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Innovation Tier

Incremental Innovator

Improves on existing approaches (50-69).

55 /100

bfore.ai

bfore.ai (formerly BforeAI) provides predictive threat intelligence using its PreCrime platform, aiming to identify and disrupt phishing, impersonation,…

Incremental Innovator Security Operations
55 /100

MindPoint Group

A federal-focused managed cybersecurity and compliance advisory firm, accredited as a FedRAMP 3PAO, acquired by systems integrator Tyto…

Incremental Innovator Governance, Risk & Compliance
55 /100

PeakMetrics

A focused, still-early-stage narrative-intelligence vendor with genuine category differentiation but limited scale evidence to date.

Incremental Innovator Threat & Vulnerability Management
55 /100

Promptfoo

One of the strongest momentum signals in this batch: OpenAI's March 2026 acquisition (all employees joining, tools remaining…

Incremental Innovator AI Security
55 /100

Concentric AI

Data security governance vendor using semantic/contextual AI to understand data meaning rather than relying on regex or rule-based…

Incremental Innovator Data Protection
55 /100

Armour Communications

London-based secure communications vendor providing NCSC-approved encrypted voice, messaging, and conferencing for government and defense customers on everyday…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
55 /100

Indusface

Indusface is an India-based application security vendor whose AppTrana platform delivers fully managed web application and API protection…

Incremental Innovator Application Security
55 /100

RapidFort

A five-year-old, founder-led software supply-chain security company with real enterprise-scale claims (60-90% attack-surface reduction) that closed a $42M…

Incremental Innovator Attack Surface Management
55 /100

Precise Biometrics

Precise Biometrics is a publicly traded Swedish biometrics company providing fingerprint, facial, and palm recognition software and turnkey…

Incremental Innovator Identity & Access Management
55 /100

Netsweeper

Waterloo, Ontario-based web and DNS content filtering vendor whose classification technology is deployed by schools, telecoms, and governments…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
55 /100

Magnet Forensics

A widely deployed digital forensics and investigation platform used across federal law enforcement and major police departments, now…

Incremental Innovator Security Operations
55 /100

AUTHADA

German eID-based identity verification vendor, BSI-certified since 2020, that uses NFC-enabled smartphones to read national ID chips for…

Incremental Innovator Identity & Access Management
55 /100

Clearly AI

Clearly AI uses AI to continuously review new products, features, vendors, and AI deployments for security and privacy…

Incremental Innovator Governance, Risk & Compliance
55 /100

ManagedMethods

K-12-focused cloud security platform providing API-based visibility into Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 for cybersecurity, data safety, and…

Incremental Innovator Cloud Security
55 /100

Clarity Security

An Austin, Texas-based SaaS identity governance platform automating access reviews, entitlement certification, and identity lifecycle management for mid-market…

Incremental Innovator Identity & Access Management
55 /100

RiskRecon

Salt Lake City-founded, Mastercard-owned continuous cyber risk rating platform for third-party and supply-chain risk management.

Incremental Innovator Attack Surface Management
55 /100

Cyber Guru

A well-funded, fast-growing European security-awareness-training leader with real scale, though it faces established global competitors as it expands…

Incremental Innovator Governance, Risk & Compliance
55 /100

pQCee

pQCee is a Singapore-based post-quantum cryptography company building tools to help organizations prepare for the eventual arrival of…

Incremental Innovator Data Protection
55 /100

Transmit Security

Unified customer identity platform combining authentication, identity verification, and fraud prevention for large banks, insurers, and retailers.

Incremental Innovator Identity & Access Management
55 /100

Wabbi

Application security posture management (ASPM) platform that embeds continuous security testing and policy enforcement directly into the software…

Incremental Innovator Application Security
55 /100

Garland Technology

Garland Technology makes network TAPs, packet brokers, and data diodes that feed security and monitoring tools with reliable,…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
55 /100

Vijil

Vijil provides trust infrastructure for AI agent development, letting engineering teams test agent reliability and resilience before deployment…

Incremental Innovator AI Security
55 /100

APIsec

AI-powered, continuous API security testing platform that models an application's behavior and generates real attacker-style exploits to validate…

Incremental Innovator Application Security
55 /100

LayerX

A well-funded browser security and AI usage control vendor acquired by Akamai for approximately $205 million and rebranded…

Incremental Innovator Application Security