CISOs should know about these startups, which offer products 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 industry veteran Richard Stiennon, who tracks cybersecurity vendors on his IT-Harvest dashboard, there are over 4,000 companies in the sector, including more than 170 AI security vendors.
For this article, the cutoff for defining a startup is 2020, excluding vendors founded before then.
Coming up with an accurate head count for cybersecurity startups is virtually impossible
Author's summary: Discover 10 cybersecurity startups CISOs should know.