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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

Idenprotect

A UK identity and access management vendor offering certificate-based, passwordless multi-factor authentication and secure browsing for organizations moving…

Emerging / Unranked Identity & Access Management
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

SyncDog

Reston, Virginia mobile security vendor whose Secure.Systems platform containerizes corporate data on personal devices without a full MDM…

Emerging / Unranked Data Protection
43 /100

RiskQ

Cyber risk quantification platform that translates security posture into financial and insurance-aligned risk terms for board and executive…

Emerging / Unranked Governance, Risk & Compliance
43 /100

Corgea

Corgea is a Y Combinator-backed AI SAST platform that finds and auto-fixes application vulnerabilities with a stated focus…

Emerging / Unranked Cloud 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

AgenticSec

A small, technically ambitious Japanese autonomous-pentest startup that became LayerX's first-ever acquisition, marking the fintech/AI firm's formal entry…

Emerging / Unranked Attack Surface Management
43 /100

QTrino Labs

A small, early-stage Indian deep-tech startup that just had a majority stake (up to 76.4%) acquired by Satin…

Emerging / Unranked Data Protection
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

ControlUp

A digital employee experience vendor making a forward-looking, AI-native acquisition to extend automated remediation into security operations --…

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations
43 /100

iZOOlogic

iZOOlogic is a London-based threat intelligence provider specializing in phishing takedown, brand abuse monitoring, and digital risk protection…

Emerging / Unranked Threat & Vulnerability Management
43 /100

Ntirety

Ntirety, based in Austin, Texas, is a managed hosting and cloud infrastructure provider offering managed security, compliance, and…

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations
43 /100

TrustLayer

A UK cloud security vendor (rebranded from CensorNet) bundling secure web gateway, email security, SaaS posture management, and…

Emerging / Unranked Cloud Security
43 /100

SensibleVision

Small Florida biometrics vendor behind FastAccess and 3DVerify, patented continuous facial authentication technology licensed to OEM device and…

Emerging / Unranked Identity & Access Management
43 /100

Iron Mountain

Publicly traded information-management company providing records management, secure information destruction, and data backup and recovery services, increasingly extended…

Emerging / Unranked Data Protection
43 /100

Universal Digital

A small public company acquiring a genuinely commercially-validated quantum-safe security vendor (pQCee, with two funding rounds totaling ~USD…

Emerging / Unranked Data Protection
43 /100

Ridgewall

London-based managed IT and security provider offering SOC-as-a-service and vulnerability scanning to UK small and mid-sized businesses as…

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations
43 /100

SIKUR

São Paulo-based vendor of encrypted communications, a hardened Android device, and a passwordless-authentication SDK aimed at Latin American…

Emerging / Unranked Data Protection
43 /100

BonjourCyber

A Paris-based penetration testing and cyber audit firm offering web, mobile, and network security assessments for SMBs.

Emerging / Unranked Threat & Vulnerability Management
43 /100

Axon Technologies

Dubai-based managed security services and SOC platform provider delivering threat intelligence, incident response, and security testing for financial…

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations
43 /100

WhiteHawk

A small, ASX-listed Australian cybersecurity company expanding into AI governance through the Quixxi acquisition; a notable strategic move…

Emerging / Unranked Application Security
43 /100

Ironchip

Spanish identity and access management vendor using location-based signals for passwordless authentication and fraud detection across VPN, AD,…

Emerging / Unranked Identity & Access Management
43 /100

Mobile Mentor

A mid-sized managed services provider using targeted M&A to build vertical compliance depth in regulated industries -- a…

Emerging / Unranked Governance, Risk & Compliance
43 /100

Casco

A Y Combinator-backed early-stage AI red-teaming and compliance vendor with a credible Fortune 500 customer claim, addressing the…

Emerging / Unranked AI Security