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.
Secuvant
A managed-security platform vendor (Panoptic) acquired by Nasdaq-listed Cycurion for about $2.875M.
Teron Labs
A Canberra product-security and cryptographic certification lab acquired by Applus+ Laboratories.
Redhawk Federal Solutions
A private-equity-backed federal integrator adding cybersecurity and SETA capability for DARPA and the Air Force via its March…
Ascend Technologies
A PE-backed Midwest IT/compliance provider that acquired Xamin, a SOC 2-certified Chicago MSP with zero audit deviations since…
QAILinks
Deep-technology company building secure execution and orchestration infrastructure for AI and quantum computing workloads, per its own description.
QuantumIQ
A Vancouver post-quantum readiness vendor absorbed into Redwood AI via an all-share deal with milestone escrow.
Softex
Long-running Austin-based vendor of OEM-embedded single sign-on, MFA, and self-encrypting drive management software bundled into PC hardware.
Lokdon
Columbia, SC-based vendor offering keyless, post-quantum encryption (ECSMID, DataShieldAI) as a developer SDK; thin independent evidence of scale…
nProtect (INCA Internet)
South Korean endpoint, online-transaction, and game-security vendor best known for its nProtect GameGuard anti-cheat technology and long-running regional…
Trusted Knight
Cloud-delivered, agentless malware and fraud prevention for web transactions via Protector AIR.
Cythereal
Small malware-analysis vendor whose MAGIC technology correlates malware samples genomically to predict and investigate related attack campaigns.
itWatch
Long-running Munich-based DLP and endpoint security vendor offering device, content, and media control for German-speaking enterprise and public-sector…
Virgil Security
Small, long-running developer-focused encryption and PKI SDK vendor; no new funding since a 2019 bridge round but still…
eDiscovery AI
A Minneapolis AI early-case-assessment startup acquired by HaystackID in February 2026.
Acture Solutions
A 1984-founded Northeast MSP focused on K-12 and regulated industries, expanding via the Artilus acquisition.
Carson & SAINT
Bethesda, Maryland-based vulnerability management and compliance firm selling the long-running SAINT Security Suite scanner alongside consulting, penetration testing,…
Nubo Software
Virtual Mobile Infrastructure that streams a remote corporate workspace to personal devices as pixels, so no corporate data…
Andxor Soluzioni Informatiche
A Milan PKI and digital-identity specialist being consolidated under Credemtel through a staged majority acquisition.
SLEEX
A South Korean seed-stage startup fusing lightweight quantum key distribution with AI-driven sensing for underwater and IoT security.
DesertLink IT
Nairobi IT services firm offering managed SOC, MDR and compliance services to organizations in Kenya and East Africa.
iON United
A 20-year-old Calgary IT, OT, and cloud MSSP that completed a management buyout in April 2026.
Yogosha
A decade-old French invite-only bug-bounty pioneer rescued from receivership by IT group Creative in 2026.
LEO Cyber Security
A Dallas-based boutique cybersecurity advisory and MSSP offering incident response, threat hunting, forensics, and virtual CISO services.
Cybonet
Haifa-based email and network security vendor (formerly PineApp) selling gateway email protection and lightweight network monitoring to SMBs…