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Innovation Tier

Incremental Innovator

Improves on existing approaches (50-69).

58 /100

Gomboc.AI

New York-based cloud security startup applying deterministic AI, not generative-AI guesswork, to auto-remediate cloud misconfigurations at scale, aiming…

Incremental Innovator Cloud Security
58 /100

Axur

Axur is a digital risk protection platform, originally built in Brazil and operating from a Miami, Florida base,…

Incremental Innovator Attack Surface Management
58 /100

Wirespeed (a Coalition company)

Automated MDR platform using deterministic, non-LLM triage logic for fast, low-noise alert verdicts; acquired by cyber insurer Coalition…

Incremental Innovator Managed Security Services (MSSP/MDR)
58 /100

Lacework (FortiCNAPP, a Fortinet company)

Once an $8B-plus unicorn built on behavioral cloud anomaly detection, Lacework is now Fortinet's CNAPP (branded FortiCNAPP) after…

Incremental Innovator Cloud Security
58 /100

HWG Sababa

Italian cybersecurity group offering managed security, consulting, and OT/IoT services, formed from the 2023 merger of HWG and…

Incremental Innovator Managed Security Services (MSSP/MDR)
58 /100

Radware

Radware is a publicly traded (NASDAQ: RDWR) cybersecurity vendor providing DDoS protection, web application firewalls, and bot management…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
58 /100

Becklar

Becklar operates 24/7 AI-assisted critical event monitoring centers — fire, security, video remote guarding, and IoT-connected device monitoring…

Incremental Innovator Security Operations
58 /100

Riot Security

Paris-based security awareness platform pairing short, chat-style training with simulated phishing to reduce human-driven breach risk.

Incremental Innovator Governance, Risk & Compliance
58 /100

VikingCloud

A global cybersecurity and PCI compliance platform serving distributed enterprises across 70+ countries with managed security, threat detection,…

Incremental Innovator Governance, Risk & Compliance
58 /100

NAVEX

GRC and ethics compliance software platform built around whistleblower hotlines, policy management, and risk oversight, majority-owned by a…

Incremental Innovator Governance, Risk & Compliance
58 /100

OpenZeppelin

Widely used smart contract security firm providing audits, a standard open-source contracts library, and continuous monitoring for blockchain…

Incremental Innovator Application Security
58 /100

Queue-it

Queue-it is a global provider of online traffic orchestration technology, best known for its virtual waiting room product…

Incremental Innovator Attack Surface Management
58 /100

Fortaegis

Amsterdam-based chip security startup using silicon physical unclonable functions to generate hardware-rooted, quantum-safe cryptographic keys without digital certificates.

Incremental Innovator Data Protection
58 /100

Red Canary (a Zscaler company)

MDR provider known for detection-engineering rigor and its open-source Atomic Red Team testing framework, acquired by Zscaler in…

Incremental Innovator Managed Security Services (MSSP/MDR)
58 /100

Informatica

Informatica is a major enterprise data management vendor, now operating as a Salesforce subsidiary, whose Data Governance, Access…

Incremental Innovator Data Protection
58 /100

Darwin AI

A government-focused AI governance platform that discovers shadow AI use in public agencies and turns written AI policy…

Incremental Innovator Governance, Risk & Compliance
58 /100

Authsignal

Authentication and orchestration layer for consumer-facing businesses, adding passkeys, step-up MFA and a no-code risk rules engine.

Incremental Innovator Identity & Access Management
58 /100

Intezer

Malware analysis vendor using 'genetic' code-reuse comparison to classify threats and link samples to known families based on…

Incremental Innovator Threat & Vulnerability Management
58 /100

Cleafy

Milan-based real-time banking fraud detection vendor protecting mobile and web banking sessions from malware, overlay attacks, and social-engineering…

Incremental Innovator Application Security
58 /100

VMRay

German malware and phishing sandbox that uses hypervisor-level monitoring instead of in-guest agents, aimed at SOC teams and…

Incremental Innovator Threat & Vulnerability Management
58 /100

NordLayer

NordLayer is Nord Security's business network security platform, delivering SASE and Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) capabilities such…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
58 /100

Cyvers

Israeli web3 security company offering real-time detection and prevention of crypto attacks.

Incremental Innovator Security Operations
58 /100

NSFOCUS

NSFOCUS is a Beijing- and Santa Clara-based network security vendor providing volumetric DDoS mitigation, intrusion prevention, and web…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
58 /100

Novee

AI-driven continuous penetration testing platform that simulates real attacker tactics to find business-logic flaws.

Incremental Innovator Threat & Vulnerability Management