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Innovation Tier

Incremental Innovator

Improves on existing approaches (50-69).

52 /100

PureCyber

UK-based managed security services provider offering 24/7 SOC-as-a-service, MXDR, penetration testing, and incident response, with NCSC-recognized advisory and…

Incremental Innovator Managed Security Services (MSSP/MDR)
52 /100

Start Left Security

Start Left Security (formerly Tauruseer) is a Jacksonville, Florida ASPM company combining a patented behavioral analytics engine with…

Incremental Innovator Application Security
52 /100

Datto

Backup, disaster recovery, and business-continuity (BCDR) platform built specifically for managed service providers serving small and mid-sized businesses,…

Incremental Innovator Data Protection
52 /100

Aryaka Networks

Aryaka is a unified SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) provider that has been building its own private global…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
52 /100

Koi Security

A 2024-founded Tel Aviv agentic endpoint-security startup reportedly acquired by Palo Alto Networks for about $400M.

Incremental Innovator AI Security
52 /100

Oplane

A Malmö, Sweden startup that automates security threat modeling for engineering teams building software with AI coding assistants…

Incremental Innovator Application Security
52 /100

Zamna

Zamna uses privacy-preserving identity validation to let airlines and governments confirm passenger data matches without centrally sharing sensitive…

Incremental Innovator Identity & Access Management
52 /100

Red Trident Inc

A Houston-based, veteran-owned OT/ICS cybersecurity firm delivering continuous monitoring, threat hunting, and assessment services for energy, water, and…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
52 /100

Guardrail

A runtime blockchain security engine that protected $30B+ in assets, acquired in-house by stablecoin platform Rain.

Incremental Innovator Application Security
52 /100

Xamin

Xamin is a Chicago-based managed services provider with more than 25 years of experience serving banks, credit unions,…

Incremental Innovator Governance, Risk & Compliance
52 /100

1Security

AI-native permission manager for Microsoft 365 that maps who and what — including Copilot and other AI tools…

Incremental Innovator AI Security
52 /100

Sodot

A Tel Aviv self-hosted MPC key-management startup acquired by MoonPay for roughly $100M in stock.

Incremental Innovator Data Protection
52 /100

Monarx

Monarx is a Salt Lake City company building AI-powered behavioral malware detection and remediation software for shared hosting,…

Incremental Innovator Threat & Vulnerability Management
52 /100

StandardFusion

StandardFusion, based in Vancouver, Canada, provides governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) software that helps organizations manage risk assessments,…

Incremental Innovator Governance, Risk & Compliance
52 /100

Sola Security

Builds a vendor-agnostic 'Security Brain' context layer that unifies data across security tools so human analysts and AI…

Incremental Innovator Attack Surface Management
52 /100

Cofense

Phishing detection and response platform (formerly PhishMe) that combines employee-reported email simulation training with analyst- and AI-assisted triage…

Incremental Innovator Security Operations
52 /100

Webroot

Cloud-based endpoint protection and DNS filtering vendor, now part of OpenText Cybersecurity, built around a lightweight agent and…

Incremental Innovator Threat & Vulnerability Management
52 /100

Providence Consulting Group

Australian protective-security and risk advisory firm serving Defence and government clients, now part of Tetra Tech's global advisory…

Incremental Innovator Governance, Risk & Compliance
52 /100

BetterCloud

SaaS management and security posture platform automating access lifecycle and policy enforcement across an organization's cloud application portfolio,…

Incremental Innovator Cloud Security
52 /100

Cypago

Cyber GRC Automation platform that connects directly to cloud and on-prem systems to automate compliance evidence collection and…

Incremental Innovator Governance, Risk & Compliance
52 /100

Discern Security

Early-stage AI platform that uses agentic 'loops' to continuously assess, prioritize, and verify remediation of security-control gaps.

Incremental Innovator AI Security
52 /100

Stamus Networks

Suricata-based network detection and response (NDR) vendor offering transparent, tunable detection logic under its Clear NDR platform.

Incremental Innovator Network Security
52 /100

Kenzo Security

A San Francisco agentic SecOps platform acquired by Rapid7 in March 2026 to power AI-driven MDR.

Incremental Innovator Security Operations
52 /100

Zania

A Palo Alto company whose AI 'teammates' automate GRC busywork—controls testing, evidence collection, and security questionnaires—for compliance teams.

Incremental Innovator Governance, Risk & Compliance