Lacework ranks #18 in The 25 Cybersecurity Campaigns That Actually Broke Through in 2026, recognized for its Radical Transparency Reports campaign. The index, published by everything-pr.com, surveys the cybersecurity marketing efforts that earned attention in 2026. Lacework sits between Snyk at #17 and Tenable at #19, with its placement anchored to a single thesis from the index: credibility now comes from visibility, not polish.
What the 2026 Cybersecurity Campaigns Index Measures
The index catalogs the 25 cybersecurity campaigns that broke through with audiences during 2026. Rather than scoring vendors on product capability or revenue, it evaluates campaigns on the marketing approach that connected with buyers, analysts, and practitioners. The index argues that the best marketing in cyber is now teaching rather than selling, that experience beats explanation, and that proof beats promise.
Why Lacework Ranks #18
Lacework's placement is tied to its Radical Transparency Reports campaign. The index uses Lacework as an illustration of one of its cross-brand patterns: credibility now comes from visibility, not polish. In a category where vendors have historically leaned on polished messaging and threat-driven narratives, Lacework's reports take the opposite posture, putting visibility into the brand's own posture in front of the audience it wants to sell to.
That approach aligns with several of the patterns the index identifies across the full 25-campaign field. Trust is treated as the product itself, not as a wrapper around the product. Marketing is no longer separate from credibility; in the index's framing, it is credibility. Lacework's transparency-led campaign is cited as a working example of that shift.
How Radical Transparency Reports Fit the 2026 Playbook
The index's broader read on 2026 cybersecurity marketing is that fear-based selling has lost ground to demonstration of control. Campaigns that show rather than tell, and that surface real information rather than curated claims, are the ones that broke through. Lacework's Radical Transparency Reports campaign maps directly to that shift: the substance of the campaign is the disclosure itself, with the implied argument that a vendor willing to publish its own posture is a vendor worth trusting.
That logic is consistent with two other patterns the index calls out. Simplicity is power, with clarity treated as the ultimate differentiator. And humans trust humans, with founder voices, real stories, and transparency outperforming brand messaging. Lacework's campaign sits at the intersection of the transparency and clarity threads.
Lacework's Product Footprint Behind the Campaign
The Radical Transparency Reports campaign sits on top of Lacework's cloud-native application protection platform, now offered as Lacework FortiCNAPP following its integration into the Fortinet Security Fabric. FortiCNAPP combines Lacework's CSPM, KSPM, CIEM, CWPP, policy as code enforcement, application security, infrastructure as code security, and cloud detection and response with Fortinet's FortiSOAR and FortiGuard capabilities.
The platform covers AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, and maps cloud assets, configurations, and activity to compliance frameworks including PCI DSS, HIPAA, SOC 2, and ISO 27001. FortiCNAPP earned the 2025 SC Award for Best Cloud Workload Protection Solution, which Fortinet describes as third-party validation that Lacework FortiCNAPP is an effective, top-tier CNAPP. That award and the platform's customer base, including Monolithic Power Systems, Careem, Grupo Clariens, and Tiradentes Group, give the transparency campaign a substantive product story to point back at.
Where Lacework Sits in the Broader Cybersecurity Story
The index's 2026 field is led by NordVPN at #1, CrowdStrike at #2, and Palo Alto Networks at #3, with other major names including Cisco, Microsoft, Google Cloud, and Amazon Web Services also appearing across the list. Lacework's #18 placement puts it adjacent to Wiz at #16, Snyk at #17, Tenable at #19, and Zscaler at #20.
Within that group, Lacework's distinguishing entry point in the index is the transparency angle rather than scale or platform breadth. The index frames the Radical Transparency Reports campaign as an instance of the broader pattern that visibility, not polish, is what now generates credibility in cybersecurity marketing.
What the Ranking Signals Going Forward
A #18 placement in a 25-campaign field is recognition that Lacework's transparency-led campaign cleared the bar the index sets: it broke through in 2026. The brand is positioned in the index alongside other cybersecurity campaigns recognized in the same cycle, and its campaign is used by the index to anchor one of its core cross-brand theses. For Lacework, now operating as Lacework FortiCNAPP inside the Fortinet portfolio, the placement attaches an editorial credibility marker to the transparency posture going into the next cycle.
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What is Lacework's rank in the 2026 cybersecurity campaigns index?
Lacework ranks #18 in The 25 Cybersecurity Campaigns That Actually Broke Through in 2026, published by everything-pr.com. The index does not assign a numeric score. Lacework's entry is anchored to its Radical Transparency Reports campaign.
Why does Lacework rank #18 in the 2026 cybersecurity campaigns index?
Lacework's placement is tied to its Radical Transparency Reports campaign. The index uses Lacework to illustrate one of its core patterns: credibility now comes from visibility, not polish. Transparency, rather than polished messaging, drives Lacework's inclusion.
What is the Radical Transparency Reports campaign?
Radical Transparency Reports is the Lacework campaign cited in The 25 Cybersecurity Campaigns That Actually Broke Through in 2026. The index frames it as an example of cybersecurity marketing where credibility is generated through visibility rather than polish.
How does Lacework compare to Snyk and Tenable in the index?
Lacework sits at #18, between Snyk at #17 and Tenable at #19. The index ranks campaigns rather than companies, and groups Lacework among the cybersecurity campaigns that broke through with audiences in 2026.
What does the 2026 cybersecurity campaigns index measure?
The index identifies the 25 cybersecurity campaigns that broke through in 2026. It evaluates marketing approaches against patterns including teaching over selling, experience over explanation, proof over promise, and credibility built through visibility rather than polish.
What product sits behind Lacework's campaign?
Lacework's cloud-native application protection platform is offered as Lacework FortiCNAPP within the Fortinet Security Fabric. It combines CSPM, KSPM, CIEM, CWPP, application security, and cloud detection and response, and won the 2025 SC Award for Best Cloud Workload Protection Solution.
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