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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.

48 /100

ICsec

Polish industrial cybersecurity company whose SCADvance XP passive intrusion detection system monitors OT and SCADA networks.

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
48 /100

Randori (IBM)

Hacker-founded attack surface management and continuous automated red-teaming platform acquired by IBM in 2022 and folded into its…

Emerging / Unranked Attack Surface Management
48 /100

HID Global

Austin-headquartered, ASSA ABLOY-owned identity and access management manufacturer spanning physical access control, biometrics, and PIAM software, a global…

Emerging / Unranked Identity & Access Management
48 /100

Celerium

El Segundo, California-based threat intelligence infrastructure provider whose CTI Router automates STIX/TAXII-based threat indicator sharing across ISAOs, alongside…

Emerging / Unranked Threat & Vulnerability Management
48 /100

Greenbone

A German vulnerability management vendor and steward of the open-source OpenVAS scanning engine, operating as Greenbone AG and…

Emerging / Unranked Threat & Vulnerability Management
48 /100

Matano

Matano is a Y Combinator-backed, open-source cloud-native SIEM built as a zero-ops security data lake deployed directly inside…

Emerging / Unranked Cloud Security
48 /100

Viettel Cyber Security

The cybersecurity arm of Viettel Group, offering SOC, threat intelligence, and red-team services in Vietnam and expanding regionally.

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
48 /100

ControlCase

A PE-backed compliance-certification firm that added CMMC assessment capability by acquiring CyberNINES in April 2026.

Emerging / Unranked Governance, Risk & Compliance
48 /100

Embrace

A decade-old Y Combinator-backed real-user-monitoring company acquired by Palo Alto Networks in July 2026.

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations
48 /100

Keep Aware

Austin, Texas enterprise browser security platform that deploys as a lightweight extension into existing browsers to stop phishing…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
48 /100

Hawcx

A Los Altos startup offering a passwordless authentication SDK it says can be added to an app with…

Emerging / Unranked Identity & Access Management
48 /100

Brier & Thorn

San Diego-based, ISO 27001-certified vendor-neutral MSSP offering managed detection and response, threat intelligence, and SecOps-as-a-Service across North and…

Emerging / Unranked Managed Security Services (MSSP/MDR)
48 /100

Usercentrics

A KKR-backed Munich privacy-consent platform extending governance to AI agents by acquiring MCP Manager in January 2026.

Emerging / Unranked AI Security
48 /100

AssurancePoint

AssurancePoint is an Atlanta-based CPA firm specializing in independent security and compliance assessments, issuing attest and compliance reports…

Emerging / Unranked Governance, Risk & Compliance
48 /100

Symbiotic Security

A New York developer-security startup embedding scanning and secure-coding training in IDEs, backed by Hugging Face co-founder Thomas…

Emerging / Unranked AI Security
48 /100

STACK Cybersecurity

A two-decade Detroit-area MSSP with SOC 2 Type 2 and CMMC RPO status, acquired by IT Solutions in…

Emerging / Unranked Managed Security Services (MSSP/MDR)
48 /100

SecurityStudio

Minnetonka, Minnesota SaaS platform built around the S2Score, a 300-850 credit-score-style measure of organizational information security risk, paired…

Emerging / Unranked Governance, Risk & Compliance
48 /100

IDfy

A Mumbai identity-verification and trust-infrastructure leader operating in eight countries, with $120M+ raised.

Emerging / Unranked Identity & Access Management
48 /100

Lyrie

Lyrie is a Dubai pre-seed startup building an open cryptographic trust protocol and autonomous pentesting tools to secure…

Emerging / Unranked AI Security
48 /100

Strand Intelligence

Manchester startup automating digital forensics and incident response investigations for MSPs and mid-sized firms without a dedicated SOC.

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations
48 /100

Inspectiv

Unified application security testing platform combining crowdsourced bug bounty, penetration testing, DAST, and vulnerability disclosure management.

Emerging / Unranked Application Security
48 /100

AU10TIX

Automated identity verification and fraud-prevention platform used by large consumer internet platforms to verify government IDs and detect…

Emerging / Unranked Identity & Access Management
48 /100

Persist Security

Israeli managed security provider offering 24/7 SOC, MDR, incident response, threat intelligence and compliance services.

Emerging / Unranked Managed Security Services (MSSP/MDR)
48 /100

Bkav

Vietnam's dominant antivirus and endpoint security vendor, AV-TEST certified, operating as the cybersecurity division of a larger founder-controlled…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security