Ridge Security Earns Frost & Sullivan's 2026 New Product Innovation Recognition for RidgeBot®

Independent Research Firm Recognizes RidgeBot as a Leader in Autonomous, AI-Driven Security Validation

SILICON VALLEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ridge Security today announced it has earned the Frost & Sullivan 2026 Global New Product Innovation Recognition for Automated Security Validation, honoring companies that set a new standard in solving critical security challenges.

The recognition follows a rigorous evaluation by Frost & Sullivan, which assessed solutions based on innovation, product performance, and customer impact. Ridge Security's flagship platform, RidgeBot^®, demonstrated exceptional strength across all categories.

For organizations that have long relied on periodic penetration testing and manual assessments to understand their security posture, RidgeBot represents a fundamental shift. Rather than point-in-time snapshots, RidgeBot continuously scans, validates, and safely exploits vulnerabilities, showing what can actually be exploited across hosts, web applications, APIs, networks, and AI infrastructure.

This capability is powered by Ridge Security’s proprietary AI engines. RidgeBrain adapts attack tactics in real time based on discovered exposures reflecting how real-world adversaries operate, while RidgeGen, its agentic AI framework, coordinates specialized agents for functions like privilege escalation, lateral movement, and vulnerability prioritization. Together, they enable security teams to focus on what matters most – real, exploitable risk.

“Earning this recognition from Frost & Sullivan is a meaningful milestone, but what it represents matters more than the award itself,” said Lydia Zhang, President and Co-Founder, Ridge Security. “It confirms that the market is demanding a smarter, more continuous approach to security validation, and that RidgeBot is delivering on that demand. Security teams don’t need more alerts – they need proof.”

RidgeBot is designed to be both scalable and easy to adopt, with a straightforward subscription model based on assets under assessment. This approach provides predictable pricing without complex feature-based add-ons, and faster time-to-value.

This recognition further solidifies Ridge Security's role in helping organizations adopt Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM), shifting from reactive security practices to proactive, evidence-based validation across their entire security lifecycle.

About Frost & Sullivan's New Product Innovation Recognition

Frost & Sullivan's New Product Innovation Recognition identifies companies that offer new products or solutions that uniquely address key customer challenges. Each recognition is the result of a rigorous, independent analytical process benchmarking performance across strategy, innovation, and customer impact.

About Ridge Security

Ridge Security delivers intelligent, autonomous cybersecurity validation solutions that help organizations proactively manage risk and improve resilience. Its flagship platform, RidgeBot®, is a leading agentic AI-based adversarial risk validation platform that supports continuous threat exposure management programs. Recognized by Gartner in the Market Guide for Adversarial Exposure Validation and honored with awards including Top Emerging Cyber Security Company, CRN's Tech Elite 250, and the TMCnet Cybersecurity Excellence Award, Ridge Security serves customers worldwide across finance, government, telecom, and enterprise sectors.

For more information, visit ridgesecurity.ai.