Meet Some of the Most Influential Players in This Essential Industry
In today’s world of connectivity and digital transformation, the cybersecurity industry is experiencing unprecedented growth as the need to protect sensitive information and digital assets is more important than ever. As cyber threats have evolved, so too have strategies and tools designed to protect information — all of which is continually reshaping the landscape of digital security.
As one of the nation’s leading cybersecurity educational partners, the University of San Diego is deeply invested in contributing to the thought leadership of this essential and fast-growing field, providing ongoing coverage on the USD Cybersecurity Blog and publishing periodic special reports.
Meet 100 of the most influential players in cybersecurity — an industry that is essential to the global economy and continues to experience lightning-fast growth.
Our Top 10
Note: The companies on this list are listed alphabetically and are not ranked in any particular order.
Location: U.S. corporate headquarters in Redwood City, CA; international corporate headquarters in Tel Aviv, Israel. Local offices in Sydney, London, Milano, Bangalore, Dallas, Oslo, Tokyo, Melbourne, Minsk, New Delhi, Bunnik, Moscow and Zurich.
Number of employees: 6,000+
Established in 1993, Check Point is a multinational provider of software and combined hardware and software products for IT security, including network security, endpoint security, cloud security, mobile security, data security and security management. The company also offers a variety of support and services, including cyber risk assessment training specifically for chief information security officers (CISOs) and digital forensics capabilities.
Check Point, whose mission is “to secure the digital world for everyone, everywhere,” boasts a 99.8% prevention rate when it comes to safeguarding organizations.
Location: Headquartered in San Francisco, CA with data centers around the world
Number of employees: 3,300+
Cloudflare provides content delivery network services that include everything from application and network security to digital modernization and data compliance. Approximately 30% of Fortune 1000 companies use Cloudflare in some capacity, including DoorDash, Colgate-Palmolive, IBM and LabCorp.
The company’s portfolio includes some unique offerings, such as the Athenian Project, which ensures “that state and local governments have the highest level of protection and reliability for free, so that their constituents have access to election information and voter registration.” The company, which claims to block an average of 209 billion threats per day, also has a long list of awards and honors from Fortune, Deloitte, Inc. Magazine and more.
Location: Austin, TX
Number of employees: 8,400
CrowdStrike was founded in 2011 in response to massive cyberattacks affecting nearly all industries caused by malware that went undetected by antivirus software. Today, it’s one of the industry’s fastest-growing companies.
The company’s products and services include IT automation, exposure management, threat intelligence, cloud security, tabletop exercises, technical risk assessments and much more. CloudStrike also offers a wealth of security-related resources such as white papers, webinars, the Adversary Universe podcast and an annual global threat report.
Location: Headquartered in Newton, MA, with international offices in Israel, the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Spain and additional locations around the world. U.S. regional offices are located in Atlanta, GA; Chicago, IL; Houston, TX; Los Angeles, CA; Murray, UT and Santa Clara, CA.
Number of employees: 3,000
CyberArk’s focus is identity security, and one of the company’s featured technologies is CORA AITM — which is defined as “your central hub of identity security-focused artificial intelligence capabilities.” Specializing in access management, privileged access, identity governance and more, CyberArk offers an official certification program and a variety of training options.
Recognized as a global innovator and one of the best places to work, CyberArk also produces a podcast called Trust Issues, which features conversations with cybersecurity leaders and analyses of emerging threats and the latest security insights.
Location: Numerous locations, including in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom and India
Number of employees: More than 800 dedicated security professionals and more than 250 security engineers
Cyderes is a joint venture between Herjavec Group and Fishtech Group, two award-winning cybersecurity companies that merged in 2022. CEO and founder Robert Herjavec, who is also known as an executive producer of ABC’s hit show Shark Tank, is a global cybersecurity expert who founded Herjavec Group in 2003; the company quickly became a top technology leader.
Cyderes — whose name is a compilation of cyber defense and response — offers a variety of services, including digital forensics and incident response, threat hunting, enterprise managed detection and response, privileged access management, cloud security and much more.
Cyderes has also won numerous awards and recognitions, including being named a
a “Pioneer Managed Security Services Provider” (MSSP) by Cyber Defense Magazine in 2024, a “Partner of the Year” by Google Cloud Security in 2023, and “Best Cybersecurity Company” in North America (between 500 and 999 employees) at the 2023 Cyber Excellence Awards.
Location: Offices in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa
Number of employees: 2,200+
Founded in 2013, Darktrace is a cybersecurity powerhouse that’s fully embraced the power of artificial intelligence. One arm of the company, the Darktrace AI Research Centre, employs more than 200 mathematicians and other skilled professionals who explore how AI can be applied to “real-world problems” and “find new paths forward to augment human capabilities.”
Darktrace recently introduced the Darktrace ActiveAI Security Platform, which aims to understand a company’s data and prevent threats in real time without disrupting business operations. With more than 9,000 customers and 160 patent applications, Darktrace works with businesses and organizations across all industries and was one of TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential Companies in 2021.
Location: U.S. headquarters in Sunnyvale, CA with additional locations in Reston, VA, New York City, Texas, Florida, Canada, Latin America, Europe, China, India, Hong Kong, Australia and more.
Number of employees: 13,000
Fortinet specializes in a variety of cybersecurity productions and solutions, including network security, enterprise networking, security operations, endpoint detection and response, secure remote access and more.
Services also include security awareness training and phishing simulation to test employees against real-world techniques that are based on the latest research by FortGuard Labs, the company’s in-house research and response team.
Fortinet, which has earned top honors from Fortune as one of the fastest-growing companies, is the only cybersecurity company on both the Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500.
Location: Clearwater, FL
Number of employees: 1,000+
KnowBe4 defines themselves as “a team of free-thinking techies who look at IT security issues a little differently.” The company also prides itself on the fact that almost 50% of KnowBe4 employees are women, compared to the average of 20% for most cybersecurity companies.
The company offers a variety of products and services, including security awareness training, compliance training, anti-phishing protection and SecurityCoach, which is “the first real-time security coaching product that leverages Human Detection and Response to help protect your organization’s largest attack surface—your employees.”
Location: Global headquarters in Boston, MA with additional locations in Virginia, Texas, Florida, the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Germany, Czech Republic, Singapore, Israel, Japan and India.
Number of employees: 2,700
Rapid7 specializes in cybersecurity and data analytics, offering products such as vulnerability management, application security, IT operations, penetration testing and more. The company also provides a range of technology and consulting services, and recently announced new generative artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities.
The company has also earned a variety of top honors and awards, including being named the 2024 Best SIEM Solution by SC Awards Europe, the 2023 SC Award for Best Threat Detection Technology and one of Boston Business Journal’s Best Places to Work.
Location: Plano, TX
Number of employees: 3,600
Trellix — a relatively new cybersecurity company that was founded in 2022 from the merger of FireEye and McAfee Enterprise — calls itself “one of the most established and profitable cyber vendors in the industry.” With more than 40,000 customers, Trellix provides a number of platform capabilities, including endpoint and data security, threat intelligence and security information and event management. Customers can also purchase solution and consulting services and comprehensive security training.
In addition, the company has a knowledge hub called the Trellix Advanced Research Center, which “brings together an elite team of security professionals and researchers to produce insightful and actionable real-time intelligence to advance customer outcomes and the industry at large.”
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- A10 Networks | DDoS Cyber Attack Protection | San Jose, CA
- Accenture | Enterprise Security Strategy | New York, NY
- Akamai Technologies | Secure Cloud & Mobile Computing | Cambridge MA
- Arctic Wolf | SOC-as-a-Service | Waterloo, Canada
- AT&T Network Security | Managed Security & Consulting | Bedminster, NJ
- Avast | Cyber Attack Protection | Prague, Czech Republic
- BAE Systems | Cybersecurity Risk Management | Surrey, UK
- Booz Allen Hamilton | Cybersecurity Solutions & Services | New York, NY
- Bugcrowd | Bug Bounty Platform | San Francisco, CA
- Callsign | Data Breach Detection & Prevention | London, UK
- Checkmarx | Software Development Security | Tel-Aviv, Israel
- Cisco | Threat Protection & Network Security | San Jose, CA
- Coalfire | Cyber Risk Management | Louisville, CO
- Cofense | Phishing Attack Defense | Leesburg, VA
- Cybereason | Endpoint Protection & Hunting Engine | Boston, MA
- Deep Instinct | Deep Learning Security | New York, NY
- Delinea | Unified Identity Management | San Francisco, CA
- Deloitte | Global Risk Management | New York, NY
- Digital Defense | Vulnerability Management and Threat Assessment | San Antonio, TX
- Duo Security | Cloud Based Two-Factor Authentication | Ann Arbor, MI
- eSentire | Threat Detection & Prevention | Cambridge, Canada
- F5 | Cloud & Data Center Security | Seattle, WA
- Fidelis Security | Threat Detection & Response | Bethesda, MD
- Forcepoint | Insider, Cloud & Network Security | Austin, TX
- Gigamon | Data Center & Cloud Security | Milpitas, CA
- Gen Digital | Cybersecurity Solutions | Tempe, AZ and Prague, Czech Republic
- Guidance Software | Endpoint Security, Incident Response | Pasadena, CA
- HackerOne | Bug Bounty Platform | San Francisco, CA
- i-Sprint | Identity & Access Management | Singapore
- IBM Security | Enterprise IT Security Solutions | Waltham, MA
- Imperva | Data & Applications Security | Redwood Shores, CA
- Infoblox | Automated Network Control & Security | Santa Clara, CA
- Infosec | Cybersecurity Training, Certifications & Resources | Golf, IL
- Intel Security Group | Hardware Enabled Security | Santa Clara, CA
- Intruder | Vulnerability Management Scanner | London, UK
- Kaspersky | Malware & Anti-Virus Solutions | Moscow, Russia
- Kenna Security | Vulnerability Threat Management | Chicago, IL
- Kount | Fraud Prevention | Boise, ID
- KPMG | Cyber Risk Management | London, UK
- Leidos | Cyber Defense Solutions | Reston, VA
- Lockheed Martin | Cybersecurity Solutions & Services | Bethesda, MD
- LogRhythm | Log Management & Security Analytics | Boulder, CO
- Lookout | Mobile Security for Android & iOS Apps | San Francisco, CA
- McAfee | Consumer & Enterprise Security | Santa Clara, CA
- Microsoft | Home/Business Security Solutions, Redmond WA
- Mimecast | Email Security | Lexington, MA
- Mitre | Government Security Solutions | McLean, VA
- NETSCOUT | Situational Awareness & Incident Response | Westford, MA
- Nexusguard | Cloud Enabled DDoS Mitigation | Hong Kong
- Northrop Grumman | Cyber & Homeland Security Services | McLean, VA
- Palo Alto Networks | Threat Detection & Prevention | Santa Clara, CA
- Ping Identity | Identity & Access Management Platform | Denver, CO
- Proofpoint | Security-as-a-Service | Sunnyvale, CA
- Ivanti | Information Technology & Software Solutions | San Jose, CA
- PwC | Cybersecurity Consulting & Advisory | London, UK
- One Identity | Identity & Access Management | Aliso Viejo, CA
- OneLogin | Enterprise Identity Management | San Francisco, CA
- OneSpan | Authentication & Fraud Prevention | Chicago, IL
- Optiv | Information Security Services | Denver, CO
- Radware | Application Security & Delivery | Tel Aviv, Israel
- Raytheon | Cybersecurity Services | Waltham, MA
- Resecurity | Endpoint Protection & Risk Management | Los Angeles, CA
- RiskIQ | Digital Threat Management | San Francisco, CA
- RSA | Intelligence Driven Security | Bedford, MA
- Sailpoint | Identity & Access Management | Austin, TX
- ScienceSoft | Cybersecurity Software & Services | McKinney, TX
- Secude | Global Security Solutions | New York, NY
- SecureWorks | Managed Security Services | Atlanta, GA
- Sera-Brynn | Cyber Risk Management | Suffolk, VA
- Siemplify | Security Orchestration & Incident Response | New York, NY
- Sophos | Anti-Virus & Malware Protection | Abingdon, UK
- Splunk | Big Data Security | San Francisco, CA
- Telesign | Mobile Identity Verification | Marina Del Rey, CA
- Telos | Risk Management & Compliance | Ashburn, VA
- Tenable | Vulnerability Scanning | Columbia, MD
- ThreatQuotient | Threat Intelligence Platform | Reston, VA
- Threat Stack | Cloud Infrastructure Security | Boston, MA
- Thycotic | Privileged Account Management | Washington, DC
- Transmit Security | Identity & Access Management | Boston, MA
- Trend Micro | Server, Cloud & Content Security | Tokyo, Japan
- Tripwire | Advanced Cyber Threat Detection | Portland, OR
- Trustwave | Managed Security Services | Chicago, IL
- Varonis Systems | Data Security & Analytics | New York, NY
- Valimail | Automated Email Authentication | San Francisco, CA
- Verimatrix | Content Protection & Mobile Application Security | San Diego, CA
- VMware by Broadcom | Cloud Solutions | Palo Alto, CA
- Webroot | Security Analysis & Threat Detection | Broomfield, CO
- White Ops | Bot Fraud Detection & Prevention | Brooklyn, NY
- ZeroFox | Public Attack Surface Protection | Baltimore, MD
- Zimperium | Mobile Threat Defense | San Francisco, CA
