Netskope gets AWS AI security badge
Netskope achieved AWS Security Competency status for AI Security, highlighting AWS’s push to certify partners that can protect cloud and AI workloads with specialized controls. The designation signals where cloud security hiring and partner demand are concentrating. (manilatimes.net)
Netskope published its announcement on March 19, 2026, saying the company met AWS’s technical and quality requirements for the AI Security competency. (netskope.com) The Netskope filing highlights specific qualifying capabilities: NewEdge AI Fast Path for optimized AI network paths, Netskope One Data Lineage for AI-ready data visibility, Model Context Protocol (MCP) visibility and enforcement, and an AI-powered Universal ZTNA (UZTNA). (netskope.com) Those capabilities follow a March 11, 2026 product rollout—Netskope One AI Security—which introduced Agentic Broker, AI Guardrails, AI Gateway, AI Red Teaming and a new AI Index alongside the NewEdge performance features. (netskope.com) Netskope’s own 2026 Cloud and Threat data shows shadow AI remains widespread: nearly 47% of generative-AI users accessed personal AI apps outside corporate oversight during the study period. (cybersecuritydive.com) Netskope analytics also reported a threefold increase in people accessing generative-AI services and a sixfold jump in average monthly prompts year-over-year (October 2024–October 2025), data Netskope used to justify the expanded AI security tooling. (securityboulevard.com) AWS added the AI Security category to its Security Competency program on December 4, 2024, and the Competency requires rigorous technical assessments plus customer success evidence as part of partner validation. (aws.amazon.com) Netskope already lists multiple products in AWS Marketplace (including DSPM and other Netskope One offerings), and AWS promotes Security Competency partners through its Partner Solutions/Marketplace channels to help customers discover validated vendors. (aws.amazon.com)
