Zero-Trust Security Innovators 2022

The core concept of zero trust is simple: assume everything is hostile by default. In contrast, a zero-trust approach treats all traffic, even if it's already inside the perimeter, as hostile. For example, workloads are blocked from communicating until they are validated by a set of attributes, such as a fingerprint or identity. Identity-based validation policies result in stronger security that travels with the workload wherever it communicates—in a public cloud, a hybrid environment, a container, or an on-premises network architecture. In contrast, a zero-trust approach treats all traffic, even if it's already inside the perimeter, as hostile. For example, workloads are blocked from communicating until they are validated by a set of attributes, such as a fingerprint or identity. Identity-based validation policies result in stronger security that travels with the workload wherever it communicates—in a public cloud, a hybrid environment, a container, or an on-premises network architecture.

Because protection is environment-agnostic, zero trust secures applications and services even if they communicate across network environments, requiring no architectural changes or policy updates. Zero trust securely connects users, devices, and applications using business policies over any network, enabling safe digital transformation.

But this makes it a challenging task for businesses to find the right solution provider who could find the exact requirements. That's where GRC Outlook magazine is bridging the gap with the Top 10 Zero-trust solution providers in the 2022 listing. The companies listed below were selected by a panel of experts.

Axinom
Management:

Ralph Wagner

Designation:

CEO

HeadQuaters:

Mercer Island, WA

Website:

axinom.com

Axinom provides software products for content-first platforms. Media, aerospace, and mobility companies around the world use Axinom products to solve the complex challenges of preparation, management, security, and delivery of content and software services.


Bitmovin
Bitmovin
Management:

Stefan Lederer

Designation:

Co-Founder & CEO

HeadQuaters:

Klagenfurt, Austria

Website:

bitmovin.com

Bitmovin was founded in 2012 to solve a core need in the market – to create best-in-class video development solutions that enable customers to create memorable digital experiences, worldwide. As a company, our vision is to shape the future of video. We support this with our mission which is to enable to play, encode and analyze video content simply, efficiently and with the highest quality imagina...


CryptoGuard AB
CryptoGuard AB
Management:

Kjell Carlsward

Designation:

CEO

HeadQuaters:

Motala, Sweden

Website:

cryptoguard.com

CryptoGuard is a global provider of Pay-TV content protection solutions such as Conditional Access (CAS) and Digital Rights Management (DRM) for any platform DVB, IPTV and OTT. CryptoGuard’s CAS platform is flexible, scalable, cost-effective and supports a ‘pay-as-you-grow’ business model enabling content security on any-size of network.


Egnyte
Egnyte
Management:

Vineet Jain

Designation:

CEO

HeadQuaters:

Mountain View, CA

Website:

egnyte.com

Egnyte’s all-in-one platform makes it simple and easy for IT to manage and control a full spectrum of content risks – from accidental data deletion, to data exfiltration, to privacy compliance and much more – all while giving business users the tools they need to work faster and smarter, from any cloud, any device, anywhere.


FileCloud
Management:

Ray Downes

Designation:

CEO

HeadQuaters:

Austin,TX

Website:

filecloud.com

FileCloud is a hyper-secure content collaboration platform (CCP) that provides industry leading compliance, data governance, data leak protection, data retention and digital rights management capabilities. Workflow automation and granular control of content sharing across most enterprise platforms is fully integrated into the complete CCP stack.


Friend MTS
Friend MTS
Management:

Derek Chang

Designation:

CEO

HeadQuaters:

Birmingham, UK

Website:

friendmts.com

Friend MTS is a company dedicated to innovation in content and platform security. Since its inception Friend MTS has developed a comprehensive suite of security services, powered by a unique set of proprietary technologies, to deliver the right solution in any situation.


IMATAG
Management:

Mathieu Desoubeaux

Designation:

CEO

HeadQuaters:

Bretagne, France

Website:

imatag.com

Imatag’s invisible watermark takes the security of visual content to the next level. With IMATAG, visual content is marked invisibly with a unique identifier. The invisible watermark works by modifying slightly the values of the image’s pixels according to a unique key and a perceptual mask to exploit the properties of the human visual system (areas of the image where the watermark modifications a...


Smoothwall
Smoothwall
Management:

Georg Ell

Designation:

CEO

HeadQuaters:

England, UK

Website:

smoothwall.com

Smoothwall develop intelligent web filtering, monitoring and security solutions designed to protect users worldwide. The company's products ensure safety and productivity — without forcing to compromise on flexibility. The company protect millions of users in thousands of networks worldwide.


Verimatrix
Management:

Asaf Ashkenazi

Designation:

CEO

HeadQuaters:

San Diego, CA

Website:

verimatrix.com

Verimatrix helps power the modern connected world with security made for people. We protect digital content, applications, and devices with intuitive, people-centered, and frictionless security. Leading brands turn to Verimatrix to secure everything from premium movies and live-streaming sports to sensitive financial and healthcare data, to mission-critical mobile applications.


Vitrium Systems
Vitrium Systems
Management:

Susan Daly

Designation:

President & CEO

HeadQuaters:

Vancouver, Canada

Website:

vitrium.com

Vitrium Systems is the premier provider of content protection and digital rights management (DRM) software. At Vitrium, we understand your need for protecting your content. It is important to you, so it is important to us. We take pride in knowing we can provide you with the right content protection and digital rights management (DRM) solutions to allow your company to thrive with its content.