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Innovation Tier

Incremental Innovator

Improves on existing approaches (50-69).

53 /100

Merlin Group

Federal cybersecurity solutions integrator and venture platform specializing in identity security, SOC modernization, and post-quantum readiness for U.S.…

Incremental Innovator Security Operations
53 /100

Identity Automation

Cloud IAM platform (RapidIdentity) purpose-built for education and healthcare identity lifecycle management, now operating as part of Jamf…

Incremental Innovator Identity & Access Management
53 /100

X-Analytics

Arlington, Virginia cyber risk quantification platform from Secure Systems Innovation Corporation that translates technical security posture into financial…

Incremental Innovator Governance, Risk & Compliance
53 /100

LeapXpert

A New York communications-governance leader for WhatsApp, iMessage, and Signal, a two-time Gartner Visionary.

Incremental Innovator Data Protection
53 /100

Artemis

A New York AI-native SIEM-replacement platform that raised $70M in combined seed and Series A six months after…

Incremental Innovator Security Operations
53 /100

Evo Security

An MSP-native identity and access management vendor acquired by Barracuda in July 2026 for its BarracudaONE platform.

Incremental Innovator Identity & Access Management
53 /100

Guardare

Clearwater, Florida startup using AI to correlate findings across 200+ security tools and rank vulnerabilities by actual business…

Incremental Innovator Threat & Vulnerability Management
53 /100

Tumeryk

AI trust scoring, red teaming and runtime guardrails for large language models and AI agents.

Incremental Innovator AI Security
53 /100

Venari Security

Encrypted traffic analysis platform that detects threats and anomalous behavior in encrypted network traffic using machine learning and…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
53 /100

BitNinja

Hungarian server-security platform for web hosting providers and agencies, using a crowd-sourced defense network to block malware, brute…

Incremental Innovator Application Security
53 /100

Cognni

Tel Aviv-based data classification and governance platform that uses AI to autonomously discover, map, and classify sensitive data…

Incremental Innovator Data Protection
53 /100

DataLocker

A Kansas-based maker of FIPS-validated hardware-encrypted USB drives and centrally managed portable storage for government, military, and regulated…

Incremental Innovator Data Protection
53 /100

Armadin

An AI red-teaming startup led by former Mandiant CEO Kevin Mandia, with a record-setting combined seed and Series…

Incremental Innovator Attack Surface Management
53 /100

GAN Integrity

GAN Integrity is a two-decade-old GRC platform, recognized by Gartner as a Challenger in third-party risk management, used…

Incremental Innovator Governance, Risk & Compliance
53 /100

Paramify

Compliance automation platform that generates and maintains FedRAMP and other security authorization documentation.

Incremental Innovator Governance, Risk & Compliance
53 /100

High Sec Labs

High Sec Labs builds secure KVM switches and peripheral-sharing hardware certified to NIAP/EAL4+ standards, letting users share a…

Incremental Innovator Data Protection
53 /100

Trulioo

Global identity verification and business (KYB) verification platform aggregating data sources across more than 100 countries to support…

Incremental Innovator Identity & Access Management
53 /100

Breach Secure Now

A bootstrapped, MSP-channel security-awareness and compliance training vendor.

Incremental Innovator Governance, Risk & Compliance
53 /100

Cantina

Cantina is an agentic security platform, formerly Web3-audit firm Spearbit, that automates vulnerability triage and remediation for enterprises.

Incremental Innovator Application Security
53 /100

Evrotrust

Bulgarian qualified trust service provider offering remote identity verification, eIDAS-recognized eID and qualified electronic signatures.

Incremental Innovator Identity & Access Management
53 /100

Strike Graph

AI-native compliance automation platform helping companies achieve and maintain SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and other framework certifications…

Incremental Innovator Governance, Risk & Compliance
53 /100

HEROIC.com

Bootstrapped identity threat intelligence company running large-scale dark web and breach-data monitoring through its DarkWatch platform, with six…

Incremental Innovator Identity & Access Management
53 /100

Memority

A Paris-area Identity-as-a-Service platform, spun out of Accenture in 2023 and expanded through its 2026 acquisition of shadow-IT/identity-visibility…

Incremental Innovator Identity & Access Management
53 /100

Outseer

Risk-based fraud and authentication decisioning for financial institutions and payment issuers, descended from RSA's Adaptive Authentication business and…

Incremental Innovator Identity & Access Management