In our 33-criterion evaluation of cloud workload security providers, we identified the 12 most significant ones — Aqua Security, Bitdefender, Broadcom, Check Point, CrowdStrike, Kaspersky, McAfee, Palo Alto Networks, Radware, Rapid7, Sysdig, and Trend Micro — and researched, analyzed, and scored them. This report shows how each provider measures up and helps security and risk (S&R) professionals select the right one for their needs.