Recognition highlights Upwind’s leadership in the runtime-first era of cloud security

The Latio 2026 Application Security Market Report names Upwind an innovator in both runtime and API security, recognizing the company as the first platform to meaningfully combine API security capabilities with those of a traditional CNAPP.


“Upwind is redefining what modern cloud application security looks like,” said James Berthoty, Founder and CEO of Latio Tech. “As one of the first platforms to unify cloud, workload, and API telemetry through a runtime-first architecture, Upwind delivers end-to-end detection with the real-time context security teams need to act decisively. By leveraging live network and application behavior, it enables more accurate, environment-specific dynamic API testing and reduces alert fatigue through function-level prioritization, focusing teams only on vulnerabilities actively executing in production. That combination of technical depth and practical impact is what sets market leaders apart.”

Latio’s research examines how modern application security platforms are evolving beyond isolated scanners toward consolidated, context-driven solutions that reduce noise and prioritize real risk.