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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.

38 /100

Viatel

A Macquarie-backed Irish connectivity and infrastructure provider expanding its cyber pillar by acquiring cyber-resilience consultancy FullProxy in July…

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations
38 /100

Silent Circle

End-to-end encrypted enterprise voice, video, and messaging platform from PGP creator Phil Zimmermann's company.

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
38 /100

IOvations

A 20-year-old Zero Trust-focused Northeast MSSP acquired by Avance-backed Alchemy Technology Group.

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
38 /100

Privakey

Privakey is a small Philadelphia-based identity vendor offering a passwordless, zero trust authentication platform built around biometrics and…

Emerging / Unranked Identity & Access Management
38 /100

Alchemy Technology Group

A private-equity-backed Northeast IT advisory firm that added Zero Trust architecture expertise by acquiring IOvations in April 2026.

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations
38 /100

Comodo Group

Long-running New Jersey cybersecurity vendor offering website security, WAF/DDoS, and endpoint protection, whose corporate structure has been muddied…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
38 /100

Aves Netsec

Finnish deception-technology vendor whose PreSploit/Defused platform lures and observes attackers inside enterprise networks to generate high-fidelity, low-noise detections.

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations
38 /100

Catalyst Cyber

A Canberra federal-government cyber-assurance specialist acquired by ASX-listed Infotrust for about AUD 5M in March 2026.

Emerging / Unranked Governance, Risk & Compliance
38 /100

Innovate IT

A London Okta-focused identity and access management specialist acquired by Allurity Group's Cloudcomputing.

Emerging / Unranked Identity & Access Management
38 /100

EvolveCyber

EvolveCyber is a Melbourne, Australia-based managed cybersecurity services provider offering penetration testing, risk assessments, managed security services, and…

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations
38 /100

Brightline Technologies

A Michigan MSSP specializing in CMMC compliance for defense contractors, combining with fellow CMMC specialist Security Vitals in…

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations
38 /100

Aurex

A Godspeed Capital-backed defense engineering platform that acquired 12-year-old cryptographic engineering firm Alpha 2 to expand space-systems security…

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations
38 /100

Deepnet Security

London-based, self-funded MFA and IAM vendor whose DualShield platform unifies multiple authentication methods for VPN, desktop, web, and…

Emerging / Unranked Identity & Access Management
38 /100

Infrascale

Cloud-based backup and disaster recovery platform serving MSPs and mid-market businesses, providing both file/folder backup and full system…

Emerging / Unranked Data Protection
38 /100

Cipher

A 2025-founded New York agentic-application security startup acquired by Soxton to secure its own legal workflows.

Emerging / Unranked AI Security
38 /100

Aiceberg

Aiceberg built a risk-mapping and monitoring platform focused specifically on agentic AI — the autonomous, multi-step AI agents…

Emerging / Unranked AI Security
38 /100

Alphabit Cybersecurity

An 18-year-old Athens cybersecurity consultancy specializing in EU regulatory alignment, in which Softweb acquired a 51% stake.

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations
38 /100

ImagineX Cybersecurity

ImagineX's Atlanta cybersecurity advisory arm, carved out and acquired by TekStream.

Emerging / Unranked Attack Surface Management
38 /100

Cyberangels

A Milan-based white-label cybersecurity platform bundling risk assessment, threat monitoring, compliance tracking, and embedded cyber insurance for SMEs…

Emerging / Unranked Governance, Risk & Compliance
38 /100

ArkSec

Beijing-based cloud-native security vendor providing container, Kubernetes, and network micro-segmentation protection for hybrid-cloud enterprises.

Emerging / Unranked Cloud Security
38 /100

CyberSafe

Singapore-based managed security service provider offering round-the-clock SOC monitoring and CISO-as-a-service.

Emerging / Unranked Managed Security Services (MSSP/MDR)
38 /100

Stryve

An Irish cybersecurity and MSP firm that acquired BITS in June 2026, after earlier deals for Futuralis and…

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations
38 /100

IS Decisions

A 25-year-old Active Directory access-security vendor (3,000+ organizations) acquired by Aries Global in February 2026.

Emerging / Unranked Identity & Access Management
38 /100

ULedger

A Seattle-based data integrity company running a proprietary Layer 1 blockchain, best known for Blockmail, an immutable email…

Emerging / Unranked Data Protection