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Cequence Security | 2014 | 🇺🇸 US | Active | Leadership Compass +6 Generative AI Defense December 2, 2025 · 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 | 🇺🇸 US | Active | Leadership Compass +18 Generative AI Defense December 2, 2025 · 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 | 🇮🇱 IL | Active | Leadership Compass +20 Generative AI Defense December 2, 2025 · 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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Cisco | 1984 | 🇺🇸 US | Active | Leadership Compass +46 Generative AI Defense December 2, 2025 · Jonathan Care |
Cisco is a global technology leader specializing in networking hardware, telecommunications equipment, and high-technology services and solutions. The company’s core focus is on delivering reliable… |
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Enkrypt AI | 2022 | 🇺🇸 US | Active | Leadership Compass Generative AI Defense December 2, 2025 · 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 | 🇺🇸 US | Active | Leadership Compass +6 Generative AI Defense December 2, 2025 · 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 | 🇺🇸 US | Active | Blog +78 AWS Pushes Agentic AI and European Sovereign Cloud: Vision Check April 27, 2026 · 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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Ping Identity | 2002 | 🇺🇸 US | Active | Whitepaper +89 From AI Agents to Trusted Digital Workers April 20, 2026 · Martin Kuppinger |
Ping Identity is an enterprise IAM solutions provider delivering authentication, access management, and API security analytics. Its Ping API Intelligence offers automated, AI-driven API discovery,… |
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Ergon Informatik | 1984 | 🇨🇭 CH | Active | Buyer's Compass +31 API Security - Airlock March 2, 2026 · Alexei Balaganski |
Ergon Informatik AG is a Swiss software engineering company with a long history in cybersecurity. Its Airlock Secure Access Hub integrates IAM and application/API protection, offering unified policy… |
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NeuralTrust | 2022 | 🇪🇸 ES | Active | Leadership Compass Generative AI Defense December 2, 2025 · 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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42Crunch | 2015 | 🇮🇪 IE | Active | Leadership Compass +9 API Security and Management July 24, 2025 · 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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Axway | 2001 | 🇫🇷 FR | Active | Leadership Compass +3 API Security and Management July 24, 2025 · Alexei Balaganski |
Axway is an enterprise software vendor focused on digital integration, including API management, B2B integration, and managed file transfer. Its Amplify platform provides federated API governance and… |
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Broadcom | 1991 | 🇺🇸 US | Active | Leadership Compass +48 API Security and Management July 24, 2025 · 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 | 🇮🇱 IL | Active | Leadership Compass +22 API Security and Management July 24, 2025 · 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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Curity | 2015 | 🇸🇪 SE | Active | Leadership Compass +18 API Security and Management July 24, 2025 · 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 | 🇺🇸 US | Active | Leadership Compass +10 API Security and Management July 24, 2025 · 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 | 🇺🇸 US | Active | Leadership Compass +2 API Security and Management July 24, 2025 · 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 | 🇺🇸 US | Active | Leadership Compass +3 API Security and Management July 24, 2025 · 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 | 🇺🇸 US | Active | Leadership Compass +10 API Security and Management July 24, 2025 · 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 | 🇺🇸 US | Active | Leadership Compass +4 API Security and Management July 24, 2025 · 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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