Cloud workload security (CWS) is a cloud security and detection and response platform that contains cloud security posture management (CSPM) tools and capabilities. CSPM allows organizations to detect and respond to configuration drifts with cloud infrastructure, such as compute (e.g., EC2 instances, Azure virtual machines), storage (e.g., S3 buckets, Google Cloud Storage), and network (e.g., VPCs, VPNs). The CSPM market is the most dynamically evolving and sought after partition of the CWS space. This report highlights seven key trends affecting the CSPM market and provides actionable guidance on how security and risk (S&R) professionals can respond to these trends.