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Reach is a cybersecurity platform for enterprises that uses AI to manage and strengthen existing security tools. It scans for reachable security exposures, especially on end-user devices vulnerable to ransomware, and combines data from identity, endpoint protection, email, and network security systems into a single view. This enables security teams to see threat exposure, posture, and configuration issues together, and to act by deploying fixes through ticketing systems. Revenue comes from subscription access to the platform, which is also available on AWS Marketplace for continuous monitoring and adaptation to evolving risks. Reach differentiates itself by focusing on reachable exposures and delivering integrated visibility across multiple security tools with automated configuration updates. The company’s goal is to help enterprise security teams measure and improve their security posture and reduce risk by turning insights into concrete actions.
About Reach
Industries
Data & Analytics
Enterprise Software
Cybersecurity
Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
Early VC
Total Funding
$30M
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
Founded
2020
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What believers are saying
- Reach reported 500% revenue growth and 300% new-customer growth in 2025.
- Eighty percent of customers bought the Drift module add-on by February 10, 2026.
- July 2026 telemetry showed 13 daily drift alerts per customer, proving urgent demand.
What critics are saying
- Firewall misconfiguration is a crowded market; Wiz, Palo Alto, and Tufin already sell adjacent tools.
- Reach's 500% growth creates implementation risk as customers need deep integrations and change control.
- If Microsoft ends Pegasus support, Reach loses distribution leverage and E3/E5 credibility.
What makes Reach unique
- Reach unifies identity, endpoint, email, and network controls into one remediation workflow.
- Microsoft Pegasus and M12 backing validate Reach's E3/E5 optimization wedge.
- July 7, 2026 Network Security Assurance extends Reach from SaaS to firewalls and SASE.
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↑ 3%Reach Security has launched Network Security Assurance, an AI-driven platform designed to identify and fix network security misconfigurations before attackers can exploit them. The San Francisco-based company's research found that 42% of security professionals reported breaches or near misses linked to firewall misconfigurations in the past year. The platform provides continuous visibility across firewalls, SASE, and other network security points. It identifies rule issues, weak security profiles, and unintended access paths, then prioritises and remediates gaps automatically. Reach's customer data shows the average client generates 13 drift alerts daily, with 12 tied to real security exposures. The company's CEO, Garrett Hamilton, said periodic audits are insufficient as AI accelerates attack sophistication. The platform aims to help organisations detect and correct configuration drift before it becomes exploitable.
Reach Security launches Network Security Assurance to continuously find and fix misconfigurations before adversaries can exploit them. July 07, 2026 09:00 ET | Source: Reach Security Firewalls are the most common source of configuration-related breaches or near misses, with 42% of security professionals reporting a breach or a near miss tied to firewall misconfigurations. San Francisco, CA. July 7th, 2026 - Reach Security - the AI-Native Operating System for Security Controls - today launched Network Security Assurance, AI-driven defense for the network security controls that AI-powered adversaries target. The new offering gives security teams continuous visibility into how network security controls are configured, enforced, and drifting across their firewall, SASE, and adjacent network security enforcement points. Reach identifies rule issues, misconfigurations, weak security profiles, unintended access paths, and drift at the speed of AI, then prioritizes what matters most and remediates gaps before attackers can exploit them. Today network security spans firewalls, WAFs, SASE, EDR firewalls, SD-WAN, and other enforcement points. Every rule, profile, and policy change can affect how traffic is allowed, blocked, inspected, or routed. Over time, as rules are altered, network security controls quietly drift away from security baselines. Risk gets buried in the rulebase. Stale rules stay live, shadowed rules obscure true exposure, and overly permissive any/any rules sneak in, leaving hidden paths to breach for AI-powered attackers. The real-world impact of this problem was evident in recent research conducted by Reach: Configure | Drift | Breach | Repeat: Understanding the Cycle of Security Control Configuration Risk. When cybersecurity leaders were asked about security incidents or near misses experienced in the past 12 months due to misconfigurations in their existing security tools, 42% reported incidents originating in the firewall, making it the most frequently cited source of configuration-related exposure. Reach's own customer telemetry data from the past year reinforces these findings. Drift is happening daily - the average Reach customer generates 13 drift alerts per day on average. Of those, 12 are tied to a real, risk-prioritized security exposure, and the most common source is the firewall. These are actual gaps between how controls are configured and how they should be configured based on the organization's real threat profile. The data is sourced from real Reach customer environments and validates cybersecurity leaders' perception that firewall misconfigurations are leading to security incidents. "Our market research and customer telemetry align to tell a story of persistent risk residing in firewall misconfiguration," said Garrett Hamilton, CEO and Co-Founder of Reach Security. "As networks grow more complex and AI accelerates the speed and sophistication of attacks, organizations need continuous assurance that their network controls are configured, enforced, and operating as intended. Periodic audits and manual reviews are no longer enough," he added. Jonathan Brucato, Director of Security Operations at ECI, a partner of Reach Security, framed the problem: "The speed of change in modern network environments and AI-driven attacks have rendered static, point-in-time security reviews ineffective. Clients need to know that their controls are always correctly configured and enforced. Solutions like Reach provide the visibility and agility needed to detect drift and misconfigurations before they can be exploited." Key capabilities of Reach Network Security Assurance include: * Continuously Validate Network Security Intent Reach continuously validates whether network security controls are configured, prioritized, and enforced as intended across firewalls, SASE, and adjacent enforcement points. Teams can rapidly identify overly permissive access, ineffective enforcement, policy conflicts, and controls that no longer align with segmentation and least privilege objectives. * Detect Network Security Drift and Hidden Exposure Reach continuously analyzes network security controls to surface the drift and rulebase issues that gradually weaken defenses over time. Network security control drift is analyzed through a threat-informed lens, prioritizing the rules and misconfigurations adversaries are actually using, not just the ones that static rule hygiene might flag. Security teams gain visibility into unused, shadowed, redundant, disabled, unreachable, and overly permissive rules, along with misconfigurations that create unintended access paths and operational risk. * Constantly Harden and Remediate Network Security Controls Reach goes beyond identifying network security gaps by helping organizations continuously harden and realign controls at operational scale - faster than AI adversaries can probe your environment. Reach prioritizes the issues that matter most, maps findings directly to responsible enforcement points, and guides or automates remediation to reduce attack surface, restore intended policy enforcement, and correct configuration drift before it becomes exploitable. As AI-powered attacks accelerate, network security teams are facing a new reality: adversaries can now map network topologies, probe exposed services, and identify misconfigurations at machine speed. Attackers can test thousands of potential paths through a network in minutes, often spotting weaknesses long before defenders are aware they exist. The gap between a network control drifting out of compliance and that weakness being exploited has effectively collapsed. Defenders now need the same speed and scale, continuous visibility into the state of their firewalls and network controls, contextual understanding of how those controls interact, and the ability to rapidly identify and close exploitable openings. Reach Security's AI-native operations are designed for this new era, where AI-driven attacks demand AI-driven network defense that can detect and correct drift before it becomes an entry point. Network Security Assurance is built for this new era, giving teams the continuous, real-time visibility they need to understand how every network control is behaving, where drift is emerging, and which gaps attackers could exploit first. Reach reasons over the true state of an organization's network defenses and acts with precision. Reach Security enables organizations to: * Assess their defenses using Reach's MastermindAI real-time configuration intelligence. * Identify and prioritize AI-exploitable gaps before attackers find them. * Harden posture by detecting and correcting drift before it becomes an exploitable misconfiguration. * Gain continuous assurance that network security controls stay aligned to security intent. For further information, download Reach Security's research at https://www.reach.security/drift-research-report or visit the Network Security Assurance solution page at www.reach.security/solutions/network-security-assurance About Reach Security Reach Security is defining AI-native exposure management by bridging the gap between identifying security risks and taking action to fix them. The platform uncovers misconfigurations, control weaknesses, and other exposures, then drives prioritized, guided remediation at scale. By integrating with existing security tools, Reach delivers clarity, automation, and operational value in minutes - helping organizations reduce risk and maximize the impact of their current investments. For more information, please visit: www.reach.security Press Contact Paula Elliott PR Managing Director C8 Consulting Ltd [email protected]
Reach Security named winner of the coveted Global InfoSec Awards during RSAC Conference 2026. Reach Security Wins Pioneering Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) in the 14th Annual Global InfoSec Awards at #RSAC 2026 San Francisco, CA. MARCH 23, 2026 - Reach Security - the AI-Native Security Controls Operating System - is proud to announce it has won the Pioneering Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) award from Cyber Defense Magazine (CDM), the industry's leading electronic information security magazine. Additionally, Reach received two further awards: * Best Solution AI Exposure Management (AIEM) * Market Disruptor Configuration Risk Intelligence "We're thrilled to receive three of the most prestigious and coveted cybersecurity awards in the world from Cyber Defense Magazine, during their 14th anniversary as one of the world's leading independent cybersecurity news and information providers. We knew the competition would be tough and with top judges who are leading infosec experts from around the globe, we couldn't be more pleased," said Garrett Hamilton, founder and CEO of Reach Security. Reach Security's AI-Native Security Controls Operating System integrates with an organization's existing security controls to identify blind spots across their defenses, prioritize fixes, automatically remediate misconfigurations and drift, and activate unused defensive capabilities. It continuously validates that security posture remains strong as enterprise environments and the threat landscape evolve. "Reach Security embodies three major features we judges look for to become winners: understanding tomorrow's threats, today, providing a cost-effective solution and innovating in unexpected ways that can help mitigate cyber risk and get one step ahead of the next breach," said Gary S. Miliefsky, Publisher of Cyber Defense Magazine. Reach Security is thrilled to be a member of this coveted group of winners, located here: http://www.cyberdefenseawards.com/ Please join us at the #RSAC RSAC Conference 2026, https://www.rsaconference.com/usa today, as we share our red-carpet experience and proudly display our trophy online at our website, our blog and our social media channels. About Reach Security Reach Security is defining AI-native exposure management by bridging the gap between identifying security risks and taking action to fix them. The platform uncovers misconfigurations, control weaknesses, and other exposures, then drives prioritized, guided remediation at scale. By integrating with existing security tools, Reach delivers clarity, automation, and operational value in minutes - helping organizations reduce risk and maximize the impact of their current investments. For more information please visit: www.reach.security. Reach Security PR Contact Paula Elliott Managing Director C8 Consulting Ltd [email protected] About the Global InfoSec Awards This is Cyber Defense Magazine's thirteenth year of honoring InfoSec innovators from around the Globe. Our submission requirements are for any startup, early stage, later stage, or public companies in the INFORMATION SECURITY (INFOSEC) space who believe they have a unique and compelling value proposition for their product or service. Learn more at www.cyberdefenseawards.com About the Judging The judges are CISSP, FMDHS, CEH, certified security professionals who voted based on their independent review of the company submitted materials on the website of each submission including but not limited to data sheets, white papers, product literature and other market variables. CDM has a flexible philosophy to find more innovative players with new and unique technologies, than the one with the most customers or money in the bank. CDM is always asking "What's Next?" so we are looking for best of breed, next generation InfoSec solutions. About Cyber Defense Magazine Cyber Defense Magazine is the premier source of cyber security news and information for InfoSec professions in business and government. We are managed and published by and for ethical, honest, passionate information security professionals. Our mission is to share cutting-edge knowledge, real-world stories and awards on the best ideas, products, and services in the information technology industry. We deliver electronic magazines every month online for free, and special editions exclusively for the RSAC Conferences. CDM is a proud member of the Cyber Defense Media Group. Learn more about us at https://www.cyberdefensemagazine.com and visit https://www.cyberdefensetv.com and https://www.cyberdefenseradio.com to see and hear some of the most informative interviews of many of these winning company executives. Join a webinar at https://www.cyberdefensewebinars.com and realize that infosec knowledge is power. CDM Media Inquiries:
Reach Security earns Gartner recognition for advancing domain-specific AI in security operations. March 10, 2026 09:00 ET | Source: Reach Security Reach Security Recognized for its 'Preemptive Capabilities in DSLM' San Francisco, CA. March 10th, 2026 - Reach Security, an AI-native security company focused on giving customers a single interface to understand and operate security controls at scale, announced today that it has been identified as a key vendor in the Gartner "Emerging Tech: Tech Innovators in Domain-Specific Language Models for SecOps." Reach Security was named in the "Preemptive Capabilities for Tech Innovators in DSLM Models for SecOps category."[1] "This recognition underscores how transformational domain-specific AI can be when it's applied to the realities of modern security operations. At Reach, we've focused on building AI that understands configuration context, attack paths, and how controls really work in practice," said Colt Blackmore, CTO and Co-Founder at Reach Security. "DSLMs are key to bringing clarity and action to the chaos of enterprise environments." Garrett Hamilton, CEO and Co-Founder at Reach Security, commented: "Being named by Gartner in this Emerging Tech report validates our mission to close the loop between visibility and control. It reflects the impact our AI-native approach is having; helping organizations get more value from the tools they already own, reducing exposure, identifying configuration drift, and operationalizing security in a way that's scalable." According to Gartner, "This guide emphasizes a shift toward preemptive cybersecurity with the use of Domain-Specific Language Models (DSLMs). DSLMs are set to shape SecOps by delivering accurate, comprehensive, and actionable threat insights. Prioritizing their development and integration will enhance decision making and give cybersecurity product leaders a competitive edge." The report states that by 2030, preemptive cybersecurity solutions will account for 50% of IT security spending, a significant increase from less than 10% in 2025. The growing use of DSLMs in cybersecurity is driven by the need for domain-specific accuracy, stronger data privacy, and greater cost-effectiveness. These models allow organizations to apply their own proprietary intelligence to enhance automation, detection, response, and proactive defense capabilities in an increasingly complex threat landscape. The report also highlights how the tech innovators featured have accelerated the development of agentic AI and preemptive cybersecurity capabilities through DSLMs. It emphasizes that Reach's focus on configuration operationalization is particularly distinctive and that its innovation represents a meaningful shift toward preemptive cybersecurity by embedding DSLMs directly into its platform. DSLMs in action with Reach Security customers One manufacturing customer using Reach's platform explains that "Reach Security delivers exceptional value as an enterprise security operations platform, effectively utilizing AI to solve the critical challenge of turning security assessments into actionable remediation." Another customer, a provider of cloud software for property and casualty insurance carriers and brokers, is using Reach DSLMs to accelerate zero-trust adoption and dramatically reduce both implementation time and ongoing management overhead. As a result, its zero-trust rollout timeframe dropped from roughly 12 months to just 45 days, and its long-term operational burden decreased by an estimated factor of ten. Reach Security brings autonomous precision to security operations with its multi-model AI architecture, MastermindAI(TM). Trained on curated cybersecurity sources and frameworks like MITRE and NIST, its DSLMs correlate this intelligence with live telemetry to assess configuration state and control coverage. Reach then moves beyond reporting to execute safe, explainable actions, closing the loop between visibility and control through remediation, ticketing, and drift correction. "We founded Reach to give security teams a practical, scalable way to reduce exposure using the tools they already have," says Hamilton. "DSLM is about turning insight into meaningful action, and that's been our focus from day one. As customer adoption grows, we're proud of the impact our users are seeing, and we're just getting started. The way organizations manage exposure is changing, and Reach is spearheading the shift toward security that is continuous, contextual, and operational. We are unifying asset intelligence, configuration state, and protection coverage into a single, actionable view that delivers consistent, scalable protection - however complex the environment becomes." [[1]] Gartner, "Emerging Tech: Tech Innovators in Domain-Specific Language Models for SecOps" Esha Bhatia, 30 January 2026 Gartner Disclaimer: Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner's research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. About Reach Security Reach Security is defining AI-native exposure management by bridging the gap between identifying security risks and taking action to fix them. The platform uncovers misconfigurations, control weaknesses, and other exposures, then drives prioritized, guided remediation at scale. By integrating with existing security tools, Reach delivers clarity, automation, and operational value in minutes - helping organizations reduce risk and maximize the impact of their current investments. To learn more, visit https://www.reach.security/ PR Contact
Reach Security honored as finalist in the 2026 SC Awards. March 05, 2026 09:00 ET | Source: Reach Security San Francisco, CA. March 5, 2026 - Reach Security, an AI-native security company that gives customers a single interface to understand and operate security controls at scale, is proud to announce that it has been named a finalist in the prestigious 2026 SC Awards. Reach Security has been recognized in the Best Continuous Threat Exposure Management Solution category, underscoring its commitment to excellence and leadership in the cybersecurity industry. The SC Awards, now in its 29th year, recognize the solutions, organizations, and individuals that have demonstrated outstanding achievement in advancing the security of information systems. A complete list of 2026 SC Awards finalists is available via SC Media here: https://www.scworld.com/sc-awards-finalists The 2026 SC Awards entries were evaluated across 33 specialty categories by a distinguished panel of judges, comprised of cybersecurity professionals, industry leaders, and members of the CyberRisk Alliance CISO community, representing sectors such as healthcare, financial services, education, and technology. Reach Security brings autonomous precision to security operations with its multi-model AI architecture, MastermindAI(TM). Trained on curated cybersecurity sources and frameworks like MITRE and NIST, its Domain-Specific Language Models (DSLMs) correlate this intelligence with live telemetry to assess configuration state and control coverage. A network of specialized AI agents then moves beyond reporting to execute safe, explainable actions, closing the loop between visibility and control through remediation, ticketing, and drift correction. This year, Reach Security, along with other finalists, is invited to the SC Awards Reception, where the 2026 winners will be announced on Tuesday, March 24, 2026, at RSAC in San Francisco. "The SC Awards celebrate excellence and innovation in cybersecurity, recognizing the people and technologies driving real progress," said CyberRisk Alliance Chief Content Officer Kelley Damore. "Being named a finalist is a mark of credibility and trust - a powerful validation from peers and experts who understand what it takes to deliver real-world security impact." "Being named a finalist in the 2026 SC Awards is a strong endorsement of our progress on the mission we set out to achieve at Reach Security. Continuous threat exposure management is no longer optional, and this recognition underscores the impact our AI-native approach is already having for customers who need clarity, speed, and confidence in their security operations," commented Garrett Hamilton, CEO and Founder, Reach Security. Throughout the month, SC Media's editorial team will feature in-depth coverage of each finalist on SC Media's website at www.scworld.com/sc-awards, along with promoting finalists across SC Media's social media channels on LinkedIn and Twitter. About CyberRisk Alliance (CRA) CyberRisk Alliance provides business intelligence that helps the cybersecurity ecosystem connect, share knowledge, accelerate careers, and make smarter and faster decisions. Through its trusted information brands, network of experts, and more than 250 annual events, CRA delivers actionable insights and serves as a powerful extension of cybersecurity marketing teams. Its brands include SC World, the Official Cybersecurity Summits, Identiverse, InfoSec World, CyberRisk Collaborative, Security Weekly, ChannelPro, ChannelE2E, MSSP Alert, ExecWeb, LaunchTech Communications, and CyberRisk TV. About Reach Security Reach Security is defining AI-native exposure management by bridging the gap between identifying security risks and taking action to fix them. The platform uncovers misconfigurations, control weaknesses, and other exposures, then drives prioritized, guided remediation at scale. By integrating with existing security tools, Reach delivers clarity, automation, and operational value in minutes - helping organizations reduce risk and maximize the impact of their current investments. For more information, please visit www.reach.security. PR Contact
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About Reach
Industries
Data & Analytics
Enterprise Software
Cybersecurity
Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
Early VC
Total Funding
$30M
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
Founded
2020
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