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Leading Cybersecurity Brands in AI Search

The same monthly sample, re-ranked using only AI Mode answers.

August 2026 edition

Across the six months through August 2026, Palo Alto Networks leads AI search visibility in Cybersecurity on AI Mode with a Goodie visibility score of 83.1, ahead of CrowdStrike (76.1) and Deloitte (76.0). The median score across the 10 ranked brands is 73.9. The most-cited source grounding these answers is com.au at 10.6% of all citations, while brand-owned pages account for just 33.9%.

5k prompts · 1.8m AI answers · 8m citations · Goodie AI Visibility Index

Industry Benchmarks

August 2026 · Cybersecurity · AI Mode
What good looks like in this category. Read a brand's own score against these before looking at who is winning.
Median visibility score
73.9
Half of the 10 ranked cybersecurity brands score below this. The midpoint, not the average, so a few dominant brands do not distort it.
Index-wide median is 71.9
Score to enter the top 10
—
Fewer than ten brands are ranked in this category, so there is no top-ten bar to report yet.
Brands named per answer
10.7
A typical answer names eleven brands, so the consideration set is wide and a mention is comparatively easy to earn.
Index-wide average is 8.8
Citation mix
  • UGC 9%
  • Editorial 8%
  • Video 6%
  • Reference 5%
  • Other 72%
Other leads the third-party sources grounding cybersecurity answers. Brand-owned citations sit in the next cell and are not counted here.
Brand-owned citation share
33.9%
Owned content is unusually strong here — brand domains are a citation source in their own right, not just the subject of third-party coverage.
Index-wide average is 24.2%
Industry sentiment
82/100
Mean tone of mentions across all ranked brands. Per-brand sentiment sits on each brand profile.
Prompts sampled
5k
Real buyer phrasing, 4 models
AI answers analysed
1.8m
194k in August · ▼ 4.0% vs July
Citations parsed
8m
1m in August · ▲ 1.4% vs July
Brands observed
607
10 ranked here · 597 unranked

Brand Visibility Leaderboard

All models AI Mode ChatGPT Copilot Perplexity
Brand visibility leaderboard for Cybersecurity, ranked by six-month average AI visibility score
#BrandVisibility scoreShare of voiceModelsΔ vs last monthSentimentTop cited source
01Palo Alto Networks
83.1
11.2%AI Mode▼ 4.487cytas.io
02CrowdStrike
76.1
10.2%AI Mode▼ 1.883linkedin.com
03Deloitte
76.0
10.2%AI Mode▼ 12.783deepstrike.io
04PwC
74.6
10.0%AI Mode▼ 8.482deepstrike.io
05KPMG
74.6
10.0%AI Mode▼ 7.482deepstrike.io
06ZTNA
73.1
9.8%AI Mode—82cytas.io
07Accenture
72.6
9.7%AI Mode▼ 15.781deepstrike.io
08EY
72.3
9.7%AI Mode▼ 7.681deepstrike.io
09SentinelOne
71.3
9.6%AI Mode▼ 4.781sentinelone.com
10Microsoft Security Copilot
71.3
9.6%AI Mode▼ 10.381linkedin.com
10 ranked · visibility is a six-month averageTop source = most frequent source in answers mentioning the brand · Δ compares Aug with Jul

Most-Cited Domains

The answer supply chain
Most-cited domains in AI answers for Cybersecurity
#DomainCitation shareΔ vs last month
01com.au
10.6%
—
02youtube.com
7.8%
▲ 2.7
03casebasix.com
5.5%
—
04linkedin.com
5.2%
▲ 3.6
05cybernews.com
4.8%
—
06pcmag.com
4.7%
—
07adaptiveis.net
3.6%
—
08airiodion.com
3.6%
—
09g2.com
3.6%
—
10crowdstrike.com
3.6%
▲ 3.6
Top 10 of 1k domains observedΔ compares Aug with Jul, in percentage points

Prompts, Topics & Movers

What's driving this month's answers

Top prompts

Top prompts sampled for Cybersecurity, with distinct brands named and sources cited
#PromptBrandsSources
01Business security tools beyond basic antivirus47222
02Enterprise security platforms with strong market reputation29132
03Which cybersecurity solutions suit mid size companies?16111
04Cybersecurity consulting firms trusted by large enterprises25109
05Network security platforms used in regulated industries5085
Top 5 of 5k sampledDistinct brands named & sources cited

Biggest movers

Aug vs Jul
Rising

No rising brands this month.

Falling
Accenturescore 72.6
▼ 15.7
Deloittescore 76.0
▼ 12.7
Microsoft Security Copilotscore 71.3
▼ 10.3
9 ranked brands scored in both Jul and AugIndustry avg ±8.1/mo

Global Search Demand

Where this industry's questions originate
2,161,962 searches sampled
Tracked markets for Cybersecurity, by sampled search volume
#CountrySearch volume
01United States629K
02Saudi Arabia597K
03United Kingdom519K
04Italy102K
05Germany88K
06France50K
07Egypt41K
08Australia35K
09Japan33K
10Canada30K
11United Arab Emirates24K
12Singapore13K
12 tracked markets
This edition

What Changed This Month

Palo Alto Networks leads Cybersecurity this edition with a visibility score of 83.1, ahead of CrowdStrike at 76.1.

com.au is the most-cited source grounding cybersecurity answers, at roughly 10.6% of citations. Brand-owned pages account for 33.9% — the rest of the answer supply chain runs through third-party sources.

The median visibility score across ranked cybersecurity brands is 73.9, and a score above 59.3 reaches the industry top ten.

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Our Methodology

Our Approach to Gathering AI Visibility Data

We process millions of real prompts across AI Mode, ChatGPT, Copilot and Perplexity, then track which brands, products, and domains show up in the answers. That's the raw data behind every score in the Index.

Real Intent Capture

This data results from processing millions of real user prompts. We use advanced semantic and agentic processing to categorize them and define intent, filtering out noise to focus on high-value queries.

Global Model Interrogation

We execute these prompts across different models, including GPT, Perplexity, AI Mode, and more, and across different regions. This allows us to map model understand exactly "how they think" in each market.

Attribution Mapping

We analyze the generated answers to capture the "Kingmaker" domains; the specific sources the models cite giving you a causal link between source authority and brand visibility.

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Palo Alto Networks currently leads AI search visibility in cybersecurity with a Goodie visibility score of 83.1, measured across the tracked AI models.

com.au is the most-cited source in cybersecurity AI answers, grounding roughly 10.6% of citations in this industry.

The median score among ranked cybersecurity brands is 73.9. A score above 59.3 places a brand in the industry top ten.

Each edition samples the same tracked prompt set across the models Goodie follows, then ranks brands by how often they are named in those answers.

Monthly. Each edition re-samples the tracked prompt set so month-over-month figures are directly comparable.