As the demand for robust security defense grows, the market for cybersecurity technology has exploded, as have the number of available solutions.

To help you navigate this growing market, we provide our recommendations for the world’s leading cybersecurity technology providers, based on their innovation, revenue and growth, user reviews, product features and benefits, analyst reports, independent security tests, and use cases.

Between high-profile ransomware attacks, software supply chain hacks and mergers, it is a time of high stakes and great change for the industry. Here are our picks for the top 20 cybersecurity software and hardware vendors — plus an additional 22 honorable mentions.

“Raw scores from Gartner Peer Insights, Glassdoor, and composite independent security testing. For security tests, we used scores from MITRE, CyberRatings, and NSS Labs tests from 2020-2023. For more accurate statistical analysis, vendors with two or fewer tests don’t have scores listed here.”