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Innovation Tier

Incremental Innovator

Improves on existing approaches (50-69).

65 /100

Riskified

A publicly traded ecommerce fraud and risk decisioning platform that guarantees approved transactions against chargebacks, used by many…

Incremental Innovator Governance, Risk & Compliance
65 /100

Legion Security

Legion Security is a browser-native, agentic AI platform that observes human SOC analysts' investigations and automates their workflows,…

Incremental Innovator Security Operations
65 /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
65 /100

Prompt Security (now part of SentinelOne)

Runtime GenAI and agentic-AI security company preventing AI-related data leakage and protecting AI agents, acquired by SentinelOne for…

Incremental Innovator AI Security
65 /100

Netskope

A security-service-edge vendor built around a cloud-native inline proxy for CASB, SWG, and ZTNA, which completed its IPO…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
65 /100

HackTheBox

Greece-founded cyber readiness platform with 4.3 million members, delivering hands-on labs and enterprise skills training for the agentic…

Incremental Innovator Security Operations
65 /100

Unixi

Universal SSO and passwordless authentication that extends single sign-on to browser-based apps lacking native SAML support, without requiring…

Incremental Innovator Identity & Access Management
65 /100

Oneleet

Compliance automation platform bundling penetration testing, code scanning, cloud security, attack surface monitoring, and security training to make…

Incremental Innovator Governance, Risk & Compliance
65 /100

ID Quantique

Geneva-founded Quantum Key Distribution and quantum-safe cryptography pioneer, acquired by Nasdaq-listed IonQ in 2025 to anchor its quantum…

Incremental Innovator Data Protection
65 /100

Eye Security

Eye Security is a Netherlands-based managed detection and response provider that bundles 24/7 MDR, incident response, and threat…

Incremental Innovator Security Operations
65 /100

Defense Unicorns

A four-year-old, founder-led defense software-supply-chain company that reached unicorn status ($1B+ valuation) on a $136M Series B, reflecting…

Incremental Innovator Governance, Risk & Compliance
65 /100

GitGuardian

Secrets detection and non-human identity security platform that scans code, CI/CD, and collaboration tools for exposed credentials in…

Incremental Innovator Application Security
65 /100

Secureframe

Automated compliance platform for SOC 2, ISO 27001, and similar frameworks, competing with Vanta and Drata but at…

Incremental Innovator Governance, Risk & Compliance
65 /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
63 /100

Brinqa

AI-driven exposure management platform that unifies vulnerability and risk data across infrastructure, cloud, and applications.

Incremental Innovator Threat & Vulnerability Management
63 /100

Pondurance

Pondurance delivers risk-based managed detection and response built specifically to give mid-market organizations enterprise-grade protection through a 24/7…

Incremental Innovator Security Operations
63 /100

ARCON

Privileged access management vendor with 900+ enterprise customers and consecutive Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader and KuppingerCole Leadership recognitions,…

Incremental Innovator Identity & Access Management
63 /100

Corelight

Network detection platform built on the open-source Zeek framework, converting raw network traffic into structured 'network evidence' for…

Incremental Innovator Security Operations
63 /100

Airbus CyberSecurity

Cyber-defense arm of Airbus Defence and Space delivering encryption, threat detection, security orchestration, and 24/7 SOC services to…

Incremental Innovator Network Security
63 /100

Expel

Vendor-agnostic managed detection and response provider known for transparent, plain-language alert explanations layered on top of a customer's…

Incremental Innovator Security Operations
63 /100

Manifest

Software supply chain security startup founded by former CISA and DoD veterans, operationalizing SBOMs and AIBOMs to secure…

Incremental Innovator Application Security
63 /100

Morphisec

Prevention-first endpoint security vendor using Automated Moving Target Defense to stop ransomware and memory-based exploits at the point…

Incremental Innovator Threat & Vulnerability Management
63 /100

Zilla Security (now Palo Alto Networks Identity Governance)

Modern identity governance and administration automating access reviews and entitlement lifecycle management, acquired by Palo Alto Networks and…

Incremental Innovator Identity & Access Management
63 /100

Viasat

Publicly traded satellite communications and defense contractor whose Type 1-certified encryption devices secure classified government and military communications.

Incremental Innovator Network Security