers can reduce operation costs with fewer errors or policy drift.[6][9][11]

With the Security Service Gateway (SSG), customers can bring SSE security services such as Zero Trust access and web security closer to their users on each network. Skyhigh Security says private app access is brokered on the Secure Service Gateway, so in-network users get a local decision at LAN speed. Skyhigh Security says Secure Browser Controls enforce natively on the appliance, governing the browser session where AI work happens. Skyhigh Security says inspection and logging run on the customer's own gateway, so regulated traffic stays on the premises where it was created. Skyhigh Security says that when the cloud path is interrupted, the gateway keeps applying policy at the site.[6]

Skyhigh Cloud Access Security Broker enables organizations to embrace cloud technology while lowering their overall security risk and operating costs. Skyhigh CASB uses inline deployment modes, forward and reverse proxy, for real-time control over user access to sanctioned and unsanctioned cloud services. Skyhigh Security says Skyhigh CASB provides activity monitoring, threat detection, and data protection for company-approved cloud services such as O365, Box, ServiceNow, and Salesforce. Skyhigh Security says customers can discover sensitive data at rest within their cloud services. Skyhigh Secure Web Gateway (SWG) connects and secures a workforce directly from the cloud, without requiring backhauling traffic to the corporate network. Skyhigh Security says on-prem web policies can be migrated to the cloud with one click, without rebuilding from scratch.[9]

Skyhigh Private Access is a Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) solution for remote access VPN replacement. Skyhigh Security says Skyhigh Private Access provides access only to authorized apps, verifies device compliance, and delivers antimalware and DLP scanning for Private Access traffic. Skyhigh Private Access includes full protocol support for UDP traffic. Skyhigh Private Access supports any load scenario and extends cloud capacity to a global scale. Skyhigh Security describes a U.S telecommunications company that provides high-speed internet access to rural areas and replaced its traditional VPN with Skyhigh Private Access.

Skyhigh Security provides a converged DLP solution covering endpoint, web, cloud, email and private apps. Skyhigh Security describes EDM as fingerprinting of structured sensitive data stored in a file such as a spreadsheet or CSV, and IDM as fingerprinting of the content of documents such as Word, PDF, PowerPoint, or CAD documents. Skyhigh Security says Optical Character Recognition (OCR) extends DLP protection against tax paperwork, passports, credit card information or personally identifiable data that could be uploaded to the cloud or shared as images. Skyhigh DSPM continuously discovers, classifies, monitors, and remediates sensitive data at rest and inline, in real time.[11][13]

Skyhigh Security helps organizations protect their data, infrastructure, and applications from the risks associated with AI app usage. Skyhigh AI gives visibility into all AI apps in use, sanctioned, shadow and private, along with their risk attributes. Skyhigh Security says Skyhigh AI mitigates the risk of data loss, data exfiltration, unauthorized access and data breaches through AI apps. Skyhigh Security says it secures the Enterprise ChatGPT experience, enabling safe and responsible AI adoption across the organization. Legendary says Skyhigh AI lets it monitor user interactions with cloud-based AI systems and implement policies to protect creative content and regulated data.[14]

Skyhigh Security says it is purpose-built for large multinational enterprises and public-sector organizations. Skyhigh Security says it serves regulated industries including Financial Services and Insurance, Government and Defense, Healthcare and Pharma, Energy and Utilities, and Manufacturing, to secure their hybrid workforce and AI workflows while maintaining digital data sovereignty and compliance. Skyhigh Security says Skyhigh SWG holds the highest authorization of FedRAMP and continues to meet customer demand as federal and public sectors embrace cloud-delivered security solutions.[11][12][13]

Skyhigh Security on the record

Sources

Skyhigh Security full record

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  2. [2]Skyhigh Security Service Edge Reviews & Product Details - G2G2 · undated page, accessed October 31, 2026 · Tier C
  3. [3]Skyhigh Security Reviews, Ratings & Features 2026 | Gartner Peer InsightsGartner Peer Insights · undated page, accessed October 31, 2026 · Tier C
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  7. [7]Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) - Skyhigh SecuritySkyhigh Security · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]Remote Worker Data Security Solutions - Skyhigh SecuritySkyhigh Security · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]Secure Web Gateway for Hybrid - Skyhigh SecuritySkyhigh Security · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) - Skyhigh SecuritySkyhigh Security · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]Data Loss Prevention Cloud-Native - Skyhigh SecuritySkyhigh Security · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  12. [12]Identify and Protect Sensitive Data - Skyhigh SecuritySkyhigh Security · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  13. [13]Enterprise DSPM Built on SSE | Skyhigh SecuritySkyhigh Security · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  14. [14]Skyhigh AI - Skyhigh SecuritySkyhigh Security · undated page, accessed November 4, 2026 · Tier A
  15. [15]Skyhigh Security Experiences Record Year in 2025Skyhigh Security · published March 23, 2026 · Tier A
  16. [16]Skyhigh Security Achieves SOC 2 Type II Compliance for the Complete SSE Cloud PlatformSkyhigh Security · published April 30, 2026 · Tier A
  17. [17]Skyhigh Security Enhances DSPM Capabilities to Support DPDPA Compliance and Strengthen Data Protection Across Asia PacificBusiness Wire · published December 9, 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
  3. [3]Upwind Security: Cloud & AI Security for the Realtime EraUpwind · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  4. [4]About - UpwindUpwind · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]Upwind Case Studies: Real-World Cloud Security Success StoriesUpwind · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]Run - UpwindUpwind · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]Agentic Security - UpwindUpwind · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]AI Security Platform - UpwindUpwind · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]Runtime API Security: Discover and Protect APIs in Real TimeUpwind · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]Build - UpwindUpwind · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]Upwind Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & FeaturesG2 · undated page, accessed November 10, 2026 · Tier C

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