{"id":234925,"date":"2026-04-23T19:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T23:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/23\/the-cybersecurity-firm-most-enterprises-have-never-heard-of-just\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T19:35:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T23:35:09","slug":"the-cybersecurity-firm-most-enterprises-have-never-heard-of-just","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/23\/the-cybersecurity-firm-most-enterprises-have-never-heard-of-just\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cybersecurity Firm Most Enterprises Have Never Heard Of Just"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/natlawreview.com\/press-releases\/cybersecurity-firm-most-enterprises-have-never-heard-just-earned-ey\">The Cybersecurity Firm Most Enterprises Have Never Heard Of Just<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/natlawreview.com\/press-releases\/cybersecurity-firm-most-enterprises-have-never-heard-just-earned-ey\">https:\/\/natlawreview.com\/press-releases\/cybersecurity-firm-most-enterprises-have-never-heard-just-earned-ey<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-04-23 19:05:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"natlawreview.com\">natlawreview.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:1em;font-size:115%;\">Three consecutive Inc. 5000 appearances and back-to-back #1 MSSP honors \u2014 now the founder behind 2.5 million protected users earns EY recognition.<\/p>\n<p>TAMPA, FL, UNITED STATES, April 23, 2026 \/EINPresswire.com\/ &#8212; When a wave of SonicWall-related attacks hit earlier this year, Ridge IT Cyber&#8217;s clients saw the intrusion attempts detected and contained automatically \u2014 identities locked down user by user before attackers could move laterally. Organizations without that identity-first architecture got breached.<\/p>\n<p>That outcome \u2014 the difference between a contained event and a business-impacting one \u2014 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\u00ae Florida program, which includes entrepreneurs from both Florida and Puerto Rico. Regional winners will be announced June 12, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The thesis that built the company<\/p>\n<p>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 \u2014 forged supporting some of the most demanding government environments in the world \u2014 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.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s also why Ridge IT Cyber has stacked recognition most MSSPs never see:<br \/>\u2022\tInc. Magazine&#8217;s #1 MSSP in America \u2014 back-to-back, 2023 and 2024<br \/>\u2022\tInc. 5000 national list \u2014 three consecutive years (2023\u20132025)<br \/>\u2022\tInc. Regionals: Southeast \u2014 three consecutive years, including 2026<br \/>\u2022\tCRN MSP 500 \u2014 2025<br \/>\u2022\tZscaler Partner of the Year<br \/>\u2022\tOkta Service Delivery Authorized &#8211; Okta Workforce Identity (OWI) and Okta Customer Identity (OCI)<\/p>\n<p>Why this matters to the people buying security in 2026<\/p>\n<p>The threat landscape moved faster last year than it has in a decade. 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