Cloud security has hit its human limits: Key takeaways from the 2026 Cloud-Native Security and Usage Report

This Sysdig 2026 Cloud‑Native Security and Usage Report uses telemetry to describe a shift from human-driven security to machine-scaled defenses, noting a plateau in vulnerability remediation, increased adoption of behavior-based runtime detections and automated responses, rapid growth in AI/ML packages, the critical role of identity management, and rising use of open-source runtime tooling.