2019 UK Cybersecurity Start-Up Radar

The UK cybersecurity start-up market

Cybersecurity remains a fast-evolving ecosystem that presents new threats to enterprises every day with hackers becoming increasingly innovative in their attempts to break into corporate networks and steal valuable data. As such, cybersecurity start-ups are playing an even more critical role in providing disruptive and innovative solutions to novel cybersecurity challenges.

Discover our infographic on the 2019 UK cybersecurity start-up landscape to find out the latest market trends and our key findings in this area.

Methodology & Criteria

Founded in the last 7 years

Headquartered in the UK

Less than or equal to 35 employees

Still a booming start-up environment...

123

UK cybersecurity start-ups in 2019

VS.

78

UK cybersecurity start-ups in 2018

Areas of Specialisation

Identity & Access Management 14%

Risk Management & Compliance 11%

Awareness & Training 11%

Data Security & Collaboration 10%

Application Security 8%

Threat Intelligence 6%

Cryptography 6%

Detection & Reaction 5%

Anti-Fraud 5%

Vulnerability Management 4%

Network Security 4%

IoT Security 4%

Email Security 4%

Blockchain 2%

Cloud Security 2%

Secure Documents 2%

Critical IT Infrastructure Protection 1%

Endpoint Security 1%

Anonymisation 1%

Physical Security 1%

Start-ups leaving the Radar

21 start-ups have left the radar since 2018 … but why?

More jobs but a similar breakdown in teams

Key: Extra Small team example

The number of start-ups with extra small teams increased by 52% to 73 start-ups between 2018 and 2019.
In 2018, 62% of the total 78 startups had extra small teams whereas in 2019, 60% of the 123 start-ups on our radar had extra small teams.