Every AI builder headquartered in United States with a verified Blue team & detection engineering delivery record — cross-referenced (L2) or higher. Ranked on earned proof, never paid placement.
19 verified builders qualify for this map — every one cross-referenced (L2) or higher. Order is earned: highest verification level first, ties broken by most-recent verification. A free-plan L5 provider always outranks a paid-plan L1; plan tier is never a ranking input.
Most recent verification on this map: 2026-07-07. This is a live view — the ranking updates as builders re-verify.
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Practitioner-led offensive and defensive security for Global 2000 and Federal
Verified at L2 · unclaimed. Claim it free to respond to buyers and climb to a client-verified rating. Claim it free →
Purple teams, 24x7 XDR CyberSOC, and threat resilience benchmarking
Verified at L2 · unclaimed. Claim it free to respond to buyers and climb to a client-verified rating. Claim it free →
Adversary-focused defense, identity attack path management, and detection engineering
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Memory-forensics-first threat hunting and IR from the Volatility team
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Long-running engineering and managed SOC shop out of Santa Barbara
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Platform-agnostic MDR and threat hunting for critical infrastructure
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Veteran-owned purple team practice for SMB and startup buyers
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SOC-embedded analytics and threat hunting with DARPA-funded tooling
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Splunk-focused MSSP with detection engineering as its core practice
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Blue team services from John Strand's South Dakota shop
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SDVOSB cybersecurity boutique with NSA vulnerability-assessor accreditation
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24/7 managed detection and response with expert analyst backing
Verified at L2 · unclaimed. Claim it free to respond to buyers and climb to a client-verified rating. Claim it free →
Continuous security validation and purple team defensive testing
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Retained security team for growth-stage startups, including AppSec and cryptography.
Verified at L2 · unclaimed. Claim it free to respond to buyers and climb to a client-verified rating. Claim it free →
Practitioner-led, AI-augmented managed detection and response
Verified at L2 · unclaimed. Claim it free to respond to buyers and climb to a client-verified rating. Claim it free →
Verified at L2 · unclaimed. Claim it free to respond to buyers and climb to a client-verified rating. Claim it free →
NSA-certified cyber red team and threat emulation
Verified at L2 · unclaimed. Claim it free to respond to buyers and climb to a client-verified rating. Claim it free →
Veteran-owned defensive cybersecurity, incident response, and managed SOC
Verified at L2 · unclaimed. Claim it free to respond to buyers and climb to a client-verified rating. Claim it free →
Technology-agnostic pure-play MDR from Ohio
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