Why I’m excited about DataBee’s Inclusion in the Gartner® Hype Cycle™ for Cyber-Risk Management, 2026

DataBee, a Comcast Company, has been named as a Sample Vendor in the Gartner® Hype Cycle™ for Cyber-Risk Management, 2026 for Continuous Controls Monitoring (CCM).¹

We feel this milestone is an important moment for our team, as we believe it reflects the progress we’ve made in helping organizations continuously understand, measure, and act on cyber risk in a business-relevant way. And we’ve done this in just two and a half years since entering the market.

Breaking into the cybersecurity market is no small feat—especially in a domain as complex and rapidly evolving as cyber risk management.

“Gartner Hype Cycles provide a graphic representation of the maturity and adoption of innovations and how they are potentially relevant for solving real business problems and exploiting new opportunities. Gartner Hype Cycles are developed by expert analysts according to a common methodology.”²

This widely used framework helps organizations evaluate the maturity and impact of emerging technologies, among them, Continuous Controls Monitoring (CCM).

From the report: 

“CCM tools help cybersecurity and IT teams reduce manual efforts for control assurance and monitoring, easing staff burden and enabling them to focus on higher-value tasks while lowering costs. They provide constant monitoring, faster threat detection, and reduced breaches and noncompliance, preventing financial and reputational damage. They not only enhance a company’s cybersecurity posture but also build a more secure, successful business.”
Pedro Pablo Perea de Duenas, Gartner, Hype Cycle for Cyber-Risk Management, April 2026

DataBee believes CCM is critical because it enables organizations to move from periodic, reactive compliance checks to real-time, data-driven assurance that controls are working—and risks are being reduced—continuously.

In our opinion, what makes this milestone particularly notable:

• Speed to recognition: Achieving this inclusion in just 2.5 years highlights both the urgency of the problem and the focus of our approach.
• Market relevance: CCM is becoming foundational as organizations shift from periodic, audit-based compliance to more continuous, real-time risk visibility.
• Participation in a developing category: We believe this inclusion reflects our role in contributing to the evolving CCM landscape.

At a time when organizations face increasing regulatory pressure, fragmented data environments, and growing threat complexity, this milestone reflects alignment with broader industry trends.

Rethinking Continuous Controls Monitoring

Traditional CCM approaches have often been siloed, compliance-focused, and retrospective. DataBee was built with a different philosophy: CCM should be continuous, contextual, proactive and actionable—providing insights that resonate not just with security teams, but with business leaders as well.

Driving Accountability Across the Business

One of DataBee’s most powerful differentiators is its ability to drive accountability at all levels of the organization.

At Comcast, we regularly engage in conversations across business leadership based on cyber risk scores. These aren’t abstract metrics—they are clear, agreed-upon indicators of performance that leaders can influence and improve.

This fundamentally shifts the operating model:

• The business becomes the first line of defense, owning outcomes and improvements
• Security and risk management leaders define standards and provide guidance, ensuring consistency and rigor

This is how cybersecurity should operate; embedded into the business, not isolated from it.

Critically, this level of accountability is only possible when:

• Measurement is accurate and trusted
• Scores are transparent and consistently derived

That’s exactly what DataBee enables through its security data fabric architecture—creating a shared, reliable foundation where everyone agrees on the data, the score, and the path to improvement.

Scoring That Reflects Real Organizational Structure

Risk varies across business units, geographies, and operational domains. DataBee incorporates business hierarchy and policy context, enabling organizations to:

• Assign control scores at granular levels
• Analyze risk across business units or regions
• Align measurements with how the organization actually operates

This drives far more meaningful and decision-ready risk insights.

Traceability and Lineage for Compliance Confidence

With increasing regulatory scrutiny, organizations need defensible and auditable evidence.

DataBee’s traceability and lineage capabilities provide:

• Transparency into data sources
• Clear tracking of how controls are evaluated
• Strong evidence to support audits and regulatory requirements

This simplifies compliance while strengthening confidence in reporting.

Smarter Prioritization Through Connected Insights

Security teams often struggle with prioritization across a flood of alerts and findings. DataBee brings clarity by combining: 

• Control gap insights
• Vulnerability findings
• Threat intelligence and alerting

This integrated view enables organizations to pinpoint where risk exposure is highest and take action where it matters most.

Data Fabric Architecture for Continuous, Scalable Insights

At its core, DataBee leverages a data fabric architecture that enables continuous ingestion and normalization of data across the enterprise.

This delivers:

• Continuous updates to control measurements
• Scalable data processing at a lower cost 
• Flexibility to incorporate new data sources over time

The result is a CCM capability designed to evolve alongside the business.

Comprehensive Coverage Across 350+ Data Sources

Confidence in risk insights depends on completeness. DataBee enables organizations to create a comprehensive dataset across more than 350 data sources, providing:

• Broad visibility across tools and environments
• Reduced blind spots in controls monitoring
• More accurate and defensible risk assessments

Cost Efficiency and Storage Flexibility

DataBee is designed with flexibility and efficiency in mind. Customers can choose their preferred data storage location, enabling them to:

• Optimize costs based on their existing infrastructure
• Align with data residency or regulatory requirements
• Avoid unnecessary data movement and duplication

This approach not only reduces total cost of ownership but also integrates seamlessly into existing enterprise environments.

Unlimited Trending for Deeper Insights Over Time

Because DataBee allows customers to control their data storage, organizations can retain and analyze data at scale—unlocking unlimited trending capabilities.

This means:

• Long-term visibility into control performance and risk posture
• The ability to identify patterns and improvements over time
• Stronger, data-driven decision-making based on historical insights

Rather than being constrained by storage costs or limitations, organizations gain a continuously expanding view of their security and compliance posture.

Looking Ahead

Being recognized in the Gartner Hype Cycle for Cyber-Risk Management, 2026 is an important milestone for us —and we believe it reflects a broader shift in cybersecurity. Organizations are moving toward more continuous, data-driven approaches to risk management.

DataBee was built with this shift in mind. As the need for continuous, contextual, and scalable cyber risk management grows, we aim to help organizations improve clarity, confidence, and control.

We’d love to show you how DataBee for Continuous Controls Monitoring works – request a custom demo.

¹ Gartner, “Hype Cycle for Cyber-Risk Management”, By Deepti Gopal, Pedro Pablo Perea de Duenas, April 2026

² Gartner, “Understanding Gartner’s Hype Cycles”, By Mandi Bishop, Donna Medeiros, Yanni Karalis, July 2025. 

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