5 Security & Intelligence Innovators That Defined India’s Fight Against Cybercrime in 2025

As 2025 comes to a close, India’s digital threat landscape has expanded drastically from drone-borne intrusions to AI-generated fraud and encrypted communication crimes. These five companies led India’s security transformation this year.

1. Staqu Technologies – Scaling AI Policing Across India

In 2025, Staqu strengthened its position across multiple state police forces, deploying advanced video analytics and facial recognition tech that accelerated case closures and improved real-time surveillance.

2. Pelorus Technologies – Strengthening National Security & Drone Forensics

Pelorus had a landmark year, expanding its digital forensics, counter-drone intelligence, and training programs across PSUs, law enforcement units, and critical infrastructure. From tactical interception tools to multi-layer forensics, Pelorus emerged as a key pillar in India’s security architecture in 2025.

3. ClearTrail – Enhancing Digital Communication Intelligence

With encrypted communication crimes rising sharply this year, ClearTrail supported central and state agencies with cutting-edge communication intelligence and network forensics, proving essential in large-scale investigations.

4. pi-labs – India’s Fastest-Rising AI Security & Model Forensics Startup 

2025 was the breakout year for pi-labs as deep fakes, AI-borne fraud, and model exploitation threats spiked. pi-labs pioneered AI forensics, model integrity checks, and deepfake detection workflows making it a crucial partner for enterprises and government agencies grappling with next-gen AI threats.

5. Vehere – Pushing Network Forensics to the Frontline

Vehere continued to lead India’s network intelligence space by helping agencies detect encrypted threats earlier and investigate cyber intrusions at scale.