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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

Assuria

UK-built SIEM, log management, and managed security services provider for government, defense, and enterprise security operations centers.

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations
48 /100

Cority

A Toronto-based EHS (environment, health, and safety) and GRC software provider, originally founded as Medgate in 1985 and…

Emerging / Unranked Governance, Risk & Compliance
48 /100

Tenica

TENICA Global Solutions provides IT engineering and architecture, cyber defense, digital modernization, mission resilience, and acquisition support to…

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations
48 /100

Nine23

An established, 13-year-old UK sovereign MSP with a credible national-security customer base; Austability's majority-stake acquisition (approved under the…

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations
48 /100

Ilantus Technologies

Identity and access management vendor combining SSO, identity governance, and managed IAM services for enterprises, including many Fortune…

Emerging / Unranked Identity & Access Management
48 /100

Hurricane Labs

Hurricane Labs is a Splunk-focused managed security services provider delivering 24x7 SOC-as-a-service, Splunk management, and SOAR operations.

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations
48 /100

PC Matic

PC Matic is a US-built endpoint security vendor for consumers and SMBs, combining malware/ransomware protection, phishing and scam…

Emerging / Unranked Threat & Vulnerability Management
48 /100

Secberus

Miami-based cloud security posture management (CSPM) vendor offering a risk-driven, policy-as-code platform for multi-cloud compliance.

Emerging / Unranked Cloud Security
48 /100

Kloudle

Self-hosted cloud security posture management scanner built for developers, running entirely on the customer's own infrastructure rather than…

Emerging / Unranked Cloud Security
48 /100

Wedge Networks

Calgary-based network security vendor using deep content inspection and an embedded neural network to block never-before-seen malware in…

Emerging / Unranked Network Security
48 /100

Veria Labs

Veria Labs is a Y Combinator-backed continuous AI pentesting company whose LLM-based agents actively exploit vulnerabilities to confirm…

Emerging / Unranked AI Security
48 /100

IDfy

A mature, well-established identity verification and trust infrastructure leader with over $120M raised and broad multi-country enterprise deployment.

Emerging / Unranked Identity & Access Management
48 /100

Embrace

A decade-old, YCombinator-backed observability company acquired by Palo Alto Networks in July 2026, its fourth acquisition of the…

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations
48 /100

Defendify

All-in-one cybersecurity SaaS platform for small businesses, bundling vulnerability scanning, dark web monitoring, awareness training, and incident response…

Emerging / Unranked Security Operations
48 /100

Kratikal

Noida-based VAPT and phishing-simulation training provider that completed a BSE SME IPO in 2026 on the back of…

Emerging / Unranked Threat & Vulnerability Management
48 /100

Avocado Systems

Application and API security vendor providing runtime threat modeling and process-level microsegmentation for cloud workloads via its Avocado…

Emerging / Unranked Application 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

Pvotal Technologies

Pvotal Technologies combines infrastructure management, cybersecurity consulting, and AI-driven agents to help organizations run cloud and hybrid infrastructure…

Emerging / Unranked Cloud Security
48 /100

Aceiss

Aceiss is an access-observability platform that correlates entitlement data with real authorization behavior to reveal who actually has…

Emerging / Unranked Identity & Access Management
48 /100

Continuity Software

Storage and backup security posture management platform that continuously audits backup and storage infrastructure for misconfigurations and ransomware-related…

Emerging / Unranked Data Protection
48 /100

Symbiotic Security

An early-stage but rapidly scaling (seed grew from $3M to $10M within about a year) developer-security startup backed…

Emerging / Unranked AI Security
48 /100

Cycurion

Publicly traded (NASDAQ: CYCU) McLean, Virginia cybersecurity firm whose ARx platform bundles WAF, DDoS, bot mitigation, and API…

Emerging / Unranked Application Security
48 /100

Faraday Security

Offensive security platform that orchestrates over 80 third-party security tools into a single vulnerability management and external attack…

Emerging / Unranked Attack Surface Management
48 /100

K2 Integrity

A risk and compliance advisory firm executing a clear technology and AI-enabled strategy under new leadership by acquiring…

Emerging / Unranked Attack Surface Management