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Data Protection

Data encryption, backup, classification, loss prevention, and privacy compliance.

16 companies ranked by Innovation Matrix score.

80 /100

Cyera

AI-powered, agentless data security platform combining DSPM, DLP, and AI-activity monitoring, and one of the fastest-funded startups in…

Meaningful Innovator Data Protection
72 /100

Securiti.ai

Unified 'Data Command Center' platform combining data security, privacy, governance, and AI compliance across hybrid multicloud environments, now…

Meaningful Innovator Data Protection
70 /100

Varonis

Data-centric security platform that monitors file, email, and cloud activity to detect insider threats and ransomware before data…

Meaningful Innovator Data Protection
68 /100

Sentra

Cloud-native DSPM vendor evolving into a broader data security platform, focused on data hygiene and identity/access controls at…

Incremental Innovator Data Protection
68 /100

Rubrik

Cloud data security company providing immutable backup, ransomware recovery, and cyber resilience across enterprise, cloud, and SaaS workloads.

Incremental Innovator Data Protection
67 /100

Cyberhaven

AI-native data security platform that traces the full lifecycle of data to power DLP, insider-risk management, and shadow-AI…

Incremental Innovator Data Protection
63 /100

Druva

Fully managed, SaaS-delivered cyber-resilience platform providing backup and recovery for data centers, cloud workloads, SaaS, and endpoints with…

Incremental Innovator Data Protection
63 /100

BigID

Data intelligence platform for discovering, classifying, and governing sensitive data and AI datasets across structured, unstructured, and SaaS…

Incremental Innovator Data Protection
63 /100

Microsoft Purview

Microsoft's built-in data security and governance suite, unifying DLP, information protection, DSPM, and compliance across Microsoft 365 and…

Incremental Innovator Data Protection
63 /100

Immuta

Data access governance platform that enforces fine-grained, attribute-based access policies dynamically across data warehouses and lakes like Snowflake…

Incremental Innovator Data Protection
58 /100

Veeam

Privately held backup and ransomware-recovery software vendor whose Data Platform protects VMware, cloud, SaaS, and Kubernetes workloads at…

Incremental Innovator Data Protection
57 /100

Cohesity

Backup and data management platform that merged with Veritas's enterprise data protection business in 2024 to become the…

Incremental Innovator Data Protection
55 /100

Concentric AI

Data security governance vendor using semantic/contextual AI to understand data meaning rather than relying on regex or rule-based…

Incremental Innovator Data Protection
52 /100

Commvault

One of the oldest data-protection vendors, offering operational, cyber, and autonomous recovery software for hybrid and cloud environments.

Incremental Innovator Data Protection
50 /100

Thales (CipherTrust Data Security Platform)

Thales's enterprise encryption, tokenization, and key-management platform, built from the Vormetric and SafeNet KeySecure acquisitions into a unified…

Incremental Innovator Data Protection
47 /100

Forcepoint

Legacy data-loss-prevention and insider-risk vendor, descended from Websense and Raytheon ownership, now focused on enterprise DLP under Francisco…

Emerging / Unranked Data Protection