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SpecterOps is a cybersecurity firm offering products, services, and training to help enterprises safeguard against sophisticated attacks. They assist businesses in closing attack vectors, evaluating and enhancing security operations programs, providing advanced adversary Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) training, and supporting industry initiatives.

HiddenLayer provides security solutions for machine learning systems and the data that power them. The company offers threat modeling, ML risk assessment training, and red team assessment services, as well as model scanning and detection and response implementation for ML pipelines. Its platform analyzes model interactions to identify malicious activity without requiring prior knowledge of a user's AI model or sensitive training data, helping organizations detect and protect against threats to algorithms, models, and data throughout AI deployments.

Contrast Security, founded in 2014 and headquartered in Los Altos, California, specializes in developing security software that empowers applications to safeguard themselves against cyberattacks. Its patented deep security instrumentation embeds code analysis and attack prevention directly into software, providing comprehensive security observability and eliminating the need for disruptive scanning or specialized security experts. Contrast Security offers two primary solutions: Contrast Assess, which infuses software with vulnerability assessment capabilities; and Contrast Protect, a runtime application self-protection solution that understands how attacks behave in real-time. The company's platform accelerates development cycles, improves efficiencies, and enables businesses to protect applications from known and unknown threats continuously throughout the software lifecycle.

Mend specializes in open-source software (OSS) lifecycle management solutions, offering a comprehensive cloud-based platform designed to manage the OSS lifecycle effectively. Their flagship product integrates seamlessly with development environments and DevOps pipelines, enabling real-time detection of open-source libraries that may pose security or compliance risks. Mend provides actionable remediation paths to resolve identified issues quickly and enforces automated policies to streamline the fixing process. The platform supports over 200 programming languages and continuously monitors multiple open-source vulnerability databases, ensuring that users are informed of potential risks while minimizing false positives. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in New York, Mend maintains additional offices in Boston, Givatayim, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland.

Synack offers a crowdsourced security platform that combines global ethical hacker talent with proprietary scanning technology. It provides continuous penetration testing, vulnerability management, and application security solutions to protect organizations' digital assets.

Illusive Networks Ltd. is a cybersecurity company that specializes in deception-based solutions designed to protect enterprise systems from cyber threats. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, with an additional office in New York, Illusive aims to reduce cyber risk by shrinking the attack surface and hindering an attacker's lateral movement within the network. Its platform creates a hostile environment for potential intruders by replacing vulnerable connections with deceptive alternatives, enabling the identification of attackers and providing actionable forensic insights. The company's offerings include a range of services such as compliance support, insider threat defense, and cloud security, as well as tools like the Illusive Networks Management Platform and Attack Surface Manager. Illusive serves a diverse clientele across various sectors, including financial services, healthcare, legal, manufacturing, retail, and technology, and is recognized for its advanced detection of persistent threats and targeted attacks.

Contrast Security, founded in 2014 and headquartered in Los Altos, California, specializes in developing security software that empowers applications to safeguard themselves against cyberattacks. Its patented deep security instrumentation embeds code analysis and attack prevention directly into software, providing comprehensive security observability and eliminating the need for disruptive scanning or specialized security experts. Contrast Security offers two primary solutions: Contrast Assess, which infuses software with vulnerability assessment capabilities; and Contrast Protect, a runtime application self-protection solution that understands how attacks behave in real-time. The company's platform accelerates development cycles, improves efficiencies, and enables businesses to protect applications from known and unknown threats continuously throughout the software lifecycle.

Mend specializes in open-source software (OSS) lifecycle management solutions, offering a comprehensive cloud-based platform designed to manage the OSS lifecycle effectively. Their flagship product integrates seamlessly with development environments and DevOps pipelines, enabling real-time detection of open-source libraries that may pose security or compliance risks. Mend provides actionable remediation paths to resolve identified issues quickly and enforces automated policies to streamline the fixing process. The platform supports over 200 programming languages and continuously monitors multiple open-source vulnerability databases, ensuring that users are informed of potential risks while minimizing false positives. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in New York, Mend maintains additional offices in Boston, Givatayim, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland.

Contrast Security, founded in 2014 and headquartered in Los Altos, California, specializes in developing security software that empowers applications to safeguard themselves against cyberattacks. Its patented deep security instrumentation embeds code analysis and attack prevention directly into software, providing comprehensive security observability and eliminating the need for disruptive scanning or specialized security experts. Contrast Security offers two primary solutions: Contrast Assess, which infuses software with vulnerability assessment capabilities; and Contrast Protect, a runtime application self-protection solution that understands how attacks behave in real-time. The company's platform accelerates development cycles, improves efficiencies, and enables businesses to protect applications from known and unknown threats continuously throughout the software lifecycle.

Mend specializes in open-source software (OSS) lifecycle management solutions, offering a comprehensive cloud-based platform designed to manage the OSS lifecycle effectively. Their flagship product integrates seamlessly with development environments and DevOps pipelines, enabling real-time detection of open-source libraries that may pose security or compliance risks. Mend provides actionable remediation paths to resolve identified issues quickly and enforces automated policies to streamline the fixing process. The platform supports over 200 programming languages and continuously monitors multiple open-source vulnerability databases, ensuring that users are informed of potential risks while minimizing false positives. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in New York, Mend maintains additional offices in Boston, Givatayim, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland.

Synack offers a crowdsourced security platform that combines global ethical hacker talent with proprietary scanning technology. It provides continuous penetration testing, vulnerability management, and application security solutions to protect organizations' digital assets.

Illusive Networks Ltd. is a cybersecurity company that specializes in deception-based solutions designed to protect enterprise systems from cyber threats. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, with an additional office in New York, Illusive aims to reduce cyber risk by shrinking the attack surface and hindering an attacker's lateral movement within the network. Its platform creates a hostile environment for potential intruders by replacing vulnerable connections with deceptive alternatives, enabling the identification of attackers and providing actionable forensic insights. The company's offerings include a range of services such as compliance support, insider threat defense, and cloud security, as well as tools like the Illusive Networks Management Platform and Attack Surface Manager. Illusive serves a diverse clientele across various sectors, including financial services, healthcare, legal, manufacturing, retail, and technology, and is recognized for its advanced detection of persistent threats and targeted attacks.