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AI mentions in answer for 1 question: "If I'm looking to get into Cybersecurity, who and what should I know about? Include the most trusted brands, recommended products and services, reputable companies and providers, influential experts and reviewers to follow, helpful communities and resources, important events and conferences, notable startups disrupting the space, and key publications and media channels to stay informed."

2025-12-30

79
Brands
134
Sources
1
Questions
5
AI Models

About This Report

This report was generated for brands and citations mentioned in answers about Cybersecurity from 5 AI models (namely: Perplexity Sonar (with search) (latest), Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest), OpenAI ChatGPT Latest, Google Gemini Flash (latest), X.AI Grok (latest)). AI models were asked the following questions:

  1. "What are the best Cybersecurity options available today? Please provide a comprehensive overview including: the leading brands and products, top companies and service providers, recognized experts and thought leaders, promising startups and new market entrants, major industry events and conferences, active communities and forums, and influential publications and media covering this space." (view report)
  2. "If I'm looking to get into Cybersecurity, who and what should I know about? Include the most trusted brands, recommended products and services, reputable companies and providers, influential experts and reviewers to follow, helpful communities and resources, important events and conferences, notable startups disrupting the space, and key publications and media channels to stay informed." (view report)
  3. "What does the Cybersecurity industry look like right now? Identify the dominant market leaders and brands, best products and services, key companies and providers, influential figures and thought leaders, emerging startups and trends, major conferences and events, active professional communities, and the top publications and media that cover this industry." (view report)
79 brands and 134 web sources were detected. Top brands detected are: CrowdStrike (88.6%), Palo Alto Networks (67.6%), NIST (58.2%), Wiz (45.2%), OWASP (42.6%). This report was generated on Dec 30, 2025 by AI Chat Watch.

Brand Rankings

Brands mentioned by AI models, ranked by share of voice

# Brand Voice Position Mentions AI
1
CrowdStrike organizationproduct
88.6%
4 4.3% (12)
Perplexity Sonar (with search) (latest)Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestGoogle Gemini Flash (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
2
Palo Alto Networks organizationproduct
67.6%
5 3.6% (10)
Perplexity Sonar (with search) (latest)Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestGoogle Gemini Flash (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
3
NIST organization
58.2%
4 4.3% (12)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestX.AI Grok (latest)
4
Wiz organizationproduct
45.2%
13 5.1% (14)
Perplexity Sonar (with search) (latest)Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestGoogle Gemini Flash (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
5
OWASP organization
42.6%
6 3.6% (10)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestGoogle Gemini Flash (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
6
Splunk organizationproduct
39.3%
7 2.9% (8)
Perplexity Sonar (with search) (latest)Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestGoogle Gemini Flash (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
7
ISACA organization
36.9%
4 2.5% (7)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT Latest
8
Troy Hunt person
25.0%
16 2.5% (7)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestGoogle Gemini Flash (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
9
Snyk organizationproduct
22.6%
14 2.9% (8)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestGoogle Gemini Flash (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
10
Fortinet organizationproduct
22.5%
9 2.5% (7)
Perplexity Sonar (with search) (latest)Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT Latest
11
MITRE ATT&CK product
22.3%
11 1.8% (5)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestGoogle Gemini Flash (latest)
12
Darknet Diaries product
21.1%
26 2.5% (7)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestGoogle Gemini Flash (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
13
Tenable organizationproduct
19.6%
8 1.8% (5)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestGoogle Gemini Flash (latest)
14
Bitwarden product
19.4%
17 1.8% (5)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestX.AI Grok (latest)
15
BSides event
19.2%
21 2.5% (7)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestGoogle Gemini Flash (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
16
Black Hat event
17.2%
21 2.2% (6)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestGoogle Gemini Flash (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
17
DEF CON event
17.2%
21 2.2% (6)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestGoogle Gemini Flash (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
18
16.8%
21 2.2% (6)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestGoogle Gemini Flash (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
19
CISA organization
15.9%
5 1.4% (4)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT Latest
20
Brian Krebs person
14.3%
14 1.4% (4)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestGoogle Gemini Flash (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
21
1Password product
14.1%
17 1.8% (5)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestX.AI Grok (latest)
22
The Hacker News product
10.1%
25 1.4% (4)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestGoogle Gemini Flash (latest)
23
9.2%
16 1.1% (3)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestGoogle Gemini Flash (latest)
24
Axonius organizationproduct
8.6%
28 1.8% (5)
Perplexity Sonar (with search) (latest)Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT Latest
25
Okta organizationproduct
6.0%
7 1.1% (3)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT Latest
26
Dark Reading product
6.0%
30 1.4% (4)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestX.AI Grok (latest)
27
Qualys organizationproduct
5.4%
12 1.1% (3)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT Latest
28
Wireshark product
4.9%
15 1.1% (3)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT Latest
29
Nmap product
4.8%
16 1.1% (3)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT Latest
30
Graham Cluley person
4.4%
8 1.1% (3)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)Google Gemini Flash (latest)
31
Reddit r/cybersecurity organization
4.1%
11 1.1% (3)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)Google Gemini Flash (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
32
3.2%
21 1.1% (3)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)Google Gemini Flash (latest)
33
3.0%
19 0.7% (2)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT Latest
34
2.9%
23 0.7% (2)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT Latest
35
Risky Business product
2.5%
32 0.7% (2)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT Latest
36
Check Point organizationproduct
0.8%
6 1.4% (4)
Perplexity Sonar (with search) (latest)Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)
37
Zscaler organizationproduct
0.7%
8 1.4% (4)
Perplexity Sonar (with search) (latest)Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)
38
Rapid7 organizationproduct
0.7%
11 1.4% (4)
Perplexity Sonar (with search) (latest)Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)
39
ShmooCon event
0.4%
31 1.4% (4)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
40
Threatpost product
0.4%
39 1.4% (4)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
41
Kevin Mitnick person
0.3%
19 0.7% (2)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
42
Reddit r/netsec organization
0.2%
23 0.7% (2)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
43
Cloudflare organizationproduct
0.1%
11 0.7% (2)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)
44
Metasploit product
0.1%
18 0.7% (2)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)
45
LastPass product
0.1%
24 0.7% (2)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)
46
NetworkChuck person
0.1%
35 0.7% (2)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)
47
LiveOverflow person
0.1%
38 0.7% (2)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)
48
IppSec person
0.1%
39 0.7% (2)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)
49
InfraGard organization
0.1%
44 0.7% (2)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)
50
Cisco Security organizationproduct
0.1%
6 0.4% (1)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)
51
44CON event
0.1%
50 0.7% (2)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)
52
CCC event
0.1%
51 0.7% (2)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)
53
Huntress organizationproduct
0.1%
55 0.7% (2)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)
54
Lacework organizationproduct
0.1%
57 0.7% (2)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)
55
Malicious Life product
0.1%
67 0.7% (2)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)
56
CVE organization
0.1%
70 0.7% (2)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)
57
NVD organization
0.1%
71 0.7% (2)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)
58
VirusTotal product
0.1%
76 0.7% (2)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)
59
ENISA organization
0.1%
77 0.7% (2)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)
60
Trend Micro organizationproduct
0.1%
8 0.4% (1)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)
61
CyberSeek organization
0.1%
78 0.7% (2)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)
62
McAfee Enterprise organizationproduct
0.1%
9 0.4% (1)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)
63
Symantec organizationproduct
0.1%
10 0.4% (1)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)
64
Kali Linux product
0.1%
17 0.4% (1)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)
65
Burp Suite product
0.1%
19 0.4% (1)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)
66
Elastic Security organizationproduct
0.0%
26 0.4% (1)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)
67
IBM QRadar organizationproduct
0.0%
27 0.4% (1)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)
68
John Hammond person
0.0%
36 0.4% (1)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)
69
0.0%
37 0.4% (1)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)
70
0.0%
42 0.4% (1)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)
71
Arctic Wolf organizationproduct
0.0%
54 0.4% (1)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)
72
Cado Security organizationproduct
0.0%
56 0.4% (1)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)
73
Security Week product
0.0%
63 0.4% (1)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)
74
0.0%
64 0.4% (1)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)
75
Naked Security product
0.0%
65 0.4% (1)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)
76
0.0%
69 0.4% (1)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)
77
Exploit Database organization
0.0%
73 0.4% (1)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)
78
0.0%
75 0.4% (1)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)
79
LinkedIn Learning organization
0.0%
79 0.4% (1)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is this AI Mentions Report about?
This report analyzes how AI chatbots like Perplexity Sonar (with search) (latest), Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest), OpenAI ChatGPT Latest, Google Gemini Flash (latest), X.AI Grok (latest) respond to questions related to Cybersecurity. It identifies which brands, products, and organizations are mentioned most frequently and measures their share of voice in AI responses.
What questions were analyzed in this report?
This report analyzed answers to 3 questions:
  1. "What are the best Cybersecurity options available today? Please provide a comprehensive overview including: the leading brands and products, top companies and service providers, recognized experts and thought leaders, promising startups and new market entrants, major industry events and conferences, active communities and forums, and influential publications and media covering this space." (view report)
  2. "If I'm looking to get into Cybersecurity, who and what should I know about? Include the most trusted brands, recommended products and services, reputable companies and providers, influential experts and reviewers to follow, helpful communities and resources, important events and conferences, notable startups disrupting the space, and key publications and media channels to stay informed." (view report)
  3. "What does the Cybersecurity industry look like right now? Identify the dominant market leaders and brands, best products and services, key companies and providers, influential figures and thought leaders, emerging startups and trends, major conferences and events, active professional communities, and the top publications and media that cover this industry." (view report)
How many brands were analyzed in this report?
This report analyzed 79 unique brands mentioned across 5 AI models.
How many web sources were detected?
AI models cited 134 unique web sources (domains) when answering questions.
Which brands are mentioned most by AI models?
The top 3 most mentioned brands are CrowdStrike (organization,product), Palo Alto Networks (organization,product), NIST (organization), based on analysis of 5 AI model responses.
How many AI models were analyzed?
This report analyzed responses from 5 AI models: Perplexity Sonar (with search) (latest), Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest), OpenAI ChatGPT Latest, Google Gemini Flash (latest), X.AI Grok (latest).
What does "Share of Voice" mean and how is it calculated?
Share of Voice (Voice %) measures brand prominence across AI models.

Formula: Share of Voice = Model Coverage × Quality Score

Where:
Model Coverage = Sum of normalized weights for models mentioning the brand
Quality Score = Prominence / Max Prominence in dataset
Prominence = Mentions × (1 / log₂(Position + 1))

Model weights (based on Monthly Active Users):
• OpenAI ChatGPT Latest: 900M MAU (~54.1% weight)
• Google Gemini Flash (latest): 650M MAU (~39.1% weight)
• Perplexity Sonar (with search) (latest): 45M MAU (~2.7% weight)
• X.AI Grok (latest): 39M MAU (~2.3% weight)
• Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest): 30M MAU (~1.8% weight)

Brands appearing in top positions across high-traffic models achieve higher Share of Voice.