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Sysdig vs Trend Micro

Sysdig delivers real-time defense for cloud, containers, and AI agents. Trend Micro is a cybersecurity company whose TrendAI business sells enterprise security, including TrendAI Vision One. 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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Sysdig vs Trend Micro: Products, Customers and Funding Compared
SysdigSysdig delivers real-time defense for cloud, containers, and AI agents.sysdig.comTrend MicroTrend Micro is a cybersecurity company whose TrendAI business sells enterprise security, including TrendAI Vision One.trendmicro.com
What it sells
  • 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.
  • TrendAI Deep Discovery Inspector[19]Version 7.0 includes an active scanner for device discovery as a Vision One network sensor.
  • Phish Insight[20]Service that involves phishing simulation emails sent to employees.
Categories
Headquarters
San Francisco, United States[2]Tokyo, Japan[3][25]
Founded
Not stated on its pages1988[3]
Ownership and funding
Privately held[4][19]Public (TSE: 4704)[2][7][10][14]
Named customers
Not stated on its pages
  • Amazon MGM Studios[4]
  • Decathlon[5]
  • Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board[6]
Recent news
  • November 4, 2026Sysdig announced general availability of Sysdig AI Defense, a product providing runtime security and governance for AI agents.[15]
  • August 4, 2026Sysdig announced the launch of Sysdig Secure AI, a new AI-native offering built on the Sysdig Secure CNAPP.[17]
  • June 16, 2026Sysdig announced the appointment of Hatem Naguib as Chief Executive Officer and a member of its board of directors.[16]
  • March 23, 2026Sysdig announced runtime security for AI coding agents, intended to help organizations adopt autonomous development tools safely.[18]
  • October 19, 2026Trend Micro announced up to 10 billion yen toward a cyber resilience initiative aimed at strengthening security for Japanese organizations.[12]
  • September 29, 2026TrendAI opened a private preview of Autonomous Vulnerability Discovery, a service that finds, validates and checks fixes for flaws in customer source code.[7]
  • August 20, 2026TrendAI, an enterprise business unit of Trend Micro, announced it has passed $1 billion in global AWS Marketplace sales.[28]
  • August 19, 2026TrendLife, the consumer business unit of Trend Micro, announced the availability of TrendLife Kaleida, an AI solution designed for families.[27]
  • August 13, 2026Trend Micro reported second-quarter 2026 results for the period ended June 30, with annual recurring revenue above 1.7 billion US dollars, up 5%.[8]
G2 and Gartner Peer Insights
  • G2: listed, seen November 10, 2026[19]
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
  • G2: listed, seen November 3, 2026[14]
  • Gartner Peer Insights: Not stated on its pages
Who it fits
Not written yetFrom its own pages, Trend Micro sells mainly to enterprise organizations, and says it serves them across many countries. TrendAI is the enterprise security business of Trend Micro. Trend Micro describes the businesses in its portfolio as each serving distinct customers, markets, and needs. Apex One is available on-premises and as a service, so both deployment models appear. Phish Insight is used by customers' IT administrators, who upload the recipients of the service. Trend Micro also offers security for devices, identity, and privacy at home and on mobile.
Last verified
November 5, 2026October 10, 2026

Where they overlap

  • Sysdig and Trend Micro are both filed under Cloud-native application protection (CNAPP).

Where they differ, field by field

  • Sysdig's primary category is Cloud-native application protection (CNAPP); Trend Micro's is EDR and XDR.
  • Sysdig is also filed under Cloud workload protection, Cloud security posture management and Cloud detection and response. Trend Micro is also filed under Email security.
  • Sysdig lists Sysdig Secure and Sysdig Monitor. Trend Micro lists TrendAI Deep Discovery Inspector and Phish Insight.
  • Sysdig is headquartered in San Francisco, United States. Trend Micro is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
  • Trend Micro was founded in 1988.
  • Sysdig is privately held. Trend Micro is a public company listed on TSE as 4704.
  • Trend Micro publicly names Amazon MGM Studios, Decathlon and Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board.

What it sells: Sysdig

What Sysdig Monitor does[1][11][13][14]
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.

What it sells: Trend Micro

What TrendAI Deep Discovery Inspector does[19]
TrendAI Deep Discovery Inspector (DDI) 7.0, build 7.0.1066, has been released. DDI 7.0 includes an active scanner for device discovery as a Vision One network sensor. DDI 7.0 supports upgrading from DDI version 6.7 or 6.8.
What Phish Insight does[20]
Phish Insight collects and transmits data to Trend Micro as part of using the service. IT administrators sign up and receive a verification email.

Questions about Sysdig and Trend Micro

What do Sysdig and Trend Micro sell?
Sysdig sells Sysdig Secure and Sysdig Monitor. Trend Micro sells TrendAI Deep Discovery Inspector and Phish Insight.
Are Sysdig and Trend Micro in the same category?
They share Cloud-native application protection (CNAPP). Sysdig's primary category is Cloud-native application protection (CNAPP) and Trend Micro's is EDR and XDR.
Where are Sysdig and Trend Micro headquartered?
Sysdig is headquartered in San Francisco, United States. Trend Micro is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
When were Sysdig and Trend Micro founded?
Trend Micro was founded in 1988.
Who owns Sysdig and Trend Micro?
Sysdig is privately held. Trend Micro is a public company listed on TSE as 4704.
Which customers do Sysdig and Trend Micro name?
Trend Micro publicly names Amazon MGM Studios, Decathlon and Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board.
Who are Sysdig and Trend Micro sold to?
From its own pages, Trend Micro sells mainly to enterprise organizations, and says it serves them across many countries.
What have Sysdig and Trend Micro announced recently?
November 4, 2026: Sysdig announced general availability of Sysdig AI Defense, a product providing runtime security and governance for AI agents. October 19, 2026: Trend Micro announced up to 10 billion yen toward a cyber resilience initiative aimed at strengthening security for Japanese organizations.

About Sysdig

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.[3]

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.[1][5][6]

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.[6][7][8]

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.[9][10][11]

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.[3][12]

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.[1][3][13][14]

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.[3][5][6][7][8][10][11]

Sysdig on the record

Sources

Sysdig full record

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

Trend Micro full record

  1. [1]PlatformTrend Micro (TrendAI) · trendaisecurity.com · undated page, accessed September 27, 2026 · Tier A
  2. [2]Trend Micro's Enterprise Business is now TrendAI™Trend Micro Incorporated · published March 23, 2026 · Tier A
  3. [3]sec.govTrend Micro, Inc. via SEC EDGAR · sec.gov · published October 31, 2006 · Tier A
  4. [4]Amazon mgm studiosTrend Micro · trendmicro.com · undated page, accessed October 10, 2026 · Tier A
  5. [5]DecathlonTrend Micro · trendmicro.com · undated page, accessed October 10, 2026 · Tier A
  6. [6]DpcdsbTrend Micro · trendmicro.com · undated page, accessed October 10, 2026 · Tier A
  7. [7]2026 09 29 Introducing TrendAI TM Autonomous Vulnerability Discovery Next Generation Threat Remediation at Machine SpeedTrend Micro · newsroom.trendmicro.com · published September 29, 2026 · Tier A
  8. [8]2026 08 13 Trend Micro Reports Earnings Results for Q2 2026Trend Micro · newsroom.trendmicro.com · published August 13, 2026 · Tier A
  9. [9]2026 05 14 Trend Micro Reports Earnings Results for Q1 2026Trend Micro · newsroom.trendmicro.com · published May 14, 2026 · Tier A
  10. [10]Trend Micro (US) | Global Enterprise AI Cybersecurity PlatformTrend Micro · undated page, accessed October 29, 2026 · Tier A
  11. [11]Smart Protections Server Disconnected from Smart Scan/Web ReputationTrend Micro · undated page, accessed October 29, 2026 · Tier A
  12. [12]Trend Micro Announces Up to ¥10 Billion toward Cyber Resilience Initiative to Strengthen Security for Japanese Organizations in the AI EraTrend Micro · published October 19, 2026 · Tier A
  13. [13]TrendAI™ Launches Inception Program to Power the Next Wave of Secure AI InnovationTrend Micro · published May 31, 2026 · Tier A
  14. [14]Trend Micro Antivirus + Security Reviews & Product DetailsG2 · undated page, accessed October 29, 2026 · Tier C
  15. [15]Upgrade to Foundation-based Endpoint Inventory: Key ConsiderationsTrend Micro · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  16. [16]SECURITY ALERT: WordPress Core unauthenticated RCE (CVE-2026-119977)Trend Micro · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  17. [17]TrendAI Vision One™ Agent OS Compatibility Matrix & SupportTrend Micro · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  18. [18]Uninstall client or agent - Trend Micro Apex OneTrend Micro · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  19. [19]TrendAI Deep Discovery Inspector DDI 7.0 Released – What's NewTrend Micro · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  20. [20]Data Collection Disclosure - Phish InsightTrend Micro · undated page, accessed November 3, 2026 · Tier A
  21. [21]Resolving multiple vulnerabilities - Control ManagerTrend Micro · published June 19, 2018 · Tier A
  22. [22]Multiple Vulnerabilities - InterScan Web Security Virtual Appliance 6.5Trend Micro · published March 28, 2017 · Tier A
  23. [23]Multiple vulnerabilities on Trend Micro Smart Protection ServerTrend Micro · published August 8, 2016 · Tier A
  24. [24]Trend Micro Launches End-to-End Protection for Agentic AI Systems with NVIDIATrend Micro · published November 5, 2025 · Tier A
  25. [25]TrendAI™ appoints Auckland-based Richard Harrison as Global VP of AI SecurityTrend Micro · published July 23, 2026 · Tier A
  26. [26]Trend Micro Reports Earnings Results for Q4 2025 and FY 2025Trend Micro · published February 18, 2026 · Tier A
  27. [27]TrendLife Announces Kaleida: The World's First Safe AI Built for Every Member of the FamilyTrend Micro · published August 19, 2026 · Tier A
  28. [28]TrendAI™ Surpasses $1 Billion in AWS Marketplace Sales as AI Security Co-Innovation with AWS AcceleratesTrend Micro · published August 20, 2026 · Tier A

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