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Innovation Tier

Emerging / Unranked

Not enough independent evidence for a confident score yet — or a scaled public incumbent (Splunk, Cisco, IBM, Microsoft, and similar category giants) whose innovation pace has gone stale relative to the market it once defined, however large its install base or revenue.

45 /100

N-able

Publicly traded MSP-focused cybersecurity and IT-management platform whose Cove Data Protection product provides Microsoft 365 and endpoint backup…

Emerging / Unranked Data Protection
45 /100

Trent AI

A seed-stage London startup using multi-agent architecture to secure AI agents across their lifecycle, built by ex-AWS engineers.

Emerging / Unranked AI Security
45 /100

Protecht

An Australian GRC vendor that added AI-driven third-party risk assessment by acquiring San Francisco-based VISO TRUST in April…

Emerging / Unranked Governance, Risk & Compliance
45 /100

MojoAuth

MojoAuth is a bootstrapped Palo Alto startup offering a single-API passwordless authentication platform with passkeys, OTP, and magic…

Emerging / Unranked Identity & Access Management
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

HUB Security

Israeli confidential-computing and hardware security module vendor, publicly traded on Nasdaq, now pivoting toward regulated-finance compliance infrastructure amid…

Emerging / Unranked Data Protection
45 /100

689Cloud

Vietnam-based information rights management vendor whose SecureMail and SecureDrive products add encryption, tracking, and copy protection to shared…

Emerging / Unranked Data Protection
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

Markon

A Sterling-backed federal mission integrator that built threat-emulation and zero-trust capability via Millennium and PLEX.

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations
45 /100

iDAKTO

A Paris digital-identity infrastructure vendor adding eIDAS 2.0 and EUDI Wallet assessment expertise by acquiring Stelau in June…

Emerging / Unranked Identity & Access Management
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

Nucleon Security

French-built EDR and MDR vendor positioned around EU cybersecurity sovereignty, offering endpoint detection, AI-based malware analysis, and managed…

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations
45 /100

Privacybee

A bootstrapped Atlanta data-removal company (about $21.9M ARR) that consolidated a competitor by acquiring EraseMe.app.

Emerging / Unranked Data Protection
45 /100

AI Sonar

A Dublin shadow-AI discovery platform, spun out of CloudSphere and acquired by LatticeFlow AI in January 2026.

Emerging / Unranked AI Security
45 /100

Tatum Security

A Seoul-based CNAPP vendor bundling cloud posture, workload, and entitlement management for Korean banks and public-sector agencies.

Emerging / Unranked Cloud Security
45 /100

Klever Compliance

Boutique GRC advisory firm providing tool-agnostic Compliance Management as a Service for mid-sized organizations building right-sized governance programs.

Emerging / Unranked Governance, Risk & Compliance
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

BreakPoint Labs

A national-security red-team and DevSecOps firm acquired by Bluestone-backed Valiant Solutions.

Emerging / Unranked Governance, Risk & Compliance
45 /100

MicroAge

MicroAge is a Phoenix, Arizona-based full-service IT solutions integrator with roughly 50 years of history, serving about 2,400…

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations
45 /100

Serensic Africa

Tanzania-based managed security provider running a 24/7 SOC for banks, telecoms, government and NGOs across Africa.

Emerging / Unranked Managed Security Services (MSSP/MDR)
45 /100

FileFlex (Qnext Corp)

Zero trust data access platform that federates remote access, sharing, and governance of unstructured file storage across on-prem…

Emerging / Unranked Data Protection
45 /100

Redbot Security

Redbot Security is a boutique, bootstrapped penetration testing and red team firm delivering MITRE ATT&CK-informed manual testing across…

Emerging / Unranked Threat & Vulnerability Management
45 /100

Altamira

Altamira Technologies Corporation, based in McLean, Virginia, is a Northern Virginia government technology and data/AI solutions provider serving…

Emerging / Unranked Governance, Risk & Compliance
45 /100

Loyal IT

Loyal IT is a Round Rock/Austin, Texas-based managed IT services and cybersecurity provider founded in 2006, offering managed…

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations