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Cequence Security | 2014 | ๐บ๐ธ US | Active | Leadership Compass +6 Generative AI Defense December 2, 2025 ยท Jonathan Care |
Cequence Security is a cybersecurity vendor focused on protecting APIs and web applications from attacks such as bot abuse, fraud, and application-level threats. Its Unified API Protection (UAP)… |
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Cloudflare | 2009 | ๐บ๐ธ US | Active | Leadership Compass +18 Generative AI Defense December 2, 2025 ยท Jonathan Care |
Cloudflare is a global internet infrastructure and security provider, best known for its CDN and web security services. Its API Shield solution leverages a global edge network to deliver scalable,… |
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PlainID | 2014 | ๐ฎ๐ฑ IL | Active | Leadership Compass +21 Generative AI Defense December 2, 2025 ยท Jonathan Care |
PlainID is a policy-based access management vendor specializing in dynamic, context-aware, externalized authorization for APIs and microservices, supporting centralized policy management and… |
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Enkrypt AI | 2022 | ๐บ๐ธ US | Active | Leadership Compass +1 Generative AI Defense December 2, 2025 ยท Jonathan Care |
Enkrypt AI is a Boston-based startup specializing in security and compliance for multimodal generative AI. Its unified platform delivers text, image, and audio protection, red teaming with zero-day… |
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Arkose Labs | 2016 | ๐บ๐ธ US | Active | Leadership Compass +6 Generative AI Defense December 2, 2025 ยท Jonathan Care |
Arkose Labs is a mid-stage security startup headquartered in San Francisco, CA, specializing in bot and fraud prevention with solutions such as Arkose Bot Manager, Arkose Device ID, Arkose Edge,… |
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AWS | 2006 | ๐บ๐ธ US | Active | Blog +82 AWS Pushes Agentic AI and European Sovereign Cloud: Vision Check April 27, 2026 ยท Mike Small |
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a subsidiary of Amazon providing on-demand cloud computing platforms and APIs to individuals, companies, and governments, on a metered pay-as-you-go basis. AWS offers a… |
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NSFOCUS | 2000 | ๐จ๐ณ CN | Active | Leadership Compass +2 The Emerging AI Security Operations Center (SOC) April 20, 2026 ยท Matthew Gardiner |
NSFOCUS is a public cybersecurity company founded in 2000 and based in Beijing, China, providing network security, threat detection, vulnerability management, and managed security services to… |
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Securaa | 2018 | ๐ฎ๐ณ IN | Active | Leadership Compass +2 The Emerging AI Security Operations Center (SOC) April 20, 2026 ยท Matthew Gardiner |
Securaa, established in 2018 in Bengaluru, India, is a specialist SOAR vendor targeting enterprises in APAC, Middle East, and globally. Securaa’s container-based, modular SOAR platform incorporates… |
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Transmit Security | 2014 | ๐ฎ๐ฑ IL | Active | Video +20 The New Face of Fraud: How AI Agents Are Rewriting Digital Trust and Risk October 24, 2025 ยท John Tolbert |
Transmit Security is a late-stage venture-backed cybersecurity company focusing on CIAM, passwordless authentication, and fraud reduction. Its Mosaic Platform offers a full suite of IDV, behavioral… |
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NeuralTrust | 2022 | ๐ช๐ธ ES | Active | Leadership Compass +1 Generative AI Defense December 2, 2025 ยท Jonathan Care |
NeuralTrust is a VC-backed Spanish cybersecurity startup focused on generative AI security. The company's NeuralTrust platform delivers sub-10ms prompt injection detection, multi-language coverage,… |
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Intezer | 2015 | ๐ฎ๐ฑ IL | Active | Leadership Compass +1 The Emerging AI Security Operations Center (SOC) April 20, 2026 ยท Matthew Gardiner |
Intezer is a cybersecurity company focused on delivering Autonomous Security Operations Center (SOC) solutions powered by artificial intelligence. Founded in 2016, Intezer streamlines and automates… |
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Broadcom | 1991 | ๐บ๐ธ US | Active | Leadership Compass +68 API Security and Management July 24, 2025 ยท Alexei Balaganski |
Broadcom is a global technology company specializing in semiconductors and infrastructure software, including the Layer7 API Management suite. The company provides enterprise-scale API management,… |
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Check Point | 1993 | ๐ฎ๐ฑ IL | Active | Leadership Compass +22 API Security and Management July 24, 2025 ยท Alexei Balaganski |
Check Point Software Technologies is a global cybersecurity provider, best known for its enterprise firewall and security solutions. Its CloudGuard WAF offers API discovery, schema validation, and… |
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42Crunch | 2015 | ๐ฎ๐ช IE | Active | Leadership Compass +9 API Security and Management July 24, 2025 ยท Alexei Balaganski |
42Crunch is a privately held cybersecurity company specializing in proactive, developer-centric API security. The company focuses on securing APIs across the entire lifecycle through contract-based… |
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Curity | 2015 | ๐ธ๐ช SE | Active | Leadership Compass +18 API Security and Management July 24, 2025 ยท Alexei Balaganski |
Curity is an identity and access management vendor specializing in secure, standards-based authentication and API access control. The Curity Identity Server provides modular, cloud-native identity… |
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Forum Systems | 2001 | ๐บ๐ธ US | Active | Leadership Compass +10 API Security and Management July 24, 2025 ยท Alexei Balaganski |
Forum Systems is a privately held vendor specializing in secure API communication and protocol mediation for high-assurance environments. Its Forum Sentry API Security Gateway is a self-contained API… |
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Gravitee | 2015 | ๐บ๐ธ US | Active | Leadership Compass +2 API Security and Management July 24, 2025 ยท Alexei Balaganski |
Gravitee is an API management vendor with open-source roots focused on unifying synchronous and asynchronous APIs in one platform. Its product set spans central management (Cockpit), API management… |
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Kong | 2017 | ๐บ๐ธ US | Active | Leadership Compass +3 API Security and Management July 24, 2025 ยท Alexei Balaganski |
Kong Inc. is an API and service connectivity platform vendor focused on federated governance, API design, security, and developer enablement across hybrid and multi-cloud deployments. Originating as… |
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Qualys | 1999 | ๐บ๐ธ US | Active | Leadership Compass +9 API Security and Management July 24, 2025 ยท Alexei Balaganski |
Qualys is a global leader in cloud-based vulnerability management and cybersecurity technologies. Its TotalAppSec solution extends unified vulnerability management and analytics to cover web… |
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Salt Security | 2016 | ๐บ๐ธ US | Active | Leadership Compass +4 API Security and Management July 24, 2025 ยท Alexei Balaganski |
Salt Security is a pioneer in agentless, out-of-band API security, offering API discovery, policy governance, and threat detection driven by patented AI/ML. Its platform is designed for large… |
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