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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

Innefu Labs

A 15-year-old New Delhi AI cybersecurity and identity vendor (AuthShield, Prophecy) scaling on a new Series B.

Emerging / Unranked Identity & Access Management
45 /100

SafeHill

A threat-exposure-management vendor targeting AI-generated ‘vibe coded’ software, adding autonomous AI pentesting via its March 2026 acquisition of…

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations
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

SecureData

Maker of FIPS 140-2 Level 3-validated hardware-encrypted portable drives (SecureDrive, SecureUSB) with an adjacent digital forensics and data…

Emerging / Unranked Data Protection
45 /100

Piiano

PII data privacy vault that lets engineering teams centralize, tokenize, and control access to personally identifiable information, keeping…

Emerging / Unranked Data Protection
45 /100

Furl

A seed-stage Los Angeles startup using agentic AI to engineer and deploy vulnerability fixes end to end.

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations
45 /100

Unipath

A 2024-founded Tel Aviv agentic SOAR startup acquired by ControlUp for its Autonomous Endpoint Management roadmap.

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations
45 /100

ParallelChain

A Hong Kong enterprise blockchain design with a dual public/private ledger architecture aimed at regulated-industry compliance requirements.

Emerging / Unranked Data Protection
45 /100

SysTools Software

New Delhi-based data recovery and digital forensics vendor whose MailXaminer email forensics tool is used in law-enforcement and…

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations
45 /100

SIEMonster

SIEMonster is a small, self-funded vendor of a multi-tenant, white-label SIEM platform built specifically for MSSPs and lean…

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations
45 /100

MetCloud

Birmingham-based sovereign cloud provider pairing UK-hosted private cloud infrastructure with built-in cyber defense, targeting public-sector and defense customers.

Emerging / Unranked Cloud Security
45 /100

DeleteMe

A Boston personal data-removal service that added social-media privacy controls by acquiring Block Party in March 2026.

Emerging / Unranked Data Protection
45 /100

Tolmo

A Y Combinator- and Accel-backed San Francisco agentic AppSec startup built by the Sqreen team.

Emerging / Unranked AI Security
45 /100

Sweepatic

Belgian external attack surface management vendor that has quietly run continuous internet-facing asset discovery for enterprise clients since…

Emerging / Unranked Attack Surface Management
45 /100

Aumint.io

Luxembourg-based AI simulator, Trident, that profiles employees from open sources and runs tailored social-engineering attack simulations.

Emerging / Unranked Threat & Vulnerability Management
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

HacWare

A New York-based AI-driven security awareness and phishing simulation platform built for lean IT teams and MSPs.

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations
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

C2 Risk

London-based third-party and supply-chain risk management platform (formerly branded C2 Cyber), whose RiskStore platform helps public and private…

Emerging / Unranked Governance, Risk & Compliance
45 /100

Ethico

A Charlotte-based ethics and compliance company, originally founded as ComplianceLine in 1997 and rebranded as Ethico in 2022,…

Emerging / Unranked Governance, Risk & Compliance
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

Native

A Seattle multi-cloud security control plane with former Google Cloud CISO Phil Venables on its board.

Emerging / Unranked Cloud Security
45 /100

Advantus360

Advantus360 is a Calgary, Alberta-based cybersecurity consulting firm founded in 2015, providing security architecture and design, assessment, remediation,…

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations
45 /100

Quest Software

A Clearlake-backed identity-management vendor adding non-human and agentic identity security by acquiring Anetac in June 2026.

Emerging / Unranked Identity & Access Management