Embed Security Named Finalist of the Coveted Top 25 Most Innovative Cybersecurity Companies In The World 2026

Embed Security Named Finalist In Cyber Defense Magazine’s 14th Annual InfoSec Awards

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA (CYBERDEFENSEWIRE) July 29, 2026 – Embed Security, the security noise cancellation® leader for Security Operations teams has been named a finalist in both the Top InfoSec Innovator Awards and Top 25 Most Innovative Cybersecurity Companies in The World 2026 by Cyber Defense Magazine (CDM), the industry’s leading electronic information security magazine, in the AI SOC category. 

“We’re grateful to be recognized as a finalist.  We believe the opportunity for AI isn’t simply to automate tasks, but to help security teams make faster, more informed decisions across investigation, detection, and response.  Embed’s decision layer provides transparent, evidence-backed reasoning that security teams understand and trust,” said Seth Summersett, co-founder and CEO of Embed Security. 

Judging continues through October, 2026, when winners will be announced online, in print, and during CyberDefenseCon 2026, taking place October 20-21, 2026. 

“Embed Security embodies three major features we judges look for with the potential to become winners: understanding tomorrow’s threats today, providing a cost-effective solution, and innovating in unexpected ways that can help mitigate cyber risk and get one step ahead of the next breach,” said Gary S. Miliefsky, Publisher of Cyber Defense Magazine.

About Embed Security

Embed Security is an AI SOC platform that serves as the trusted decision layer for the modern SOC. Founded in 2024 by cybersecurity and AI practitioners from Mandiant, Google, and the NSA, Embed turns down the security noise by scaling expert security reasoning across security operations, enabling teams to respond with speed and confidence.

The platform is built on two proprietary frameworks: iSteps™, structured investigation modules that show the reasoning behind every conclusion, and NoiseIQ™, the decision-control layer that lets teams shape how those conclusions get applied. The result is a SOC that catches more, misses less, and gets smarter with every case.

Embed is SOC 2 Type II compliant. Learn more at embedsecurity.com.

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