Saturday, March 14, 2026
Upwind has announced a strategic partnership with Microsoft to deliver an advanced runtime security solution for organizations operating on the Microsoft Azure. Through this collaboration, both companies aim to provide enterprises with a unified security framework that combines runtime protection, posture management, and vulnerability detection into a single integrated experience.
The newly integrated solution, available through the Microsoft Marketplace, allows businesses to gain continuous visibility across their Azure environments. As enterprises increasingly rely on cloud platforms to power critical applications and infrastructure, security teams require solutions that offer real-time insights into risks and vulnerabilities. Therefore, this partnership focuses on delivering a comprehensive platform that simplifies security management while improving threat detection and response.
By integrating Azure cloud audit logs, CSPM frameworks, and scanning capabilities for Azure Container Registry, the platform helps organizations quickly onboard cloud assets and monitor their environments. In addition, it provides prioritized and actionable insights that allow security teams to address threats before they escalate into serious incidents. Traditionally, many of these capabilities required multiple security tools and manual investigations. However, the new unified system consolidates these processes into a streamlined security experience.
Unlike traditional cloud security solutions that rely heavily on static rules or isolated signals, Upwind introduces a runtime-first approach powered by eBPF-based detection technology. This method enables continuous monitoring of workloads and infrastructure as they run, providing deeper visibility into dynamic cloud environments.
Industry analysts increasingly recognize runtime visibility as a critical component of modern cloud security strategies. As cloud infrastructures grow more complex, organizations must monitor workloads in real time to identify vulnerabilities and suspicious behavior. By embedding runtime detection directly within Azure environments, Upwind aims to eliminate blind spots and improve overall protection.
Furthermore, the platform unifies multiple security capabilities—including posture management, workload protection, threat detection, vulnerability management, and identity security—into one solution. This approach helps security teams reduce false positives, prioritize critical risks, and take action before vulnerabilities evolve into active threats.
The solution also supports a multi-cloud security strategy, ensuring that organizations can protect workloads across Azure and other major cloud platforms. Notably, the platform extends runtime visibility to serverless workloads, a feature that provides additional protection for modern cloud-native applications.
Amiram Shachar, CEO and co-founder of Upwind
“Cloud innovation is accelerating faster than traditional security platforms can keep up,” said Amiram Shachar, CEO and co-founder of Upwind. “Upwind solves that problem, and by partnering with Microsoft we’re embedding our runtime-first protection directly into the fabric of Azure, from audit logs to container registries, giving customers the ability to discover and act on threats before they become breaches. This is both an integration and a redefinition of how cloud security should work, setting a new benchmark for protecting enterprises across Azure and their mutli-cloud investments.”
Tom Davis, Partner at Microsoft Startups at Microsoft
“Our partnership with Upwind highlights Microsoft’s commitment to equipping enterprises with the cloud runtime security foundation,” said Tom Davis, Partner at Microsoft Startups at Microsoft. “By bringing runtime-first protection into Azure-native services and the Microsoft Marketplace, we’re enabling customers to, for the first time, pinpoint the vulnerabilities that matter most in real time, cut through the alert noise that slows down security teams, and act on what’s truly exploitable.”
This partnership arrives at a time of rapid growth for Upwind. The company reports 900% year-over-year revenue growth and 200% logo growth, highlighting strong market demand for runtime-first cloud security solutions. Many enterprises choose Upwind because it offers deep, real-time protection across every layer of the cloud stack, rather than relying solely on posture checks or external monitoring.
Customers are already seeing the benefits of this approach.
Shahab Siddiqui, Global Head of Cyber Security at Petrofac
“Within the first few hours of connecting to the platform, we already had an actionable list of recommendations to strengthen our AKS security,” said Shahab Siddiqui, Global Head of Cyber Security at Petrofac. “Upwind has already shown us the power of runtime visibility, and its growing partnership with Microsoft gives us confidence that these capabilities will continue to be deeply integrated into our Azure environment. We’re excited to see how this partnership will further simplify our operations and strengthen our security posture moving forward.”
Overall, the partnership between Upwind and Microsoft signals a major step forward in enterprise cloud security. By combining runtime-first protection with Azure-native integrations, the collaboration aims to help organizations detect threats faster, reduce operational complexity, and secure their cloud environments more effectively.
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