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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.

40 /100

Myriad360

A New York systems integrator that scaled to roughly $900M in combined revenue through its Advizex acquisition.

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
40 /100

Pluribus One

An Italian University of Cagliari spin-off with a Made-in-Europe application detection and response product, now part of Alfa…

Emerging / Unranked Application Security
40 /100

Millennium Corporation

A roughly 400-person defense threat-emulation and federal cyber-training contractor acquired by Markon in February 2026.

Emerging / Unranked Threat & Vulnerability Management
40 /100

Aries Global

An Astorg-backed identity-security platform that acquired IS Decisions (UserLock, FileAudit; 3,000+ customers) in March 2026.

Emerging / Unranked Identity & Access Management
40 /100

MailGuard

Australian-owned cloud email security provider offering secure email gateway and integrated cloud email security services since 2001.

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
40 /100

Hard2Hack

A bootstrapped fractional-CISO practice led by a 35-year cybersecurity veteran.

Emerging / Unranked Governance, Risk & Compliance
40 /100

Austability Group

A UK security group that took 80% of sovereign-capability firm Nine23 in a deal approved under the National…

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations
40 /100

SiftD

A San Francisco agentic security-engineering startup founded by ex-Splunk engineers, folded into Databricks' Lakewatch SIEM.

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations
40 /100

DataExpert

A Bridgepoint-backed Dutch cybersecurity services consolidator that extended its Nordic footprint by acquiring ADO Security in July 2026.

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations
40 /100

Ubiqu

Dutch digital identity vendor providing SIM-independent mobile authentication and signing infrastructure for eIDAS-compliant digital identity wallets.

Emerging / Unranked Identity & Access Management
40 /100

Intelligence X

European OSINT search engine and data archive indexing darknet sources, document leaks, WHOIS records and public data leaks…

Emerging / Unranked Attack Surface Management
40 /100

Datavault AI

A NASDAQ-listed data-tokenization company that diversified into cyber-risk compliance with a $94.5M all-cash CyberCatch acquisition.

Emerging / Unranked Governance, Risk & Compliance
40 /100

The Logic Group

A 20-year-old Philadelphia-area managed IT and security provider acquired by CompassMSP in July 2026.

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations
40 /100

HaystackID

An eDiscovery services provider adding GenAI-native document intelligence through its February 2026 acquisition of eDiscovery AI.

Emerging / Unranked Governance, Risk & Compliance
40 /100

Cloud24x7

A Florida-based managed security services provider offering SOC-as-a-service, MDR, and threat intelligence built for MSPs serving small and…

Emerging / Unranked Managed Security Services (MSSP/MDR)
40 /100

Cybernance

Austin-based cyber risk governance platform built on the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, giving boards and executives a maturity-scoring system…

Emerging / Unranked Governance, Risk & Compliance
40 /100

VeryAI

A seed-stage Los Angeles palm-print biometric verification and deepfake-detection startup.

Emerging / Unranked Identity & Access Management
40 /100

Fortyx Security

A Bristol, UK startup building AI agents that read email context in real time to catch mis-sent messages,…

Emerging / Unranked Data Protection
40 /100

Leviathan Security Group

An 80-person Seattle-area offensive-security firm acquired by K2 Integrity in March 2026.

Emerging / Unranked Attack Surface Management
40 /100

Interactive

An Australian sovereign-cloud provider that acquired Thales's Australian managed cloud services business in May 2026.

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations
40 /100

StrongKey

Long-running passwordless authentication and PKI vendor offering a FIDO2-certified authentication server and public key infrastructure for enterprises, fintech,…

Emerging / Unranked Identity & Access Management
40 /100

Magnitude

A seed-stage San Francisco autonomous third-party-risk platform backed by Ballistic Ventures.

Emerging / Unranked Governance, Risk & Compliance
40 /100

PentenAmio

A UK secure-mobility and cyber-defence provider for allied governments that acquired Armour Communications' encryption technology in April 2026…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
40 /100

Ondato

KYC, AML, and identity-verification platform originating from Lithuania, covering customer onboarding, document validation, and ongoing compliance monitoring for…

Emerging / Unranked Identity & Access Management