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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.

37 /100

Alfa Group

An Italian IT firm building cybersecurity depth via a majority stake in a credible, university-spinoff application-security specialist (Pluribus…

Emerging / Unranked Application Security
37 /100

CompassMSP

An active MSP consolidator; The Logic Group acquisition (July 2026) is a regional expansion deal into the Philadelphia/Tri-state…

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations
37 /100

Cyberus Labs

Passwordless multi-factor authentication using dynamically generated audio tokens for human-to-machine and machine-to-machine sessions, aimed at IoT and connected-device…

Emerging / Unranked Identity & Access Management
37 /100

Fifth Gear Technology Concepts

A regulated-industry-focused MSP and cybersecurity firm acquired by Mobile Mentor to accelerate healthcare-sector growth and expand nationally.

Emerging / Unranked Governance, Risk & Compliance
37 /100

Artilus

A regional MSSP consolidation deal (March 2026): Acture Solutions, backed by new Stonepeak Credit financing, acquired Artilus to…

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations
37 /100

SecureWare

A small, long-running Adelaide-based boutique MSSP offering penetration testing, incident response, and security operations consulting to the South…

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations
37 /100

Intensity Analytics

Small Virginia-based vendor of TickStream, a behavioral-biometric authentication layer that verifies users by typing cadence and physical effort…

Emerging / Unranked Identity & Access Management
37 /100

Sterling Investment Partners

A veteran middle-market private equity firm (over 280 deals, $34B+ aggregate value) making a platform investment in an…

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations
37 /100

Secuvant

A managed security platform vendor acquired by Nasdaq-listed Cycurion (NASDAQ: CYCU) for approximately $2.875M ($875K cash plus 888,888…

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations
37 /100

SolarWinds

SolarWinds is an Austin-based IT management software vendor, now privately held under Turn/River Capital, whose Security Event Manager…

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations
37 /100

Konsilix

A specialized data-security-conscious conversational AI vendor combining with Fasoo's US unit to form Symbologic (agreement in principle March…

Emerging / Unranked Data Protection
37 /100

Doctor Web

Russian antivirus vendor behind the Dr.Web product line, privately held since 1992, with a customer base concentrated in…

Emerging / Unranked Threat & Vulnerability Management
37 /100

Advizex

A substantial platform combination: Myriad360's February 2026 acquisition of Advizex creates a $900M annual run-rate combined business spanning…

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations
37 /100

Data443 Risk Mitigation

Data443 Risk Mitigation is a publicly traded (OTC: ATDS) data security and privacy company offering a suite of…

Emerging / Unranked Data Protection
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
37 /100

Katalyst

A growing regional MSSP consolidator; acquisition of Layer27 (July 2026) is a modest tuck-in deal rather than a…

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations
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

Ascend Technologies

A PE-backed Midwest technology solutions provider acquiring a genuinely differentiated, long-track-record financial-services MSP (Xamin); announced August 3, 2026,…

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations
35 /100

AuthLite

A small Springfield, Illinois vendor that adds native two-factor authentication (YubiKey/OATH-based) directly into Windows Active Directory logons for…

Emerging / Unranked Identity & Access Management
35 /100

Acture Solutions

A long-established (1984-founded) Northeast US MSP with deep K-12 and regulated-industry focus, recently backed by Stonepeak Credit financing…

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations
35 /100

eDiscovery AI

Acquired by HaystackID (February 2026) to advance GenAI capabilities across HaystackID's legal, compliance, regulatory and cyber workflows, with…

Emerging / Unranked Governance, Risk & Compliance
35 /100

Cienaga Systems

Small Florida-based startup offering APEX, an AI-driven network detection and response platform for mid-market enterprises and managed service…

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations
35 /100

Probo

Probo is a Y Combinator-backed AI compliance platform that acts as an automated compliance team for startups pursuing…

Emerging / Unranked AI Security
35 /100

Andxor Soluzioni Informatiche

An established Italian PKI/digital-identity specialist increasingly consolidated under Credemtel (Credem Group) as part of a multi-year staged majority…

Emerging / Unranked Identity & Access Management