CISOs should be aware of these startups, which offer products and solutions for NHI security, deepfake detection, and securing the agentic enterprise.
With new ventures emerging daily, it's challenging to determine the exact number of cybersecurity startups. According to Richard Stiennon, an industry veteran who tracks cybersecurity vendors on his IT-Harvest dashboard, there are over 4,000 companies in the cybersecurity sector, including more than 170 AI security vendors.
For this article, the cutoff for defining a startup is 2020, excluding any vendors founded before then.
Coming up with an accurate head count for cybersecurity startups is virtually impossible...
Author's summary: Top cybersecurity startups for CISOs to watch.