Incident response firms in the United States
49 of the 104 incident response firms we list are based in the United States. 5 are public, 10 are owned by another company and 34 are private. The oldest, IBM, was founded in 1911. By revenue from annual reports, the largest company here is Microsoft ($331.8bn in FY2026).
Companies focused on incident response in the United States
2 companiesAlso active in incident response
47 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 | |
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 | |
Sophos Sophos provides cybersecurity products and managed detection and response services to organisations worldwide. | Atlanta, United States | 1999 | 500+ staff | Owned by Thoma Bravo | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
Potenza Services Potenza Services is a veteran-owned firm based in Tampa, Florida, founded in 2012. | Q49255, United States | 2012 | 9 staff | Private | |
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 | |||
AtlasCyber Provides agentic threat intelligence and validation for critical infrastructure security teams. | Merrimack, United States | 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 | ||
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 | |||
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 | ||
Expel Expel provides managed detection and response security services using AI and human analysts. | Herndon, United States | 2016 | 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 | |||
G Galvanick Galvanick provides behavioral threat detection for operational technology environments. | Seattle, United States | Private | |||
Intezer Intezer provides an AI-powered security operations center that investigates all alerts at forensic depth. | New York, United States | 2015 | 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 | |||
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 | ||
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 | |||
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 | |||
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 | |||
Optiv Optiv advises, deploys, and operates cybersecurity programs for organizations. | Leawood, United States | 1996 | Owned by KKR |
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