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The Security Industry

Richard Stiennon's analysis of the cybersecurity market — funding, M&A, emerging categories, and what the data from the IT-Harvest Dashboard actually says.

ALL of Industry Signal Comes from Startups
Jun 12, 2026

ALL of Industry Signal Comes from Startups

Next-gen industry analysis

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17 More AI Security Vendors
May 24, 2026

17 More AI Security Vendors

An addendum to Guardians of the Machine Age.

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More Mythos and Mozilla
May 8, 2026

More Mythos and Mozilla

I have been using Mozilla based products continuously since 1993.

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We Are Doing This
Apr 22, 2026

We Are Doing This

Mozilla shows the way

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Claude Cowork Wrote this
Apr 12, 2026

Claude Cowork Wrote this

15 more AI Security Vendors

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Update #3 to Guardians of the Machine Age
Apr 10, 2026

Update #3 to Guardians of the Machine Age

Ten additional vendors

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Ten New AI Security Vendors
Apr 9, 2026

Ten New AI Security Vendors

In this post we continue to pay down the debt owed to readers of Guardians of the Machine Age: Why AI Security Will Define the Future of Digital Defense. I promised to update the list of vendors on my Substack.

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Mythos Preview Is a Break-Glass Moment
Apr 8, 2026

Mythos Preview Is a Break-Glass Moment

Prepare for disruption.

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Tracking the new vendors in AI Security
Apr 7, 2026

Tracking the new vendors in AI Security

37 since March 11, 2026

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Guardians of the Machine Age Published
Mar 16, 2026

Guardians of the Machine Age Published

Why AI Security Will Define the Future of Digital Defense

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Announcing the 2026 Cyber 150
Mar 8, 2026

Announcing the 2026 Cyber 150

For the second year running we have used the data in the IT-Harvest Dashboard to identify the top 150 midsize cybersecurity companies.

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Something Big Is Happening in Cybersecurity
Feb 16, 2026

Something Big Is Happening in Cybersecurity

When Vint Cerf, the father of the internet, posts a link with “Thought-provoking read on AI Impact.,” you read it.

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Momentum Cyber's Almanac
Jan 7, 2026

Momentum Cyber's Almanac

After a four year hiatus Momentum Cyber, the industry’s top investment banking firm, has published its Cybersecurity Almanac again.

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Wrapping the Year for the Cyber 150
Jan 2, 2026

Wrapping the Year for the Cyber 150

The first awards for the IT-Harvest Cyber 150 went out last January. Let’s check in to see how they did.

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Good News, Bad News
Nov 24, 2025

Good News, Bad News

Regarding my book journey

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Portfolio Analysis with the IT-Harvest Dashboard
Nov 2, 2025

Portfolio Analysis with the IT-Harvest Dashboard

A New Use Case

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Of Long Tails and Stalking Horses
Oct 29, 2025

Of Long Tails and Stalking Horses

What Are Analyst Firms Going to Do?

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Organizing by Domains
Oct 28, 2025

Organizing by Domains

14 Security Functions, each with a Deputy CISO

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Adding Security Stack Analysis to the IT-Harvest Dashboard
Oct 19, 2025

Adding Security Stack Analysis to the IT-Harvest Dashboard

Biggest upgrade to-date

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Mapping 11,326 products to NIST CSF 2.0
Oct 18, 2025

Mapping 11,326 products to NIST CSF 2.0

At IT-Harvest we set out to harvest all the data on the cybersecurity industry and put it in a searchable database.

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State of Cyber Q3 2025
Oct 1, 2025

State of Cyber Q3 2025

$12.9 billion in funding set to surpass 2024.

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State of AI Security
Sep 17, 2025

State of AI Security

See the accompanying webinar here.

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