IDC's 2022 report highlights the dynamic cloud workload security market, with Trend Micro leading despite a slight market share dip but still exceeding the combined share of the next two competitors. The sector grew by 26.8% due to the expanding cloud market, rapid container growth, and the increasing complexity of securing cloud workloads. Innovations like eBPF and risk prioritization strategies are emerging. Significant gains were made by Microsoft and CrowdStrike. The study emphasizes the evolving security needs as applications shift to the cloud and microservices, recommending integrated security in development and the importance of agentless and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) approaches for modern, complex applications.

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