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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.

43 /100

Precisely Enforcive

IBM i (AS/400) privileged access, security monitoring, and compliance suite operated by Precisely.

Emerging / Unranked Identity & Access Management
43 /100

WinMagic

Full-disk and endpoint encryption vendor whose SecureDoc product provides centralized encryption key management and authentication across Windows, macOS,…

Emerging / Unranked Data Protection
43 /100

Cyberhill Partners

Established, profitable-looking Austin consultancy with a long client track record (1,000+ implementations); the later-stage investment is aimed at…

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations
43 /100

Cyscale

Cyscale is a European cloud security posture management (CSPM) vendor built around a graph-based model of cloud assets,…

Emerging / Unranked Cloud Security
43 /100

Trust Stamp

A small-cap public identity-verification company steadily expanding its biometric and fraud-detection stack through bolt-on acquisitions (Lexverify, Cyberfish, PixelPin),…

Emerging / Unranked Identity & Access Management
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

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

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
42 /100

Nuclea

A large, systemically important Brazilian financial infrastructure operator; the Data Rudder acquisition (announced July 2026, pending Central Bank…

Emerging / Unranked Governance, Risk & Compliance
42 /100

InfoWatch

Moscow-based data loss prevention (DLP) pioneer and long-time Russian DLP market leader, now adding AI-assisted analysis to its…

Emerging / Unranked Data Protection
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

TransferChain

A blockchain-authenticated, zero-knowledge encrypted cloud storage and file transfer platform that splits data across a distributed multi-cloud backend.

Emerging / Unranked Data Protection
42 /100

Cloudanix

Cloudanix is a Y Combinator-backed CNAPP that combines cloud posture management, code security, workload protection, and just-in-time access…

Emerging / Unranked Cloud Security
42 /100

Adaptiv Networks

A complementary network-infrastructure acquisition: Scale Computing's February 2026 purchase of Adaptiv Networks extends its SC//AcuVigil managed network solutions…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
42 /100

Quantum Fort

Swiss cyber risk quantification firm, rebranded from Corax Cyber Security, translating technical exposure into financial risk metrics for…

Emerging / Unranked Governance, Risk & Compliance
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

AppSecAI

Los Altos-based early-stage startup from Contrast Security's founders, using AI to triage and auto-fix SAST vulnerability findings.

Emerging / Unranked Application Security
42 /100

Rimstorm

A focused compliance-infrastructure play riding active CMMC 2.0 enforcement; the March 2026 acquisition by government-contractor back-office firm BOOST…

Emerging / Unranked Governance, Risk & Compliance
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

ACG Cybersecurity

Paris-based independent cybersecurity consultancy specializing in penetration testing, ISO 27001 implementation, and regulatory compliance audits (GDPR, PCI DSS,…

Emerging / Unranked Governance, Risk & Compliance
42 /100

inBay Technologies

inBay Technologies builds idQ, a passwordless digital identity and delegated authorization platform aimed at eliminating usernames and passwords…

Emerging / Unranked Identity & Access Management
42 /100

Hypersecu Information Systems

Canadian hardware and cloud multi-factor authentication vendor making FIDO2/FIDO U2F security keys, OTP tokens, and PKI smart cards…

Emerging / Unranked Identity & Access Management