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Innovation Tier

Incremental Innovator

Improves on existing approaches (50-69).

67 /100

eSentire

Waterloo, Canada-based MDR pioneer protecting 2,000+ organizations with a Controlled Autonomy operating model pairing agentic AI and human…

Incremental Innovator Managed Security Services (MSSP/MDR)
67 /100

Miggo Security

Application Detection and Response (ADR) platform providing runtime visibility, exploitability proof, and one-click virtual patching for application vulnerabilities.

Incremental Innovator Application Security
67 /100

Zeroport

Israeli startup replacing IP-based remote access with a patented non-IP hardware bridge, aiming to eliminate the VPN and…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
67 /100

Realm Labs

AI security startup inspecting model internals — attention patterns and reasoning traces — rather than just prompts and…

Incremental Innovator AI Security
67 /100

VulnCheck

Well-funded exploit intelligence platform that tracks which vulnerabilities are actually being exploited in the wild, helping teams prioritize…

Incremental Innovator Threat & Vulnerability Management
67 /100

AllTrue.ai

AllTrue.ai is an AI Trust, Risk, and Security Management (AI TRiSM) startup founded in 2022 by Ron Bennatan,…

Incremental Innovator AI Security
67 /100

Tenex

Sarasota-based AI-native managed detection and response provider pairing automated triage with human analyst oversight at sub-minute speed.

Incremental Innovator Managed Security Services (MSSP/MDR)
67 /100

Mend.io

Software composition analysis platform, formerly WhiteSource, that uses reachability analysis to prioritize which open-source vulnerabilities are actually exploitable.

Incremental Innovator Application Security
67 /100

Hornetsecurity

European Microsoft 365 email security and backup vendor, now part of Proofpoint after a May 2025 acquisition.

Incremental Innovator Network Security
67 /100

Ordr

Agentless connected-device security platform discovering and securing IoT, medical devices, and OT, with independent recognition from KLAS Research…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
67 /100

Nym Technologies

Swiss developer of a decentralized mixnet network and NymVPN, designed to protect network metadata and traffic patterns against…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
67 /100

Prophet Security

Agentic AI SOC platform that autonomously triages, investigates and responds to security alerts, expanding into AI-driven threat hunting…

Incremental Innovator Security Operations
67 /100

Prove

A New York identity-verification vendor (formerly Payfone) anchoring authentication to phone and SIM signals, integrated at 8 of…

Incremental Innovator Identity & Access Management
67 /100

NetSPI

Penetration-testing-as-a-service and attack surface management platform pairing human-led offensive security testing with continuous tracking.

Incremental Innovator Attack Surface Management
67 /100

Panther Labs

Cloud-native SIEM that runs on Snowflake or Databricks, keeping security data in infrastructure customers already own, with 200+…

Incremental Innovator Security Operations
67 /100

Cyware

Cyber fusion platform combining threat intelligence, security automation (SOAR), and case management into one unified workflow.

Incremental Innovator Security Operations
67 /100

Algosec

Established network security policy management platform that automates firewall, router, and cloud security-group rule management across hybrid environments.

Incremental Innovator Network Security
67 /100

Orca Security

Agentless cloud security platform built on patented SideScanning technology, an early co-pioneer of the agentless CNAPP category alongside…

Incremental Innovator Cloud Security
67 /100

AuthMind

Agentless, observability-based identity protection platform detecting hidden identity risks across human, non-human, and agentic AI identities.

Incremental Innovator Identity & Access Management
67 /100

Mitiga

Cloud and SaaS-native detection and response platform founded by cloud incident responders, covering CDR, SaaS, identity, and AI…

Incremental Innovator Security Operations
67 /100

BlueVoyant

Managed detection and response and third-party cyber risk management provider that monitors client networks and vendor ecosystems from…

Incremental Innovator Managed Security Services (MSSP/MDR)
67 /100

Darwinium

AI-native fraud prevention platform using a behavioral identity graph to distinguish trusted from risky human and AI activity…

Incremental Innovator Identity & Access Management
67 /100

Sublime Security

Transparent, rules-based email security platform that lets security teams write, test, and audit their own detection logic instead…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
67 /100

Action1

Houston-based cloud-native patch management and RMM platform, free for organizations under 200 endpoints, founded by the team behind…

Incremental Innovator Threat & Vulnerability Management