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RIDGE SECURITY NAMED AS A SAMPLE VENDOR IN THE GARTNER® HYPE CYCLE™ FOR SECURITY OPERATIONS, 2026

Ridge Security Recognized in the Adversarial Exposure Validation Category

Ridge Security today announced its recognition as a Sample Vendor in the Adversarial Exposure Validation (AEV) category of the Gartner® Hype Cycle™ for Security Operations, 2026, marking the fourth consecutive year the company has been recognised in this research.

For Ridge Security, this acknowledgment signals its place among a select group of vendors redefining how organizations validate and strengthen their security posture in an era of accelerating threats

Ridge Security’s agentic AI-driven offensive security solutions operate with an attacker’s logic – continuously testing environments and validating controls to expose the gaps that periodic assessments miss. This delivers scalable offensive testing and complete visibility across the entire attack surface.

“The capabilities demonstrated by models like Mythos underscore how quickly AI is accelerating offensive cyber operations,” said Lydia Zhang, President and Co-founder of Ridge Security. “Defenders need to operate on the same premise. Continuous, AI-driven adversarial exposure validation is what turns a security program from a compliance exercise into a real defense – one that tells you what attackers can actually use against you, right now.”

 

Gartner® Report, Hype Cycle™ for Security Operations, 2026, By Darren Livingstone, Jonathan Nunez, June 2026.

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About Ridge Security

Ridge Security delivers autonomous cybersecurity validation solutions that help organizations proactively manage risk and improve resilience. It develops agentic AI-based adversarial risk platforms that support continuous threat exposure management programs. Ridge has earned industry honors including the 2026 Frost & Sullivan Global New Product Innovation and Top Emerging Cyber Security Company. The company serves customers worldwide across finance, government, telecom, and enterprise sectors. For more information, go to https://ridgesecurity.ai/.

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