- Sysdig is a leader in real-time AI-powered cloud defense, focusing on cloud-native security solutions that leverage machine-speed detection and response to combat modern threats.
- In 2026, Sysdig was named a Leader in the Forrester Wave™ for Cloud Native Application Protection Solutions, highlighting its evolution into a comprehensive CNAPP platform.
- The company has seen significant adoption of its solutions, with over 70% of security teams utilizing behavior-based detections, and European organizations accounting for more than 34% of the adoption of its open-source standard, Falco.
- Sysdig's ideal buyers are security teams in enterprises facing challenges with rapid AI-driven threats, as they provide critical automation and runtime security to enhance cloud environment protection.
Engineering is the largest group at 207 employees, accounting for roughly 44 % of total headcount. Revenue-generating teams follow, with Sales and Support housing 124 employees and Marketing and Product combining for another 59, signalling a concerted effort to align go-to-market and product teams. Corporate functions remain lean: Finance and Administration and Business Management each have 23 employees, Human Resources has 15, while Information Technology, Operations, and Legal collectively total fewer than 20. This structure highlights a product-centric organisation complemented by right-sized operational support.
Sysdig’s workforce is widely distributed. Approximately 55 employees work from its San Francisco presence, while a further 38 are based in the Raleigh-Durham tech corridor. European talent centres include Milan with 26 employees and Zaragoza with 11, alongside smaller groups in Serbia and Ireland. Additional clusters operate in Austin, Seattle, and New York, but the majority—about 299 employees—are categorised under other or remote locations, reflecting Sysdig’s flexible, globally dispersed staffing model.
