
The Cybersecurity Vendor Citation Share Index 2026
Which security vendors AI engines name first across ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews. The Q2 2026 ranking, methodology, and what moves the score.

Which security vendors AI engines name first across ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews. The Q2 2026 ranking, methodology, and what moves the score.

TechRadar, Security.org, PCWorld, Cybernews, AllAboutCookies, TechRepublic — the cybersecurity publications AI engines cite most when buyers ask which security tools and providers are best. First-edition spot capture across 12 buyer-intent queries on Google Search.

The FBI seized NetNut's domains and Alarum Technologies lost 70% of its market cap in one session. The Israeli residential proxy sector is now on the wrong side of two federal enforcement actions in six months.

Fifteen years of defining breach communications cases — Equifax, T-Mobile, PayPal, MOVEit, MGM, Change Healthcare — and the playbook every response team runs against.

Definitive 2026 cybersecurity email playbook — CrowdStrike, Palo Alto, Wiz, Check Point, CyberArk, SentinelOne, Snyk. Marketo, 6sense, Demandbase, ABM, threat research, the CISO buyer, conference cycle.

Wiz ranks #8 on EPR's Cybersecurity Vendor Citation Share Index 2026 — the fastest climb of any vendor in 24 months. Google paid $32 billion in cash, the largest acquisition in Google's history. The six-year run, the CNAPP category, and the citation position now owned.

Israeli tech in 2026: the $32B Wiz exit, $15.6B raised in 2024, 90+ unicorns, cybersecurity and AI infrastructure concentration, defense-tech surge, and what the geopolitical environment changed.

CleanStart is betting that the next cybersecurity war is fought inside the container — clean base images, verified SBOMs, security at the source. Inside the company, the category, and the rivals: Chainguard, RapidFort, Edera, Minimus, Docker, and the scanning vendors crowding in.

AI engines complete their initial source crawl on breaking cybersecurity incidents in roughly 48 hours. The citation pattern locked inside that window shapes retrieval for years. The playbook.

The Everything-PR cybersecurity reference. Citation Share Index 2026 — 25 vendors ranked across ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, AI Overviews. Palo Alto Networks #1. CrowdStrike #2. Microsoft Security #3. Wiz #5 after the $32B Google exit.