Incident response firms
We list 104 companies active in incident response, and 4 of them have it as their main focus. 6 are public, 27 are owned by another company and 71 are private. Most are based in the United States (49) and the United Kingdom (17). The oldest, IBM, was founded in 1911. By revenue from annual reports, the largest company here is Microsoft ($331.8bn in FY2026).
By countryUnited States 49United Kingdom 17
Companies focused on incident response
4 companies| Company | Based in | Founded | Size | Ownership | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BeforeCrypt BeforeCrypt is a ransomware recovery and incident response provider. | Paphos, Cyprus | 2021 | Private | ||
Sygnia Sygnia provides cyber incident response, readiness, and managed detection and response services to enterprises worldwide. | Tel Aviv, Israel | 2015 | Private | ||
M Mandiant Mandiant provides threat intelligence and incident response, now sold as Google Threat Intelligence alongside VirusTotal within Google Cloud. | United States | 2004 | Part of Google | ||
S | Atlanta, United States | 1998 | Part of Sophos |
Also active in incident response
100 companies| Company | Based in | Founded | Size | Ownership | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Microsoft Microsoft sells software, cloud services, hardware, and gaming products. | Redmond, United States | 1975 | 228,000 staff | Public, MSFT | $331.8bn (FY2026) |
Palo Alto Networks Palo Alto Networks provides cybersecurity platforms and services to protect organizations from cyber threats. | Santa Clara, United States | 2005 | 13,900 staff | Public, PANW | $11.5bn (FY2026) |
CrowdStrike CrowdStrike provides AI-native cybersecurity solutions to stop breaches. | Austin, United States | 2011 | 7,925 staff | Public, CRWD | $4.8bn (FY2026) |
Commvault Commvault provides a cloud-native platform for data security, identity resilience, and cyber recovery. | Tinton Falls, United States | 1996 | Public, CVLT | $1.2bn (FY2026) | |
IBM IBM is a technology company that sells software, infrastructure, and consulting services. | Armonk, United States | 1911 | 352,600 staff | Public, IBM | |
G GMV Innovating Solutions GMV Innovating Solutions is a technology group that provides solutions, services and products across many sectors. | Tres Cantos, Malaysia | 1984 | 3,880 staff | Private | |
CyberCX Australia and New Zealand's largest pure-play cybersecurity firm with offices in every major ANZ capital. CREST ANZ accredited and IRAP-listed for Australian Government testing. | Sydney, Australia | 2019 | 500+ staff | Part of Accenture | |
GuidePoint Security US-headquartered cybersecurity consultancy with 800+ employees, serving ~40% of the Fortune 500. FedRAMP 3PAO, PCI QSA, and HITRUST accreditations. | Reston, United States | 2011 | 500+ staff | Private | |
Kroll Global risk advisory firm with a 400+ person cyber practice. IR-led penetration testing that feeds active breach intelligence straight into test scoping. | New York, United States | 1932 | 500+ staff | Owned by Stone Point Capital and Further Global | |
LevelBlue (formerly Trustwave) Managed security provider that now runs Trustwave's SpiderLabs penetration testing team, with CREST-accredited testing, red and purple teaming, and deep PCI DSS expertise. | Chicago, United States | 1995 | 500+ staff | Private | |
LRQA The only organisation worldwide with a full suite of CREST accreditations. 250+ cybersecurity specialists operating in 55+ countries across pen testing, red teaming, and incident response. | London, United Kingdom | 1985 | 500+ staff | Owned by Goldman Sachs Alternatives | |
NCC Group Global cybersecurity consultancy with CREST, CHECK, and CBEST accreditation, renowned for deep technical research and penetration testing services. | Manchester, United Kingdom | 1999 | 500+ staff | Public, NCC | |
Redscan (A Kroll Business) London-based cybersecurity provider, now part of Kroll, delivering CREST-accredited penetration testing, managed detection and response, and incident response with a 550-strong cyber team. | London, United Kingdom | 2002 | 500+ staff | Part of Kroll | |
Sophos Sophos provides cybersecurity products and managed detection and response services to organisations worldwide. | Atlanta, United States | 1999 | 500+ staff | Owned by Thoma Bravo | |
Airbus Protect Airbus group cybersecurity consultancy with ANSSI PASSI qualification. Aerospace, defence, and critical infrastructure penetration testing across Europe. | Paris, France | 2022 | 500+ staff | Owned by Airbus | |
PwC Cyber Security Global Big Four professional services firm delivering CREST, CHECK, and CBEST-accredited penetration testing and red teaming services from London, serving the UK's largest enterprises and regulated organisations. | London, United Kingdom | 1998 | 500+ staff | Owned by PwC | |
Bridewell Fast-growing CREST and CHECK-accredited UK cybersecurity consultancy with deep expertise in critical national infrastructure sectors. | Bristol, United Kingdom | 2013 | 201-500 staff | Owned by I-TRACING | |
HiSolutions Berlin-headquartered German cybersecurity consultancy with 30+ years of BSI IT-Grundschutz experience. Trusted by federal agencies, DAX corporations, and critical infrastructure operators. | Berlin, Germany | 1992 | 201-500 staff | Private | |
Integrity360 CREST-accredited pan-European cybersecurity services provider delivering penetration testing and managed security from Dublin with a strong UK and Ireland presence. | Dublin, Ireland | 2005 | 201-500 staff | Owned by August Equity | |
WorkNest CREST and CHECK-accredited UK penetration testing and managed security provider formed in 2026 from Pentest People, Bulletproof, and Target Defense, with CREST STAR/TLPT-FS capability and the GuardNest vulnerability management platform. | Chester, United Kingdom | 2014 | 201-500 staff | Owned by Inflexion | |
Argos Security GmbH Argos Security GmbH is a German cyber defence provider with an AI-supported centre in Munich. | Munich, Germany | 1999 | 100 staff | Owned by Sophora Unternehmerkapital | |
Dionach Global enterprise cybersecurity consultancy founded in 1999 in Oxford, holding rare CREST STAR-FS accreditation and delivering penetration testing, red and purple teaming, and PCI QSA services across five international offices. | Oxford, United Kingdom | 1999 | 51-200 staff | Owned by Nomios | |
Lares Consulting Denver-based offensive security boutique with a community-first red team culture. Home of PTES co-authors and the Continuous Red Team retainer. | Denver, United States | 2008 | 51-200 staff | Owned by Damovo | |
Pen Test Partners The UK's largest independent security testing firm, renowned for IoT/OT research, CBEST red teaming, and CHECK/CREST-accredited penetration testing across all sectors. | Buckingham, United Kingdom | 2010 | 51-200 staff | Private | |
SEC Consult Vienna-headquartered Austrian cybersecurity consultancy with a prolific Vulnerability Lab research program and deep expertise in IoT and embedded systems security across the DACH region. | Vienna, Austria | 2002 | 51-200 staff | Owned by Atos | |
TrustedSec Offensive security firm founded by former NSA operator David Kennedy, delivering CREST-accredited penetration testing, red teaming, and adversary simulation to Fortune 500 and government clients. | Fairlawn, United States | 2012 | 51-200 staff | Private | |
Wizlynx Group Swiss cybersecurity firm with major Singapore operation. CREST accredited, CSA-licensed in Singapore. Manual exploitation focus with the proprietary MAD reporting platform. | Zurich, Switzerland | 2008 | 51-200 staff | Private | |
Black Hills Information Security Community-driven penetration testing firm known for free security education, open-source tools, Wild West Hackin' Fest, and practical offensive security services. | Spearfish, United States | 2008 | 11-50 staff | Private | |
DeepSeas (formerly RedTeam Security) RedTeam Security is now part of DeepSeas, which offers penetration testing, red teaming and physical testing as its offensive security practice. | Atlanta, United States | 2012 | 11-50 staff | Private | |
DTS Solution Dubai-based cybersecurity firm providing pen testing and security consulting across the GCC with expertise in critical infrastructure. | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 2007 | 11-50 staff | Owned by Beyon Cyber | |
JUMPSEC Full-service London-based cybersecurity consultancy with CREST, CHECK, and NCSC accreditations delivering offensive testing, managed detection, and strategic advisory services. | London, United Kingdom | 2012 | 11-50 staff | Private | |
MDSec Elite UK offensive security consultancy specialising in CBEST/STAR/TIBER red teaming, advanced adversary simulation, and CREST-accredited penetration testing for FTSE 100 clients. | Southam, United Kingdom | 2011 | 11-50 staff | Private | |
R Redpoint Cybersecurity US-wide pen testing firm serving major cities including Atlanta, Dallas, Denver, Houston, and Miami with security assessments. | Denver, United States | 2015 | 11-50 staff | Private | |
RedSecLabs CREST-certified and PCI QSA penetration testing consultancy in London, delivering offensive security and compliance services across 25+ countries with research-driven expertise. | London, United Kingdom | 2023 | 11-50 staff | Private | |
Salus Cyber Award-winning Cheltenham-based cybersecurity consultancy with NCSC CHECK Green Light status and CREST approval, specialising in defence, government, and critical national infrastructure security. | Cheltenham, United Kingdom | 2017 | 11-50 staff | Part of LRQA | |
Factero Advisory Services Factero Advisory Services is an independent IT governance and cybersecurity advisory firm. | Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Canada | 2022 | 10 staff | Private | |
Potenza Services Potenza Services is a veteran-owned firm based in Tampa, Florida, founded in 2012. | Q49255, United States | 2012 | 9 staff | Private | |
Komodo Consulting Israeli-headquartered global cybersecurity consultancy with a UK presence, specialising in penetration testing and TIBER-EU red team exercises for Fortune 500 companies. | London, United Kingdom | 2011 | 1-10 staff | Private | |
Actus-Info Actus-Info is a Polish operator and integrator that provides a full range of telecommunications and IT services. | Wrocław, Poland | 2010 | Private | ||
Alpha Code Technologies Alpha Code Technologies is a managed security services provider based in Jakarta, Indonesia. | Jakarta, Indonesia | 2025 | Owned by Akraya International | ||
Arctic Wolf Arctic Wolf provides managed security operations, threat detection and incident response services to organisations. | Eden Prairie, United States | 2012 | Private | ||
Artemis Security Artemis Security provides an AI-native security operations platform that detects, investigates and responds to cyber attacks. | New York, United States | Private | |||
Article 14 Ready Article 14 Ready provides a browser-based working packet for manufacturers that fall under the EU Cyber Resilience Act. | Mannheim, Germany | 2020 | Private | ||
AtlasCyber Provides agentic threat intelligence and validation for critical infrastructure security teams. | Merrimack, United States | Private | |||
Bureau Veritas Cybersecurity Bureau Veritas Cybersecurity provides cybersecurity services covering people, processes, and technology. | Eindhoven, Netherlands | Owned by Bureau Veritas | |||
CodeTechLab CodeTechLab is a cybersecurity consulting and training firm based in Jaipur, India. | India | 2022 | Private | ||
Cofense Cofense provides phishing detection and response services using AI and human validation. | Arlington, United States | Private | |||
Critical Start Critical Start provides managed detection and response services to monitor, investigate, and resolve security threats for organisations. | Plano, United States | 2012 | Owned by Vista Equity Partners | ||
Cybersplice Cybersplice provides operational technology security solutions for industrial networks. | Cape Town, South Africa | Private | |||
cycura GmbH cycura provides Microsoft tenant security consulting and managed security services for businesses. | Einbeck, Germany | Private | |||
Cydome Provides cybersecurity protection and risk management for maritime vessels, offshore facilities and ports. | London, United Kingdom | Private | |||
Cyngular Cyngular provides an agentic security operations centre platform that autonomously detects, investigates and resolves cyber threats. | Giv'atayim, Israel | 2021 | Private | ||
Decurity Decurity is a web3 security firm based in Dubai. | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 2022 | Private | ||
DEFION Security DEFION Security is an independent security partner that has operated since 2005. | Zoetermeer, Netherlands | 2005 | Private | ||
Dell Technologies Computer and IT infrastructure maker whose PowerProtect Data Manager software and Data Domain appliances back up data, detect ransomware and speed recovery. | Round Rock, United States | Private | |||
Deloitte Cyber advisory and managed security services, including managed extended detection and response, cloud security, digital identity and threat intelligence, from a global professional services network. | London, United Kingdom | Private | |||
Dragos Dragos provides cybersecurity for industrial control systems and operational technology environments. | Houston, United States | 2016 | Part of Accenture | ||
EC-Council EC-Council is a cybersecurity certification and training body. | United States | 2001 | Private | ||
ERMProtect ERMProtect provides cybersecurity assessments, penetration testing, compliance audits, and digital forensics services. | Coral Gables, United States | 1998 | Private | ||
eSentire eSentire provides managed detection and response services to protect organisations from cyber threats. | Waterloo, Canada | 2001 | Private | ||
Expel Expel provides managed detection and response security services using AI and human analysts. | Herndon, United States | 2016 | Private | ||
EY Cybersecurity consulting and managed services covering security transformation, incident response, data protection and privacy, identity and privileged access, and operational technology security. | London, United Kingdom | Private | |||
Fleet Defender Hardware and software that detect cyber attacks and cargo theft on fleet vehicles, backed by a vehicle SOC. | Omaha, United States | Private | |||
Flowtriq Flowtriq provides real-time DDoS detection and automatic mitigation for servers and network infrastructure. | Toronto, Canada | Private | |||
G Galvanick Galvanick provides behavioral threat detection for operational technology environments. | Seattle, United States | Private | |||
Gtd Gtd is a technology and telecommunications company with an international presence across seven countries. | Santiago, Chile | 1980 | Private | ||
Guardsi Cybersecurity Guardsi Cybersecurity is a Brazilian firm that has specialised in penetration testing and offensive security since 2015. | Uberlândia, Brazil | 2015 | Private | ||
Immunefi Immunefi runs bug bounty programmes and security services for cryptocurrency and smart contract projects. | Singapore, Singapore | 2020 | Private | ||
Intezer Intezer provides an AI-powered security operations center that investigates all alerts at forensic depth. | New York, United States | 2015 | Private | ||
ITSECOPS ITSecOps provides managed IT, cybersecurity and compliance services to organisations worldwide. | Greater Noida, India | Private | |||
Lorikeet Security Lorikeet Security provides penetration testing, incident response, and security leadership services. | Kissimmee, United States | 2021 | Private | ||
MonsterCloud MonsterCloud provides managed cloud, IT and cyber security services, including ransomware recovery, to businesses across the United States. | Hollywood, United States | Private | |||
Morphisec Morphisec sells endpoint security software that blocks ransomware and governs AI tools on devices. | New York, United States | Private | |||
Netrio Netrio provides managed IT, cybersecurity, cloud, and connectivity services to mid-market enterprises. | McKinney, United States | Private | |||
nFlo nFlo is a Polish technology company based in Warsaw. | Warsaw, Poland | 2015 | Private | ||
Ontinue Ontinue provides managed detection and response services for Microsoft security customers. | Redwood City, United States | Owned by Quorum Cyber | |||
SANS Institute SANS Institute provides cybersecurity training, certifications, and resources to professionals and organisations worldwide. | North Bethesda, United States | 1989 | Private | ||
ScanTitan ScanTitan provides website security scanning, malware removal, and external attack surface management for businesses. | Den Haag, Netherlands | 2014 | Private | ||
SecureThings.ai Sunnyvale and Pune firm selling in-vehicle intrusion detection, vehicle SOC analytics, secure OTA and security assessments. | Sunnyvale, United States | Private | |||
Semperis Semperis provides identity-driven cyber resilience and crisis management for critical identity systems. | Hoboken, United States | Private | |||
Shift5 Onboard monitoring platform that detects cyber and electronic warfare threats on military vehicles, aircraft, ships and trains. | Rosslyn, Virginia, United States | 2019 | Private | ||
Sucuri Sucuri provides cloud-based website security. | Menifee, United States | 2010 | Owned by GoDaddy | ||
Tranzhalo Georgia start-up whose TranzSecure service flags cyber attacks, unknown devices and cargo theft across trucking fleets. | Alpharetta, United States | Private | |||
TRM Labs TRM Labs provides blockchain intelligence and AI tools to help investigate and disrupt criminal networks. | San Francisco, United States | 2018 | Private | ||
UnderDefense UnderDefense provides managed detection and response, incident response, and compliance automation services. | New York, United States | 2017 | Private | ||
Veeam Veeam provides data resilience, security, and AI trust solutions for hybrid cloud environments. | Seattle, United States | Private | |||
Y Yarix Italian Var Group security firm that absorbed Munich automotive consultancy CYRES and offers a vehicle SOC service. | Treviso, Italy | Owned by Var Group | |||
Accenture Cybersecurity consulting and managed security services covering cyber strategy, resilience, zero trust protection and operational technology security, within a global IT services firm. | Dublin, Ireland | Private | |||
Athena Agentic Athena Agentic provides a unified cyber operations platform that automates detection, response, and hardening. | Dallas, United States | Private | |||
Booz Allen Hamilton Cybersecurity consulting and engineering for US government and industry, including threat hunting, zero trust, incident response and defence of critical infrastructure and weapon systems. | McLean, United States | Private | |||
Cohesity Data security and backup platform with immutable backups, threat detection and ransomware recovery, protecting more than 1,000 workload types. | Santa Clara, United States | Private | |||
IRONVALD IRONVALD provides autonomous cybersecurity defence for critical infrastructure and industrial control systems. | Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2025 | Private | ||
ITSS L.L.C-FZ ITSS provides managed cybersecurity services including detection, response, and penetration testing from Dubai. | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 2012 | Private | ||
J Joe Security Joe Security provides automated and analyst-driven malware and phishing analysis through its Joe Sandbox platform. | Switzerland | Private | |||
Kyndryl Managed security operations, threat intelligence and incident response services delivered from global security operations centres by an IT infrastructure services provider. | New York, United States | Private | |||
Littlefish Littlefish provides managed IT services, cyber security, digital solutions, and data and AI services to organisations. | Nottingham, United Kingdom | 2003 | Owned by Bowmark Capital | ||
Marlink Marlink provides managed network, connectivity and cybersecurity services for remote maritime and land operations. | Paris, France | Private | |||
NTT DATA Cybersecurity consulting, transformation and managed security services covering risk and compliance, secure business enablement and cyber resilience, from a global IT services company. | Tokyo, Japan | Private | |||
Optiv Optiv advises, deploys, and operates cybersecurity programs for organizations. | Leawood, United States | 1996 | Owned by KKR | ||
simler simler provides an AI platform for generating and running cybersecurity tabletop exercises. | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 2026 | Private |
Recent deals in incident response
All incident response dealsAcquisitions come from SecurityWeek's monthly M&A round-ups from 2021 onwards, from Cybersecurity Ventures' quarterly M&A reports for 2020, and a few from Wikipedia lists. These are dated to the month. A few deals added from the news are dated to the day. Smaller deals may be missing. Amounts are in US dollars.
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