The Cybersecurity Firm Most Enterprises Have Never Heard Of Just
The Cybersecurity Firm Most Enterprises Have Never Heard Of Just
Publish Date: 2026-04-23 19:05:00
Source Domain: natlawreview.com
Three consecutive Inc. 5000 appearances and back-to-back #1 MSSP honors — now the founder behind 2.5 million protected users earns EY recognition.
TAMPA, FL, UNITED STATES, April 23, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — When a wave of SonicWall-related attacks hit earlier this year, Ridge IT Cyber’s clients saw the intrusion attempts detected and contained automatically — identities locked down user by user before attackers could move laterally. Organizations without that identity-first architecture got breached.
That outcome — the difference between a contained event and a business-impacting one — is why Ridge IT Cyber co-founder and CEO Chad Koslow has just been named a 2026 finalist for the EY Entrepreneur of the Year® Florida program, which includes entrepreneurs from both Florida and Puerto Rico. Regional winners will be announced June 12, 2026.
The thesis that built the company
Most cybersecurity vendors sell products against a checklist. Ridge IT Cyber was founded on the opposite premise: the tools only matter if the architecture survives a real attacker. That conviction — forged supporting some of the most demanding government environments in the world — has grown into a firm that today protects more than 2.5 million users across 160 countries, has delivered more than 1,500 Zero Trust implementations in the last three years, and maintains a 99% client retention rate.
It’s also why Ridge IT Cyber has stacked recognition most MSSPs never see:
• Inc. Magazine’s #1 MSSP in America — back-to-back, 2023 and 2024
• Inc. 5000 national list — three consecutive years (2023–2025)
• Inc. Regionals: Southeast — three consecutive years, including 2026
• CRN MSP 500 — 2025
• Zscaler Partner of the Year
• Okta Service Delivery Authorized – Okta Workforce Identity (OWI) and Okta Customer Identity (OCI)
Why this matters to the people buying security in 2026
The threat landscape moved faster last year than it has in a decade. Ransomware operators…
