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Firewalls, intrusion detection, network monitoring, segmentation, and secure access.

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CISO Reviewed

Builds a mathematically accurate 'digital twin' of enterprise networks, letting teams verify network and security changes before they…

Meaningful Innovator Network Security
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Zscaler

A cloud-native security-service-edge pioneer that routes all user traffic through a global proxy cloud instead of backhauling it…

Meaningful Innovator Network Security
78 /100

Claroty

Cyber-physical systems protection platform securing industrial, healthcare and enterprise IoT devices for critical infrastructure operators.

Meaningful Innovator Network Security
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Tailscale

A zero-configuration mesh VPN built on WireGuard that applies Google's BeyondCorp zero-trust model to make secure networking accessible…

Meaningful Innovator Network Security
78 /100

Dragos

Industrial control system and OT cybersecurity platform with threat intelligence, detection and incident response services.

Meaningful Innovator Network Security
77 /100

Illumio

A microsegmentation pioneer built on the assumption that breaches are inevitable, focused on containing lateral movement rather than…

Meaningful Innovator Network Security
77 /100

TXOne Networks Inc.

OT and industrial control system cybersecurity built for zero operational disruption, protecting legacy manufacturing and critical infrastructure devices…

Meaningful Innovator Network Security
77 /100

Island

Chromium-based enterprise browser that embeds governance, data-protection, and network controls at the browser layer.

Meaningful Innovator Network Security
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Zero Networks

An automated, agentless microsegmentation platform that learns network behavior and generates least-privilege access policies without manual rule-writing.

Meaningful Innovator Network Security
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IRONSCALES

AI-powered email security platform detecting and auto-remediating phishing, business email compromise, and account-takeover attacks.

Meaningful Innovator Network Security
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secunet Security Networks

Germany's largest independent IT security company and the federal government's primary cybersecurity partner, best known for its SINA…

Meaningful Innovator Network Security
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Cloudflare

A global edge network operator whose Zero Trust and DDoS-mitigation products run on the same infrastructure it uses…

Meaningful Innovator Network Security
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Cato Networks

A single-vendor SASE pioneer that built its own global private backbone from day one, converging SD-WAN, firewall, SWG,…

Meaningful Innovator Network Security
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Corelight

Open network detection and response platform built on Zeek, Suricata and machine learning.

Meaningful Innovator Network Security
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Cloudbrink

Personal SASE platform delivering per-user zero-trust network access with performance that outpaces traditional VPN and ZTNA.

Meaningful Innovator Network Security
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Zero Networks

Automated, agentless microsegmentation and just-in-time access to stop lateral movement and ransomware.

Meaningful Innovator Network Security
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Cyolo

Secure Connectivity Platform unifying zero-trust network access, identity, and privileged access for OT and critical infrastructure.

Meaningful Innovator Network Security
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Salvador Technologies

Israeli OT/ICS cyber-recovery vendor whose air-gapped, USB-deployed backup hardware restores infected industrial workstations to operation in under a…

Meaningful Innovator Network Security
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Axiado

A hardware security startup building an AI-driven Trusted Control/Compute Unit chip that combines root-of-trust, secure boot, and runtime…

Meaningful Innovator Network Security
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Dragos

Industrial cybersecurity platform giving OT/ICS teams visibility, threat detection and incident response for critical infrastructure networks.

Meaningful Innovator Network Security
70 /100

Elisity

San Jose-based identity-based microsegmentation platform stopping lateral movement across IT, OT, and IoT without agents or new hardware.

Meaningful Innovator Network Security
70 /100

ColorTokens Inc.

Agentless microsegmentation platform for enforcing Zero Trust breach containment across data centers, OT, and cloud.

Meaningful Innovator Network Security
70 /100

Xona

A clientless, browser-based zero-trust remote access platform purpose-built for operational technology, replacing VPNs and jump servers for HMIs,…

Meaningful Innovator Network Security
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American Binary

Deep-tech cybersecurity company building the first enterprise VPN fully compliant with the NSA's CNSA 2.0 post-quantum cryptography standard.

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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Netskope

Cloud-delivered SASE platform combining secure web gateway, CASB, ZTNA and data protection with a unified policy engine.

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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Cydome Security

Maritime-specific cybersecurity platform providing real-time IT/OT/IoT asset visibility and regulatory compliance for vessels and fleets.

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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Proofpoint

Proofpoint is a major, Thoma Bravo-owned enterprise cybersecurity provider protecting organizations across email security, identity threat defense, data…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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Bastille

Bastille builds an enterprise wireless airspace security platform that uses software-defined radio to detect, locate, and classify unauthorized…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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Red Sift

Cloud email security and brand protection platform automating DMARC/BIMI enforcement, now expanding into attack surface management.

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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Cape

Cape is a privacy-first U.S. mobile carrier that runs its own network core to block SIM-swap, SS7 interception,…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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Shift5

A Rosslyn, VA-based OT cybersecurity company founded by Army Cyber Command veterans that monitors and defends onboard data…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
68 /100

Ocean Security

Israeli startup using AI agents that read sender intent and context to catch AI-generated phishing emails that pattern-matching…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
68 /100

Sublime Security

A New York-based vendor that replaces black-box secure email gateways with an open, detection-as-code email security platform.

Incremental Innovator Network Security
67 /100

Nozomi Networks

OT and IoT network monitoring platform providing anomaly and threat detection for industrial control system environments.

Incremental Innovator Network Security
67 /100

Hornetsecurity

European Microsoft 365 email security and backup vendor, now part of Proofpoint after a May 2025 acquisition.

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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Dispel

Zero Trust secure remote access platform purpose-built for industrial control systems and OT environments using Moving Target Defense.

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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Dispersive Holdings Inc.

Roswell, Georgia-based stealth networking company using patented multipath encryption to make network traffic invisible to attackers.

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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Algosec

Established network security policy management platform that automates firewall, router, and cloud security-group rule management across hybrid environments.

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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BackBox

Network automation and security platform that automates backup, patching, and configuration management for network devices across hybrid, multi-cloud…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
67 /100

Whalebone

No-install, DNS-level network security deployed through telecom operators and ISPs, protecting hundreds of millions of end users without…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
67 /100

Portnox

Portnox delivers cloud-native network access control and zero trust network access, securing over a million devices and 40…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
67 /100

Sublime Security

Transparent, rules-based email security platform that lets security teams write, test, and audit their own detection logic instead…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
67 /100

Ordr

Agentless connected-device security platform discovering and securing IoT, medical devices, and OT, with independent recognition from KLAS Research…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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Nym Technologies

Swiss developer of a decentralized mixnet network and NymVPN, designed to protect network metadata and traffic patterns against…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
67 /100

Ermes Cyber Security

Italian AI-driven browser security company protecting corporate web browsing from data exfiltration and behavior-based web threats, recognized by…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
67 /100

Zeroport

Israeli startup replacing IP-based remote access with a patented non-IP hardware bridge, aiming to eliminate the VPN and…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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Netskope

A security-service-edge vendor built around a cloud-native inline proxy for CASB, SWG, and ZTNA, which completed its IPO…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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Palo Alto Networks

The largest pure-play cybersecurity vendor, selling NGFW appliances alongside a sprawling platform of cloud, SOC, and Zero Trust…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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Gigamon

A network-traffic visibility vendor whose Deep Observability Pipeline extracts and filters network-derived telemetry, including decrypted data in motion,…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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Industrial Defender

Long-standing OT/ICS cybersecurity vendor providing asset visibility, vulnerability management, and NERC CIP compliance for industrial environments.

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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Lattice Semiconductor (Sentry Security Solutions)

Public FPGA maker Lattice Semiconductor's Sentry solution stack and secure control FPGAs provide hardware root-of-trust and platform firmware…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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Titania

Network configuration security software that virtually models device behavior to find exploitable misconfigurations before attackers do, trusted by…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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Defense Unicorns

A founder-led defense software-supply-chain company that reached unicorn status on a $136M Series B.

Incremental Innovator Governance, Risk & Compliance
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A10 Networks (A10 Defend)

Publicly traded network infrastructure company whose A10 Defend suite provides AI-enhanced DDoS mitigation and application/API traffic protection.

Incremental Innovator Network Security
65 /100

Tufin

A publicly traded network security policy management platform that automates firewall and cloud security policy changes across multi-vendor…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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NinjaOne

An Austin automated endpoint-management leader valued at $12.3 billion after a large Series C extension.

Incumbent Network Security
63 /100

DNSFilter

Washington DC-based DNS security provider using real-time AI domain analysis to block malicious content for 4M+ end users.

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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CrowdSec

Open-source, crowdsourced intrusion prevention system that aggregates malicious-IP signals from a global community of users.

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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OPSWAT

OPSWAT protects critical infrastructure with prevention-first technology — deep content disarm and reconstruction, removable media control, and air-gapped…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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Viasat

Publicly traded satellite communications and defense contractor whose Type 1-certified encryption devices secure classified government and military communications.

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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Conceal

Conceal provides browser-native isolation and zero-trust web security through ConcealBrowse, routing unverified web traffic through remote isolation while…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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SCATR

Cleveland-based Zero Trust Transit company protecting data in motion with patented traffic obfuscation and adaptive routing, aimed at…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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Airbus CyberSecurity

Cyber-defense arm of Airbus Defence and Space delivering encryption, threat detection, security orchestration, and 24/7 SOC services to…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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LibraCyber

LibraCyber (formed from the 2026 combination of email security vendor Libraesva and security-awareness company Cyber Guru) is a…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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Todyl

Todyl provides a unified, single-agent SASE, SIEM, EDR, MXDR, SOAR, and GRC security platform built specifically for managed…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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SAM Seamless Network

A decade-old Tel Aviv home-network security pioneer, embedded with major carriers and acquired by Qualcomm.

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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seraphic

Seraphic, based in Palo Alto, California, builds browser security technology that provides continuous in-session protection, turning any standard…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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Upstream Security

Israeli automotive cybersecurity company providing cloud-based detection and response for connected and autonomous vehicle fleets, backed directly by…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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Acalvio Technologies

A decade-old Santa Clara deception-technology vendor using AI-driven decoys and honeytokens to catch intruders across IT, OT, identity,…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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Internet Initiative Japan (Safous Zero Trust)

IIJ's Safous zero trust platform provides secure remote access, OT privileged access, and attack surface assessment for Japanese…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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Endace

New Zealand-founded pioneer of full packet capture technology, providing scalable network recording for security investigation and forensics.

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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Everfox

Defense-grade zero trust and cross-domain security vendor, rebranded from Forcepoint Federal to serve government and critical-infrastructure missions.

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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FireMon

Lenexa, Kansas-based creator of the network security policy management category, unifying firewall and cloud policy across 120+ platforms.

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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Aeris (IoT Watchtower)

Cellular IoT connectivity provider whose IoT Watchtower product embeds Secure Service Edge-style threat detection and zero-trust policy controls…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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Cylus

Cylus builds network detection and monitoring purpose-built for railway and metro signaling and control systems, backed by rail…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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Barracuda

KKR-owned, Campbell, California-based security vendor covering email security, CloudGen/SecureEdge network security and SASE, application firewalling and data protection…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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ST Engineering Cybersecurity

ST Engineering Cybersecurity is the info-security division of Singapore's ST Engineering, providing government-grade encryptors, cross-domain solutions, and data…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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HYAS Infosec

Protective DNS and adversary-infrastructure threat intelligence platform, independently AV-TEST validated to block the majority of malware and phishing…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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Infodas

German cross-domain security vendor, now an Airbus subsidiary, providing NATO- and EU SECRET-accredited hardware gateways for moving data…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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Arista Networks

A publicly traded networking company whose Arista NDR division, built on its Awake Security acquisition, embeds AI-driven network…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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Nile

Nile, founded by former Cisco executives John Chambers and Pankaj Patel, delivers campus and branch networking as a…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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SquareX

SquareX is a San Francisco-based browser security company that built a Browser Detection and Response (BDR) platform —…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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ExtraHop

A network detection and response vendor using cloud-scale machine learning on east-west traffic to spot behavioral anomalies and…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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Secturion Systems

An NSA-certified hardware encryption vendor for defense platforms, acquired by Carlyle in July 2026.

Incremental Innovator Data Protection
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CUJO AI

Network intelligence and cybersecurity platform embedded in ISP and mobile-operator networks, protecting connected devices at massive scale.

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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Mimecast

Established email and collaboration security vendor offering threat protection, insider risk management, and awareness training, taken private by…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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SquareX (now part of Zscaler)

Browser Detection and Response pioneer protecting against malicious extensions, browser-based malware, and identity attacks, acquired by Zscaler in…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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Inky

AI-driven email security vendor known for in-inbox warning banners that coach users on phishing risk, acquired by MSP…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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OneLayer

Tel Aviv-based network security startup securing private LTE/5G cellular networks and connected IoT/OT devices with visibility and zero-trust…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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EfficientIP

Paris-based DDI (DNS-DHCP-IPAM) vendor whose SOLIDserver platform secures DNS infrastructure against exfiltration and DDoS, recently acquired by private…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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Advenica

Publicly traded Swedish manufacturer of data diodes and cross-domain security products approved for classified networks up to TOP…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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NetFoundry

Creator and commercial steward of OpenZiti, an open-source zero-trust networking framework that embeds identity-based access directly into applications…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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Menlo Security

A Mountain View, California pioneer of cloud-based browser isolation, now positioning itself as a secure enterprise browser platform,…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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PQShield

PQShield builds post-quantum cryptography libraries and hardware accelerators, including quantum-resistant TLS/network encryption implementations, to help organizations transition network…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
60 /100

NTT Communications Corporation

The global ICT arm of NTT, bundling managed security and SOC services into its worldwide network.

Incumbent Network Security
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TigerByte Cyber

TigerByte Cyber hardens legacy aircraft, satellites, and drones against cyberattacks with plug-and-play, hardware-enforced edge security.

Incremental Innovator Network Security
60 /100

PlaxidityX

PlaxidityX, formerly Argus Cyber Security, is one of the largest independent automotive cybersecurity vendors, protecting connected vehicles for…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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OTOPIQ Security

Jersey City OT security firm built on NanoLock's device-protection technology, enforcing zero-trust controls at the industrial device itself.

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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Fortinet

The highest-volume firewall vendor globally, built around custom ASIC-accelerated appliances and a broad Security Fabric of integrated products.

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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Cisco (Secure Firewall)

CISO Reviewed

Cisco's Secure Firewall line embeds NGFW, IPS, and zero-trust segmentation into the networking giant's dominant enterprise infrastructure footprint.

Incumbent Network Security
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Leonardo

A European defense group building owned Zero Trust technology via stakes in SSH Communications, Becrypt, Axiomatics, and Arbit.

Incumbent Identity & Access Management
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Corero Network Security

Publicly traded DDoS protection vendor offering real-time, line-rate detection and mitigation appliances and DDoS-as-a-service.

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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Radware

Radware is a publicly traded (NASDAQ: RDWR) cybersecurity vendor providing DDoS protection, web application firewalls, and bot management…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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Red Piranha

Red Piranha's Crystal Eye XDR platform consolidates protection, detection, and response across cloud, on-prem, and endpoints into one…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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BlueCat

Toronto-based DDI (DNS, DHCP, IP address management) vendor whose platform gives large enterprises centralized visibility and control over…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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AhnLab

AhnLab is a publicly traded South Korean cybersecurity vendor offering antivirus, network firewall/UTM, and malware defense products used…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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NSFOCUS

NSFOCUS is a Beijing- and Santa Clara-based network security vendor providing volumetric DDoS mitigation, intrusion prevention, and web…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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NordLayer

NordLayer is Nord Security's business network security platform, delivering SASE and Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) capabilities such…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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Radiflow

Israeli OT/ICS security vendor, majority-owned by Turkey's Sabanci Group, offering passive network monitoring and business-impact risk scoring for…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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Aviatrix

Aviatrix builds a cloud-native networking and security fabric that governs workload-to-workload communication across multicloud, Kubernetes, and serverless environments,…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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Alkira

Alkira delivers a fully managed "Network Cloud" that provisions global network fabric with built-in firewalling, segmentation, and routing…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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Graphiant

Graphiant delivers Network-as-a-Service edge connectivity that consolidates SD-WAN, firewalling, and zero-trust access into a single subscription, aimed at…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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10ZiG Technology

10ZiG Technology builds thin and zero client hardware and software that shrink the endpoint attack surface for virtual…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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Aliro

A Harvard-spinout Series A building vendor-agnostic entanglement-based quantum networking software.

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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Phosphorus Cybersecurity

An xIoT security specialist that remediates vulnerabilities across unmanaged connected devices, acquired by Dragos.

Incremental Innovator Attack Surface Management
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Queue-it

Queue-it is a global provider of online traffic orchestration technology, best known for its virtual waiting room product…

Incremental Innovator Attack Surface Management
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Photonic

Vancouver-area quantum company building distributed quantum computing and networking with silicon T-centre qubits and photonic links, including repeaters…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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Kigen

Cambridge-based Arm spin-out providing eSIM and remote SIM provisioning security technology for IoT devices.

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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Dream Security

A Tel Aviv sovereign AI and cyber-defense company, co-led by Shalev Hulio and Sebastian Kurz, valued at $3B…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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Enea (AdaptiveMobile Security)

Enea's telecom-focused security division protecting mobile network operators from signaling fraud, SMS spam, and 5G-era network attacks.

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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FirstPoint Mobile Guard

Network-based cellular security for mobile fleets and cellular-connected IoT that blocks SS7/telecom-layer attacks without installing software on the…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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RazorSecure

RazorSecure provides real-time cybersecurity monitoring for onboard train systems and trackside rail infrastructure, backed by a cooperation agreement…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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SIGA Data Security

OT/ICS anomaly detection vendor that monitors physical-layer electrical signals from industrial sensors and actuators, rather than network traffic,…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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Arbor Networks

Arbor Networks is the DDoS protection brand operated today as NETSCOUT's dedicated security division, built on 25 years…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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SecuLore

SecuLore builds Paladin, a passive network-monitoring appliance purpose-built to protect 911 dispatch centers and public safety networks, and…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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Jizo AI

Jizo AI (formerly SESAME IT) builds an AI-driven network detection and response platform for SOC teams, combining full…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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Owl Cyber Defense

Pure-play maker of hardware-enforced data diodes and NCDSMO Baseline-listed cross domain solutions for government, defense, and critical infrastructure…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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Opscura

Spanish OT/ICS security vendor that cloaks industrial network traffic at Layer 2 to protect legacy, unpatchable operational technology…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
57 /100

Sitehop

UK-based Sitehop builds FPGA hardware encryption appliances for ultra-low-latency, quantum-ready protection of high-speed data-in-motion traffic.

Incremental Innovator Network Security
57 /100

Corsa Security

Corsa Security builds a network security virtualization platform that lets large enterprises and service providers scale next-generation firewall…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
57 /100

Allot

A publicly traded (Nasdaq/TASE: ALLT) Israeli network intelligence vendor that sells DDoS protection and Security-as-a-Service bundles directly through…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
57 /100

Gatewatcher

A French network detection and response vendor named a Gartner Magic Quadrant Visionary, backed by EUR25 million in…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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Kentik

Network observability platform for real-time traffic visibility and DDoS detection across cloud and internet infrastructure, acquired by Infoblox…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
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Rhebo

A Leipzig-based OT and IIoT security company providing non-intrusive network anomaly detection and monitoring for critical infrastructure and…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
57 /100

Auvik Networks

Auvik is a Waterloo, Canada-based network management and monitoring platform used heavily by managed service providers to gain…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
57 /100

AT&T Business

A telecom incumbent delivering network-native security via AT&T Dynamic Defense, managed SASE, and LevelBlue.

Incumbent Network Security
57 /100

HEQA Security

Israeli maker of quantum-safe appliances combining quantum key distribution with post-quantum cryptography overlays; formerly QuantLR.

Incremental Innovator Network Security
57 /100

QTI (Quantum Telecommunications Italy)

Florence quantum key distribution (QKD) company, a spin-off of the Italian CNR optics institute and a subsidiary of…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
55 /100

Red Access

A Series A Tel Aviv agentless browser-security vendor backed by Norwest, S Ventures, and Singtel Innov8.

Incremental Innovator Cloud Security
55 /100

Versa Networks

A single-vendor SASE provider offering SD-WAN, NGFW, ZTNA, and now a 'sovereign SASE' option for customers with data-residency…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
55 /100

Ekinops

A French networking vendor building a SASE stack from Olfeo and Chimere, including on-premises options.

Incremental Innovator Network Security
55 /100

Akamai (App & API Protector)

Edge-network security business protecting web applications, APIs and DDoS surfaces at global CDN scale.

Incumbent Network Security
55 /100

Guardio

AI-powered browser security app protecting 1.5 million consumers with real-time phishing and malicious-site blocking, valued at $1.1 billion.

Incremental Innovator Network Security
55 /100

ntop

Italian developer of open-source and commercial network traffic monitoring tools ntopng and nDPI, including encrypted-traffic analysis.

Incremental Innovator Network Security
55 /100

Tempered

Zero trust network micro-segmentation platform (Airwall) built on Host Identity Protocol, acquired by Johnson Controls in 2022 to…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
55 /100

RiskAnalytics

Operates the SecureDNS managed DNS-security service and ShadowNet threat-intelligence feed, distributed widely through ISAC/ISAO partnerships into critical-infrastructure and…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
55 /100

Halon

Swedish-built MTA and email-security infrastructure platform for high-volume mail operators, now under Intera Partners ownership with an expanded…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
55 /100

Armour Communications

London-based secure communications vendor providing NCSC-approved encrypted voice, messaging, and conferencing for government and defense customers on everyday…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
55 /100

Sepio Systems

A Maryland-based asset risk management vendor that detects rogue and manipulated hardware at the physical/electrical layer, filling a…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
55 /100

Veracity Industrial Networks

Ann Arbor-based OT security vendor applying software-defined networking to build deny-by-default, secure-by-design industrial control system networks for energy,…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
55 /100

Centripetal Networks

Intelligence-led managed network security vendor whose CleanINTERNET service applies threat intelligence at the network edge in real time…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
55 /100

Garland Technology

Garland Technology makes network TAPs, packet brokers, and data diodes that feed security and monitoring tools with reliable,…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
55 /100

SecuLetter

A publicly-listed (KOSDAQ) South Korean cybersecurity firm focused exclusively on Content Disarm and Reconstruction (CDR) for email and…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
55 /100

Nord Security

Nord Security, best known for the consumer product NordVPN, also runs a business security division built around NordLayer…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
55 /100

AI EdgeLabs

AI-native runtime security platform for edge, IoT, and OT infrastructure, selected by industrial IoT hardware vendor Advantech as…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
55 /100

Infoblox

Large private-equity-backed DDI (DNS/DHCP/IPAM) vendor whose BloxOne Threat Defense uses DNS-layer visibility to detect malware, data exfiltration, and…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
55 /100

Netsweeper

Waterloo, Ontario-based web and DNS content filtering vendor whose classification technology is deployed by schools, telecoms, and governments…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
55 /100

QuSecure

QuSecure builds a software-only platform, QuProtect, that discovers where classical cryptography is used on an organization's network and…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
55 /100

NETSCOUT

A four-decade, NASDAQ-listed network-visibility and DDoS-defense incumbent (Arbor, Omnis).

Incumbent Network Security
55 /100

Spur Intelligence

A Florida IP-intelligence vendor detecting VPN, proxy, and AI-bot traffic, with strong retention and a large new round.

Incremental Innovator Network Security
55 /100

NetBird

A Berlin open-source WireGuard-based Zero Trust networking company that closed a $10M Series A in January 2026.

Incremental Innovator Network Security
55 /100

dope.security

Mountain View startup building a secure web gateway that inspects traffic directly on the endpoint instead of routing…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
55 /100

CR Group Nordic

A Stockholm, PE-backed roll-up (formerly C-Resiliens) consolidating national European encryption and secure-comms specialists into a sovereign NATO/EU alternative.

Incremental Innovator Network Security
53 /100

NTT DOCOMO Business (Managed Security Services)

NTT DOCOMO Business embeds managed security — including network-as-a-service with built-in protection — into its global telecom and…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
53 /100

EasyDMARC

AI-powered platform simplifying DMARC, SPF, and DKIM deployment to stop phishing, domain spoofing, and business email compromise.

Incremental Innovator Network Security
53 /100

Open Systems

Zurich-based SASE and managed detection and response provider, now a Swiss Post subsidiary, recognized repeatedly in Gartner's SASE…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
53 /100

Venari Security

Encrypted traffic analysis platform that detects threats and anomalous behavior in encrypted network traffic using machine learning and…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
53 /100

Genie Networks

Publicly listed Taiwanese vendor of carrier-grade DDoS detection/mitigation and network traffic analytics for ISPs, mobile operators, and data…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
53 /100

NanoLock Security

An Israeli Series B company that embeds device-level protection into OT and IoT hardware such as smart meters…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
53 /100

6WIND

6WIND's DPDK-based virtual router software includes an IPsec VPN gateway product line, replacing dedicated networking hardware with carrier-grade…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
53 /100

Allentis

Allentis makes ANSSI-qualified network TAPs and monitoring probes for critical infrastructure and defense networks; acquired by nuclear engineering…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
53 /100

PowerDMARC

A DMARC-as-a-service platform that manages email authentication (SPF, DKIM, DMARC, BIMI, MTA-STS) to stop domain spoofing and phishing…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
53 /100

Link11

Link11 provides cloud-based DDoS protection, web application security, and secure CDN/DNS services from a European-operated network.

Incremental Innovator Network Security
53 /100

Bittium

Bittium is a publicly traded Finnish company whose Secure Communications product line builds hardened, encrypted smartphones and mobile…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
53 /100

Q*Bird

Dutch deep-tech startup spun out of QuTech/TU Delft building measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution hardware for quantum-safe network communications.

Incremental Innovator Network Security
53 /100

Progress Flowmon

Network detection and response platform, born as Czech spin-off Flowmon Networks, now sold and developed as Progress Flowmon…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
53 /100

WiJungle

Gurugram-based unified network security gateway vendor consolidating firewall, VPN, IPS, WAF, SD-WAN, and DLP into a single platform…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
53 /100

Byos

Byos builds hardware- and software-based micro-segmentation that isolates individual devices at the network edge, targeting OT, healthcare, and…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
53 /100

Hillstone Networks

Hillstone Networks, founded by former NetScreen engineers, builds next-generation firewalls and cloud workload protection under what it calls…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
53 /100

Kasada

Kasada is a Sydney-founded bot-mitigation company that combats automated fraud and credential-stuffing attacks by targeting attacker economics rather…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
53 /100

Twingate

Twingate provides a zero-trust network access (ZTNA) platform positioned as a modern, easier-to-deploy alternative to traditional corporate VPNs,…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
53 /100

Intelligent Waves

A Reston, VA defense integrator with in-house autonomous pentesting (SHADOW) and zero trust (GRAYPATH) products.

Incremental Innovator Network Security
53 /100

Qoria

Qoria is an Australia-based, ASX-listed provider of digital safety and student wellbeing solutions, built around subsidiary brands Linewize…

Incumbent Network Security
53 /100

Cisco Systems

A scaled public incumbent whose security portfolio, built through Splunk, Duo, and AI-security acquisitions, rides on its networking…

Incumbent Network Security
53 /100

LQUOM

Yokohama quantum-communication startup developing quantum repeaters for long-distance quantum networks and a quantum internet.

Incremental Innovator Network Security
52 /100

Forescout

A device-visibility and network access control platform that discovers and classifies every connected device, including unmanaged IT, IoT,…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
52 /100

Libraesva

An Italian email-security specialist (about 40 employees) extending into awareness training through its Cyber Guru acquisition.

Incremental Innovator Data Protection
52 /100

MokN

A Paris decoy-portal credential-theft prevention startup, Google Ventures' first French investment.

Incremental Innovator Identity & Access Management
52 /100

ClearVPN (MacPaw)

One-tap consumer VPN from Ukrainian software company MacPaw, offering encrypted browsing and free access for Ukrainian users.

Incremental Innovator Network Security
52 /100

Niagara Networks

Network visibility vendor building packet brokers, bypass switches, and TAPs that feed the right traffic to security and…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
52 /100

Nexusguard

Hong Kong-based DDoS mitigation provider operating a global scrubbing-center network and white-labeled anti-DDoS services for telecoms and internet…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
52 /100

Cybera

A Secure SD-WAN and managed security product line for highly distributed multi-site retailers, now operated as part of…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
52 /100

Telesoft Technologies

Telesoft Technologies builds carrier-scale network monitoring and FPGA-accelerated threat detection hardware and software used by telecom operators, governments,…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
52 /100

Red Trident Inc

A Houston-based, veteran-owned OT/ICS cybersecurity firm delivering continuous monitoring, threat hunting, and assessment services for energy, water, and…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
52 /100

TCPWave

DDI (DNS, DHCP, IPAM) platform with security-hardened DNS built in to defend against DDoS, tunneling, and data exfiltration…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
52 /100

Firezone

Open-source, WireGuard-based zero trust network access platform offering peer-to-peer encrypted remote access with IdP-integrated, group-based policies.

Incremental Innovator Network Security
52 /100

Stamus Networks

Suricata-based network detection and response (NDR) vendor offering transparent, tunable detection logic under its Clear NDR platform.

Incremental Innovator Network Security
52 /100

Fidelis Security

Fidelis Security provides network detection and response (NDR), deception technology, and endpoint/cloud detection under an 'active XDR' banner,…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
52 /100

Prosimo

Prosimo provides a multicloud networking and security platform that combines application-aware connectivity, security controls, and cloud cost management…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
52 /100

TrueFort

TrueFort provides real-time microsegmentation and application behavior monitoring for workloads and applications, aimed at stopping lateral movement inside…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
52 /100

Qi An Xin

Qi An Xin (QAX) is one of China's largest cybersecurity companies, publicly traded on Shanghai's STAR Market, with…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
52 /100

Aryaka Networks

Aryaka is a unified SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) provider that has been building its own private global…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
52 /100

Accenture

A global systems integrator buying scaled security capability via CyberCX, a $4.175B Dragos stake, runZero, and NetRise.

Incumbent Attack Surface Management
52 /100

Sparkle

International carrier (Telecom Italia Sparkle) that has launched quantum-safe network services; tracked here for those services only.

Incremental Innovator Network Security
50 /100

Qualcomm

A global chipmaker that acquired home-network security firm SAM Seamless Network, reportedly for over $150M.

Incumbent Network Security
50 /100

Parsons

A NYSE-listed engineering firm that acquired utility OT cybersecurity vendor IPKeys Power Partners for $43M.

Incumbent Network Security
50 /100

TRIOVEGA (edge.SHIELDOR)

An industrial OT security product from a German Industry 4.0 engineering firm that hardens shop-floor connectivity against cyber…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
50 /100

Timus Networks

A Tampa cloud-native SASE platform for MSPs acquired by CyberFOX.

Incremental Innovator Network Security
50 /100

IO River

A Boston multi-CDN orchestration startup reducing edge-vendor lock-in, which raised a $20M Series A in January 2026.

Incremental Innovator Network Security
50 /100

SafeHouse Tech

Indo-Israeli cloud security platform that sits as the first point of contact for internet traffic, with a flagship…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
50 /100

Rohde & Schwarz Networks and Cybersecurity

German high-assurance encryption and firewall division of Rohde & Schwarz, certified for NATO SECRET-level government and defense communications,…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
50 /100

HPE Aruba Networking

HPE's Aruba networking division, whose ClearPass Policy Manager delivers Zero Trust network access control integrated with 150+ third-party…

Incumbent Network Security
50 /100

Akimbo Technologies

Canadian defense-sector cybersecurity firm whose DEFENSA embedded software applies fault-tolerant computing to detect and self-heal cyberattacks on military…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
50 /100

Labris Networks

A Turkish network security vendor building domestically certified Unified Threat Management firewalls and DDoS mitigation appliances for government,…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
50 /100

cPacket Networks

Ultra-low-latency network packet brokering, capture and observability infrastructure that feeds full-fidelity traffic visibility to security and performance-monitoring tools.

Incremental Innovator Network Security
50 /100

Soliton Systems

Soliton Systems' IT Security division sells certificate-based network access control (NetAttest EPS), secure file transfer (FileZen), and secure…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
50 /100

PacketWatch

Scottsdale-based threat hunting firm offering proprietary packet-level network monitoring, managed detection and response, and incident response services.

Incremental Innovator Network Security
50 /100

Zuul IoT

Maryland-based OT and industrial IoT security platform combining device identity, behavioral endpoint protection, and passive network defense for…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
50 /100

LiveAction

Network detection and response platform (ThreatEye) analyzing encrypted traffic for threats without decryption, built on technology from its…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
50 /100

VIPRE Security Group

A Ziff Davis-owned email and endpoint security vendor built on a 25-plus-year threat intelligence lineage, now expanding into…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
50 /100

MixMode

MixMode is an AI-driven network detection and response vendor using unsupervised machine learning to baseline normal network behavior…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
50 /100

ElastiFlow

An Oakland-based network observability company offering unsampled flow data collection, marketed for both network performance monitoring and security…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
50 /100

Genians

Genians is South Korea's leading Network Access Control vendor, extending its NAC engine into Zero Trust Network Access…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
50 /100

WatchGuard Technologies

WatchGuard is a Seattle-based network security vendor best known for its Firebox unified threat management appliances, now expanding…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
50 /100

Meter

Meter designs, builds, and operates full-stack enterprise networks — internet, wired, Wi-Fi, and cellular — as a managed…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
50 /100

Invisinet Technologies

A Houston zero-trust vendor using patented First Packet Authentication to cloak OT and IoT networks at the protocol…

Incremental Innovator Identity & Access Management
50 /100

Twenty

An Arlington defense startup building AI-powered offensive cyber tools, a unicorn about a year after emerging from stealth.

Incremental Innovator Network Security
50 /100

Netography

A Maryland cloud-native network detection and response platform that gives visibility into encrypted, atomized network traffic without deep…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
48 /100

TerraZone

An Israeli seed-stage ZTNA vendor focused on micro-segmentation, with strategic backing from WHEN Group.

Emerging / Unranked Cloud Security
48 /100

Juniper Networks

A core networking vendor whose SRX firewall line and Mist AI-driven networking are now being integrated into HPE's…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
48 /100

KPIT

An Indian automotive-software engineering firm acquiring Israeli automotive security firm Cymotive for up to $120M in 2026.

Incumbent Network Security
48 /100

Cynamics

Cynamics is an AI-driven, agentless network detection and response platform that claims to infer full network visibility from…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
48 /100

CyberHive

CyberHive builds zero-trust, quantum-safe network connectivity software for defence, aerospace, maritime, and other bandwidth-constrained, high-risk environments.

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
48 /100

OTIFYD

OTIFYD is a UK-based operational technology (OT) cybersecurity firm that combines ICS-specific consulting, incident response, and technology solutions…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
48 /100

Critifence

A Tel Aviv-based ICS/SCADA security vendor, founded by Unit 8200 veterans, whose SCADAGate and SCADADome products monitor and…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
48 /100

Bkav

Vietnam's dominant antivirus and endpoint security vendor, AV-TEST certified, operating as the cybersecurity division of a larger founder-controlled…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
48 /100

Wedge Networks

Calgary-based network security vendor using deep content inspection and an embedded neural network to block never-before-seen malware in…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
48 /100

Viettel Cyber Security

The cybersecurity arm of Viettel Group, offering SOC, threat intelligence, and red-team services in Vietnam and expanding regionally.

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
48 /100

Cymotive Technologies

A Tel Aviv automotive cybersecurity firm with direct OEM lineage, being taken to full ownership by KPIT.

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
48 /100

Securepoint

A nearly 30-year-old German SME security vendor with a 5,800-partner channel, moved into an Accel-KKR-backed continuation fund.

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
48 /100

Keep Aware

Austin, Texas enterprise browser security platform that deploys as a lightweight extension into existing browsers to stop phishing…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
47 /100

Check Point Software Technologies

One of the original firewall vendors, now selling the Quantum NGFW line alongside cloud, endpoint, and SASE products…

Incumbent Network Security
47 /100

Aura

A Boston consumer digital-safety suite that acquired Pango (Hotspot Shield) with about $100M of acquisition financing.

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
47 /100

Copia Automation

A New York version-control and recovery platform for PLC and industrial OT code.

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
47 /100

Hotspot Shield

Hotspot Shield is a consumer VPN product, now owned by digital-safety company Aura, built on the proprietary Catapult…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
47 /100

Mako Networks

Cloud-managed network security appliances built for PCI DSS compliance across distributed multi-location retail, hospitality, and fuel businesses.

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
47 /100

NetQuest Corporation

Employee-owned New Jersey firm building packet brokers and optical network monitoring hardware that feeds threat-hunting and lawful-intercept systems…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
47 /100

Threater

Threater (formerly ThreatBlockr, originally Bandura Cyber) automates enforcement of large-scale cyber threat intelligence feeds directly on the network,…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
47 /100

FirstWave Cloud Technology

ASX-listed cybersecurity-as-a-service platform (CyberCision) that lets telcos and MSPs white-label email, network security, and compliance auditing tools for…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
47 /100

Privafy

Cloud-native security-as-a-service startup bundling firewall, encryption, IDS/IPS, DLP and VPN into a single edge platform for enterprises, telecom…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
47 /100

HARMAN Automotive Cybersecurity

In-vehicle intrusion detection and prevention division of Samsung-owned HARMAN International, built on the 2016 TowerSec acquisition, protecting automotive…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
47 /100

SecureCo

Builds stealth and obfuscation technology for data-in-transit protection, aiming to make network connections themselves harder to discover rather…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
47 /100

PacketViper

Pittsburgh-based network security vendor combining active deception with Automated Moving Target Defense in a single agentless appliance for…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
47 /100

MON5

Italian OT/industrial cybersecurity startup mapping devices, vulnerabilities, and network anomalies across European critical infrastructure and manufacturing environments.

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
47 /100

Intrusion Inc.

Publicly traded (NASDAQ: INTZ) network security vendor whose Shield product line blocks malicious traffic in real time using…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
47 /100

Zentera Systems

Zentera Systems is a San Jose-based zero trust microsegmentation vendor whose Virtual Chamber and CoIP Platform technology isolates…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
47 /100

OpenText Bricata

OpenText’s network detection and response (NDR) product line, originally built by Bricata, giving OpenText customers east-west network traffic…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
47 /100

Netgate

Netgate, operating as Rubicon Communications LLC, is the commercial company behind pfSense, the widely used open-source firewall/router platform,…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
47 /100

Zenarmor

Zenarmor, formerly known as Sunny Valley Networks, sells a single-pass SASE and next-generation firewall software layer that adds…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
47 /100

Gcore

Gcore is a Luxembourg-headquartered edge computing and content delivery company whose global network also delivers DDoS protection and…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
47 /100

Ultra Cyber Ltd

A 200-plus-staff UK sovereign secure-communications and datalink security firm being acquired by Airbus Defence and Space.

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
47 /100

4Elitech

Spanish specialist in industrial and critical-infrastructure (OT) cybersecurity; acquired by Aiuken Cybersecurity in September 2026.

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
47 /100

Nano Corp

Software-only network observation platform that analyzes traffic from routers, IoT, and industrial controllers where endpoint agents can't run.

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
45 /100

Lumeus.ai

A seed-stage San Jose Zero Trust networking startup extending policy enforcement to AI coding agents, acquired by Fiddler…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
45 /100

Cymbel

A Boston-area IT security integrator specializing in Zero Trust network architecture design, deployment, and managed SOC services built…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
45 /100

Enclave Networks

Enclave Networks is a UK-based startup offering zero trust network access as a lightweight VPN replacement, aimed primarily…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
45 /100

Agari

Identity-based email security engine, now operating as Fortra's Agari, using machine learning trained on legitimate mail relationships to…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
45 /100

Interface Masters Technologies

Silicon Valley OEM manufacturer of network TAPs, bypass switches, and packet brokers that feed traffic to IPS, IDS,…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
45 /100

APCON

Privately held network packet broker and visibility fabric maker whose IntellaView hardware feeds clean, deduplicated traffic to security…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
45 /100

Mailprotector

MSP-exclusive, white-labeled email security platform (Shield) offering encrypted email, anti-phishing filtering, continuity, and archiving from a single console.

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
45 /100

Albarius

Albarius automates firewall policy management and cross-vendor migration with attack path analysis, founded by a former IDF Unit…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
45 /100

Clavister

Publicly traded Swedish network security vendor selling physical and virtualized firewalls, with a customer base concentrated among telecom…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
45 /100

Venustech

Venustech is one of China's oldest and largest network security vendors, built on decades of firewall and intrusion…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
45 /100

GoodAccess

GoodAccess is a European SASE/ZTNA vendor offering secure remote access, cloud, and data-center connectivity that it markets as…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
45 /100

OpenVPN Inc.

OpenVPN Inc. is the commercial company behind the widely used open-source OpenVPN protocol, offering self-hosted (Access Server) and…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
45 /100

FatPipe Networks

FatPipe Networks is a Salt Lake City-based networking pioneer that claims original SD-WAN patents and now sells a…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
45 /100

Orbcom

Porto-based Portuguese cybersecurity, network and managed-services provider (about EUR 15M revenue, about 80 staff); acquired by Nomios in…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
45 /100

Light Rider

Maryland quantum-integration company building quantum-entropy and quantum-LiFi security products, founded by a former U.S. Army cyber officer.

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
45 /100

Frenetik

A Maryland startup using a newly patented technique that rotates real cloud identities and resources to mislead attackers…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
43 /100

SonicWall

A firewall and security vendor focused on small and mid-sized businesses, offering subscription-based appliances and a growing cloud-native…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
43 /100

Link22

A Swedish cross-domain secure-communications specialist for defense, 60% acquired by MW Group.

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
43 /100

SafeDNS

SafeDNS provides cloud-based DNS filtering that blocks malicious and policy-violating domains at the resolution layer for schools, MSPs,…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
43 /100

Enigmatos

Enigmatos provides cyberattack detection and deep data analysis for connected commercial vehicle fleets, backed by a partnership in…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
43 /100

SCIT Labs

George Mason University spin-out commercializing patented Self-Cleansing Intrusion Tolerance (SCIT) moving-target-defense technology for servers.

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
43 /100

redborder

Open-source-based network detection and response platform from Spanish telecom engineering firm Eneo Tecnología, combining NDR, IPS, and SIEM-style…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
43 /100

Plixer

NetFlow and IPFIX-based network detection and response (NDR) platform from Maine, adding AI-powered analytics and DNS-based threat detection…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
43 /100

UM-Labs

UK-based niche vendor that adds a vendor-agnostic security overlay — encryption and authentication — to SIP/VoIP unified communications…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
43 /100

Apozy

A San Francisco-based, Y Combinator-backed browser security startup that uses native browser isolation to block phishing, malware, and…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
43 /100

Endian

Italian UTM firewall and VPN vendor building industrial and IoT security gateways for IT-OT convergence.

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
43 /100

BUFFERZONE

Endpoint-native containment and isolation software that traps risky browsing, email, and file activity in a virtual container without…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
43 /100

HopZero

Network-layer data exfiltration prevention startup that uses TCP/IP hop-count (TTL) controls to cap how far sensitive data packets…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
43 /100

NCP engineering

Privately held, BSI-certified German VPN and secure remote-access software vendor founded in 1986, marketed as VPN Software Made…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
43 /100

MailChannels

Vancouver-based outbound spam and abuse filtering vendor for web hosting providers, protecting shared infrastructure IP reputation.

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
43 /100

macmon secure

macmon secure, a German Network Access Control and Software-Defined Perimeter vendor, was acquired by industrial networking company Belden…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
43 /100

GigaNetworks

GigaNetworks is a Miami-based value-added reseller and integrator providing enterprise network and security solutions — firewalls, intrusion detection…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
43 /100

NetWolves

NetWolves is a Tampa, Florida-based enterprise IT solutions provider founded in 1998, specializing in managed network services, enterprise…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
43 /100

SEPPmail

A Swiss email-security specialist expanding into human-risk management by acquiring Danish security-awareness-training provider CyberPilot (1,000+ customers) in August…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
43 /100

Shieldworkz

India-based OT and industrial-control cybersecurity vendor providing asset visibility, threat detection, and compliance mapping for critical infrastructure.

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
42 /100

ABS Group

The risk-and-assurance subsidiary of the American Bureau of Shipping, adding ICS/OT cybersecurity through RMC Global in 2026.

Incumbent Network Security
42 /100

BlueAlly

A PE-backed national IT solutions provider that acquired Miami security integrator GigaNetworks in August 2026.

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
42 /100

Simetry

A 2020-founded Houston managed IoT connectivity provider acquired by Wireless Logic in July 2026.

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
42 /100

Ditno

Sydney-based micro-segmentation and Zero Trust governance platform giving organizations a single portal to control server access across on-premises,…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
42 /100

Certes

Long-tenured network encryption specialist whose Layer 4 CryptoFlow technology segments and encrypts sensitive data flows across mixed infrastructure…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
42 /100

Digital Arts Inc.

Publicly traded Japanese security vendor behind the i-FILTER web filtering, m-FILTER email security, and Z-FILTER file encryption product…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
42 /100

EasySec Solutions

An Israeli startup building an OT-native zero-trust platform that enforces device-level access control and end-to-end encryption inside industrial…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
42 /100

Blue Ridge Networks

Long-running zero-trust network cloaking and preemptive segmentation vendor serving government, financial and critical-infrastructure customers since 1997.

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
42 /100

AnubisNetworks

Portugal-based threat intelligence and cloud email security provider, now a BitSight subsidiary, originally built for telecom operators to…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
42 /100

Symantec Enterprise Security (Broadcom)

Broadcom's enterprise security portfolio — Symantec Endpoint Security, Data Loss Prevention, and Secure Web Gateway — now run…

Incumbent Network Security
42 /100

Assac Networks

Tel Aviv-based maker of ShieldiT, a mobile anti-tapping and encrypted-communications app for government and defense users, now majority-owned…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
42 /100

MDaemon Technologies

MDaemon Technologies (formerly Alt-N Technologies) is a Grapevine, Texas company that has built email and email security software,…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
42 /100

OpenText AppRiver

MSP-channel secure email gateway, encryption, and Microsoft 365 backup suite, now operating as part of OpenText Cybersecurity following…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
42 /100

Array Networks

Array Networks is a networking hardware and software company providing application delivery controllers, SSL VPN gateways, and web…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
42 /100

Adaptiv Networks

A Canadian cloud-native SD-WAN and SASE vendor for distributed brands, acquired by Scale Computing in February 2026.

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
42 /100

HDN (HanDreamnet)

A South Korean network access-layer security hardware vendor (SubGate Security Switch) involved in a 2026 Daekyo CNS transaction.

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
42 /100

Cavero Quantum

A Leeds, UK university spin-out building lightweight, quantum-safe encryption and authentication software for SIM cards and constrained IoT…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
42 /100

Qunett

Boston quantum networking hardware company developing entanglement sources, memory modules and optical interconnects for deployable quantum networks.

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
40 /100

Myriad360

A New York systems integrator that scaled to roughly $900M in combined revenue through its Advizex acquisition.

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
40 /100

Wireless Logic

A PE-backed IoT connectivity provider that acquired Houston-based SIMETRY in 2026.

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
40 /100

Accel-KKR

A technology-focused private equity firm leading a continuation fund backing German SME security vendor Securepoint.

Incumbent Network Security
40 /100

LookingPoint

A California networking, security, and cloud integrator acquired by Presidio in July 2026.

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
40 /100

Zvelo

Publicly traded (OTC: ZVLO) URL categorization and threat intelligence provider whose data feeds power web filtering and malicious-site…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
40 /100

MailGuard

Australian-owned cloud email security provider offering secure email gateway and integrated cloud email security services since 2001.

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
40 /100

Axiom Cyber Solutions

A Las Vegas-based Cybersecurity-as-a-Service vendor bundling a next-generation firewall appliance with 24/7 SOC monitoring for small and midsize…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
40 /100

Extreme Networks

Extreme Networks is a publicly traded enterprise networking vendor whose ExtremeCloud IQ platform bundles network access policy, analytics,…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
40 /100

Network Solutions, Inc.

Network Solutions, Inc. (branded NSI, distinct from the domain registrar of the same name) is Cisco's largest Indiana-based…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
40 /100

PentenAmio

A UK secure-mobility and cyber-defence provider for allied governments that acquired Armour Communications' encryption technology in April 2026…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
38 /100

Everfield

A PE-backed European software roll-up acquiring German OT/ICS anomaly-detection vendor Rhebo in 2026.

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
38 /100

RMC Global

An industrial cybersecurity and risk consultancy, now part of ABS Group.

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
38 /100

IOvations

A 20-year-old Zero Trust-focused Northeast MSSP acquired by Avance-backed Alchemy Technology Group.

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
38 /100

Comodo Group

Long-running New Jersey cybersecurity vendor offering website security, WAF/DDoS, and endpoint protection, whose corporate structure has been muddied…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
38 /100

Silent Circle

End-to-end encrypted enterprise voice, video, and messaging platform from PGP creator Phil Zimmermann's company.

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
38 /100

Cloudi-Fi

Cloudi-Fi is a Paris-founded company delivering cloud-based guest Wi-Fi security and compliance for corporations, retailers, and hospitality operators,…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
38 /100

Chimere

A small French ZTNA startup with an on-premises option, acquired by Ekinops in March 2026 to complete its…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
38 /100

CyberSwarm

A San Mateo neuromorphic security chip startup for IoT and edge devices, founded in 2017.

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
38 /100

Datalogix (Cork)

A 20-year-old Cork operational-technology security specialist acquired by Ekco in February 2026.

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
38 /100

Abile Group

A national-security network and cyber engineering firm acquired by Bluestone-backed Valiant Solutions in February 2026.

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
38 /100

Scale Computing

An edge-computing infrastructure vendor extending into SD-WAN/SASE for distributed retail and restaurant chains via its Adaptiv Networks acquisition.

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
37 /100

Wontok

A small, self-funded Sydney vendor whose SafeCentral product locks down the OS to create a malware-resistant secure browsing…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
37 /100

BankVault

A small Perth, Australia vendor offering patented remote-browser-isolation products (SafeWindow, WebSafe) that run sensitive online sessions inside disposable…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
35 /100

Cybonet

Haifa-based email and network security vendor (formerly PineApp) selling gateway email protection and lightweight network monitoring to SMBs…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
35 /100

nProtect (INCA Internet)

South Korean endpoint, online-transaction, and game-security vendor best known for its nProtect GameGuard anti-cheat technology and long-running regional…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
35 /100

IronNet

The NSA-director-founded Collective Defense pioneer that went public via SPAC in 2021 and ceased independent operations in February…

Incumbent Network Security
35 /100

SLEEX

A South Korean seed-stage startup fusing lightweight quantum key distribution with AI-driven sensing for underwater and IoT security.

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
33 /100

SecureMe2

Netherlands-based vendor of Cyberalarm, an affordable network intrusion-detection and monitoring product built for small and mid-sized organizations.

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
33 /100

Blockdos

Long-running Canadian DDoS mitigation provider offering DNS-redirection-based protection for websites, DNS, and email against SMB and mid-market attacks.

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
33 /100

Cathedral

A stealth military-cyber startup founded in 2026 that raised $160M at a $1.4B valuation, with no disclosed product.

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
32 /100

Private Communications Corp

Sherman, Connecticut-based VPN company (Private WiFi) expanding into enterprise Zero Trust Network Access via its Remote WorkForce ZTNA…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
32 /100

Defence Intelligence

Ottawa, Canada-based small independent DNS security vendor best known for discovering and helping dismantle the Mariposa botnet, now…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
30 /100

Daekyo CNS

The IT arm of Korea's Daekyo education group, entering network security through a 100% acquisition of Handream.net.

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
28 /100

Coeo

A Downers Grove, IL managed-network provider recapitalized by Riata Capital and acquiring NetWolves and S-NET.

Emerging / Unranked Network Security