The TrueUpCybersecurity Report
Jul 2026
TrueUp Cybersecurity 50
50 Hottest Cybersecurity Companies
1Password•
7AI•
Abnormal AI•
Aikido•
Arctic Wolf•
Axonius•
BlueVoyant•
Cape•
Chainguard•
Claroty•
Coalition•
ConductorOne•
CrowdStrike•
Cybereason•
Cyberhaven•
Cyera•
Darktrace•
depthfirst•
Dream Security•
Fortinet•
Halcyon•
Horizon3•
Huntress•
Irregular•
JupiterOne•
KnowBe4•
Netskope•
Nord Security•
Oasis Security•
Okta•
Orca Security•
Palo Alto Networks•
Persona•
Proofpoint•
Saviynt•
Silverfort•
Snyk•
Socket•
Tailscale•
Tenex•
Tines•
Torq•
Transmit Security•
Upwind•
Vega•
Veriff•
Verkada•
webAI•
XBOW•
Zscaler
Jul 2026
Top Cybersecurity Co's by Trajectory
Factors incl. fundraising history, hiring trends, industry factors, layoff data, TrueUp member interest & more
| company | all‑tech rank | |
|---|---|---|
1. |  Chainguard | #64 |
2. |  Dream Security | #76 |
3. |  XBOW | #136 |
4. |  Tenex | #137 |
5. |  Cyera | #153 |
6. |  CrowdStrike | #154 |
7. |  depthfirst | #195 |
8. |  7AI | #197 |
9. |  Upwind | #225 |
10. |  Coalition | #256 |
Jul 2026
Top Cybersecurity co's by valuation
| company | valuation | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1. |  Palo Alto Networks ($PANW) | $278B | |
2. | CrowdStrike ($CRWD) | $194B | |
3. |  Fortinet ($FTNT) | $113B | |
4. |  Okta ($OKTA) | $24B | |
5. |  F5 ($FFIV) | $23B | |
6. |  Zscaler ($ZS) | $23B | |
7. |  Gen Digital ($GEN) | $15B | |
8. |  Elm ($7203) | $14B | |
9. |  McAfee | $14B | |
10. |  Check Point Software ($CHKP) | $14B |
Jul 2026
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15,677 open Cybersecurity jobs
↑67.8% from low (9,343)
Jul 2026
Remote Index
25.2
% of Cybersecurity jobs with a remote option
Jul 2026
Bay Area Index
11.9
% of Cybersecurity jobs listed in the Bay Area
Jul 2026
Cybersecurity Co's w/ Most Open Jobs
| company | jobs | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1. | Palo Alto Networks | 1,432 | |
2. | Fortinet | 924 | |
3. | CrowdStrike | 415 | |
4. | Okta | 354 | |
5. | Zscaler | 334 | |
6. |  Verkada | 294 | |
7. |  Trend Micro | 292 | |
8. | F5 | 264 | |
9. |  SentinelOne | 204 | |
10. |  Proofpoint | 170 | |
11. |  Nord Security | 163 | |
12. |  Qualys | 158 | |
13. |  Wiz | 156 | |
14. |  Saviynt | 130 | |
15. |  Arctic Wolf | 126 | |
16. |  Netskope | 122 | |
17. |  Sophos | 117 | |
18. | Cyera | 107 | |
19. |  SailPoint | 103 | |
20. |  Varonis | 98 |
Jul 2026
Top Cybersecurity Job Categories
jobs | |||
|---|---|---|---|
1. | Engineering (Software) | 5604 | |
2. | Sales | 2499 | |
3. | Sales Engineering | 1304 | |
4. | Customer Success | 1051 | |
5. | Marketing & Growth | 659 | |
6. | Artificial Intelligence | 560 | |
7. | Business Operations & Program Management | 529 | |
8. | IT & Business Systems | 527 | |
9. | Finance | 467 | |
10. | Product Management | 377 |
Jul 2026
Top Cybersecurity Job Locations
jobs | |||
|---|---|---|---|
1. | 🇺🇸 United States | 6736 | |
2. | 🇺🇸 San Francisco Bay Area | 1714 | |
3. | 🇺🇸 Remote (United States) | 1569 | |
4. | 🇮🇳 India | 1495 | |
5. | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 867 | |
6. | 🇮🇱 Israel | 831 | |
7. | 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, India | 819 | |
8. | 🇺🇸 New York City | 811 | |
9. | 🇮🇱 Tel Aviv, Israel | 704 | |
10. | 🇨🇦 Canada | 652 |
Jul 2026
Cybersecurity Jobs by Company Stage
jobs | |||
|---|---|---|---|
🌱 Early-Stage Startup | 1361 | ||
🦄 Unicorn | 3537 | ||
📈 Public Tech | 7784 | ||
🐳 FAANG+ | 1157 | ||
Other | 2934 |
Jul 2026
Most Common Tech/Tools
From Cybersecurity job descriptions
1. | AWS | |
2. | Python | |
3. | Google Cloud | |
4. | Azure | |
5. | Kubernetes | |
6. | Salesforce | |
7. | LLM | |
8. | Linux | |
9. | Terraform | |
10. | Java |
Jul 2026
Biggest Cybersecurity Layoffs
Past 12 months
| company | ppl let go | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
1. |  CyberArk | 700 | Feb 2026 | |
2. | SentinelOne | 300 | May 2026 | |
3. | Arctic Wolf | 250 | May 2026 | |
4. |  BigID | 150 | May 2026 | |
5. |  Bitdefender | 120 | Nov 2025 | |
6. | F5 | 106 | Aug 2025 | |
7. |  Axonius | 100 | Nov 2025 | |
7. |  LastPass | 100 | Feb 2026 | |
9. |  Snyk | 90 | Jun 2026 | |
10. |  Deepwatch | 80 | Nov 2025 |
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