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Sygnia Recognized in 2026 Gartner® Market Guide for Cybersecurity Incident Response Retainer Services

As incident response shifts from reactive DFIR to full lifecycle resilience, organizations turn to Sygnia to prepare, respond, and recover with speed and precision.

TEL AVIV, Israel & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sygnia, the foremost cyber readiness and response service provider, today announced it has been recognized as a Representative Vendor in the 2026 Gartner® Market Guide for Cybersecurity Incident Response Retainer Services.

To learn more, download the report: 2026 Gartner® Market Guide for Cybersecurity Incident Response Retainer Services.

The report reflects a significant evolution in the market, redefining incident response retainers as both proactive and reactive services that prepare organizations for cyber incidents while enabling rapid, effective response. As cyber threats grow in complexity and regulatory pressure intensifies, incident response retainers (IRRs) are no longer viewed as emergency services, but as a core component of cyber resilience programs.

As expectations evolve, the distinction between initial acknowledgment of an incident and full investigative and containment engagement has become critical. Sygnia’s Incident Response Retainer is designed to support the full lifecycle of response, including remediation and recovery, and becomes operational the moment it is activated. This ensures clients receive immediate, hands-on support to investigate, contain, and remediate threats when it matters most. Unlike providers that rely on outsourced capabilities or fragmented service delivery, Sygnia’s incident response engagements are led and executed by its own frontline experts, ensuring consistency, accountability, and quality throughout the incident lifecycle.

“Incident response retainers have become a foundational element of cyber resilience programs,” said Shoham Simon, Chief Delivery Officer at Sygnia. “As environments grow more complex across cloud, IT, and operational technology, and as more stakeholders become involved, effective response depends on the ability to quickly understand and contain incidents across that complexity. We combine deep technical expertise with coordinated execution to deliver stronger outcomes when it matters most.”

With deep experience across IT, cloud, and operational technology (OT) environments, Sygnia supports organizations operating complex, cyber-physical systems (CPS) where traditional response approaches often fall short. From ransomware and nation-state intrusions to OT/ICS disruptions, Sygnia’s teams bring both technical expertise and strategic leadership to help organizations navigate and recover from their most critical moments.

Download the 2026 Gartner® Market Guide for Cybersecurity Incident Response Retainer Services here. To learn more about Sygnia’s Incident Response Retainer and how we help organizations prepare for, respond to, and recover from cyber threats, visit www.sygnia.co.

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Gartner, Market Guide for Cybersecurity Incident Response Retainer Services, Will Candrick, Wayne Hankins, 15 April 2026. Gartner is a trademark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates. Gartner does not endorse any company, vendor, product or service depicted in its publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner publications consist of the opinions of Gartner’s business and technology insights organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this publication, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

About Sygnia

Sygnia is the first call for organizations facing a cyber incident. Trusted by Fortune 500 and Global 2000 companies worldwide, we bring over a decade of frontline experience tackling the most complex breaches. At Sygnia, we treat incidents as business crises—not just IT events—delivering fast, holistic, result-driven response across environments including IT, OT, blockchain and telco. With global teams and boutique in approach, our responder-built technology and 100% vendor-agnostic model help leaders contain attacks quickly, understand business impact clearly, and build lasting cyber resilience.

Contacts

Kathryn Thompson Dossey
Head of Global Communications
Media@sygnia.co
+1 704-776-8127

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Sygnia recognized as a Representative Vendor in the 2026 Gartner® Market Guide for Cybersecurity Incident Response Retainer Services.
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Contacts

Kathryn Thompson Dossey
Head of Global Communications
Media@sygnia.co
+1 704-776-8127

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