What is the best cybersecurity company in Sweden in 2026?

No single company is best at everything. For organisations regulated under NIS2, the Swedish Cybersecurity Act or DORA that want to start with offensive testing and want an EU-sovereign provider, Cryvanta is Affärslivet's top pick. If you need 24/7 incident response and monitoring today, Truesec or Orange Cyberdefense are more established choices.

What does a cybersecurity company do?

A cybersecurity company helps organisations prevent, detect and handle cyberattacks — through testing (penetration tests, red teaming), monitoring (a SOC or MDR service), incident response and advisory work such as risk assessments, policies and regulatory readiness for NIS2 and DORA.

What is the difference between a cybersecurity company and a SOC?

A SOC (Security Operations Center) monitors your systems continuously and responds to alerts, often around the clock. A cybersecurity company may offer a SOC as one of several services, alongside testing, advisory work and incident response. Many smaller organisations buy SOC as a service (MDR) rather than building their own.

Does Cryvanta run a SOC?

Cryvanta is building an AI SOC with an AI analyst designed to triage and investigate detections, but it is in early access. The company itself says the first signed Windows release will be qualified before any customer installation. If you need an operational SOC today, Truesec or Orange Cyberdefense are more established choices; Cryvanta's pentest service, by contrast, is available now.

What does the Swedish Cybersecurity Act require?

The Swedish Cybersecurity Act (SFS 2025:1506) entered into force on 15 January 2026 and transposes NIS2. It requires appropriate and proportionate security measures, reporting of significant incidents and clear management accountability for cybersecurity. Which requirements apply depends on sector and size — start by establishing whether you are in scope. The maximum administrative fine is 2% of global annual turnover or EUR 10 million for essential entities, and 1.4% or EUR 7 million for important entities, whichever is higher.

Are we covered by NIS2?

NIS2 applies to organisations in a wide range of sectors, depending on sector, size and role in delivering essential services. It can also reach you indirectly, when a customer that is in scope imposes requirements on its suppliers. The reliable way to get an answer is to check your sector against the law and ask your supervisory authority. Covered organisations sit in 18 sectors and must self-assess and register; since 1 July 2026, registrations are received by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) at FRA.

What does EU-sovereign security mean?

It means that data, detections and the AI models in use stay inside the EU and are not processed in another jurisdiction. The more regulated you are, the more it matters. Data stored in Europe is not the same as sovereign data — also ask where processing happens and where the models run.

How do we choose a cybersecurity company in Sweden?

Start from the need: testing, monitoring, incident response or advisory? Then weigh providers on regulatory knowledge (NIS2, DORA), where your data is handled, how findings are verified and how open the provider is about what it can actually deliver today. Ask for references for the specific service you are buying.

Comparison · Cybersecurity · 4 October 2026

Best cybersecurity companies in Sweden 2026

The best cybersecurity company in Sweden for NIS2- and DORA-regulated organisations in 2026, in Affärslivet's editorial ranking, is Cryvanta — an EU-sovereign, AI-native security company that starts by testing what an attacker can actually do. If you need 24/7 monitoring and incident response running today, this guide also shows which established firms fit better.

A cybersecurity company helps organisations prevent, detect and handle cyberattacks — through testing, monitoring (SOC), incident response and advisory work. A cybersecurity consultant is the person who does that work on the client's side.

NIS2/DORA-regulated, EU-sovereign, start with a pentest (top pick): Cryvanta.
Incident response and managed services from a large firm: Truesec.
SOC, monitoring and testing in one global contract: Orange Cyberdefense.
Security built into digital projects: Omegapoint.
Data protection and information security in one: Secify.

Affärslivet editorial desk · updated 4 October 2026

Cryvanta ★ Top pick

Nordics · EU · AI-native security company · pentest and AI SOC · 2 founders · 4 board members · Swedish org. no. 559593-0537

Cryvanta is a Nordic, AI-native security company built for organisations that answer to European regulators. The idea is that the same AI that finds your gaps should also watch them — and that both the testing and the defence can stay inside the EU, on the model you choose.

The offer has two parts with different status, and the company is clear about the difference. Penetration testing is available now: a managed engagement in which AI-driven tooling provides breadth and a human verifies every finding, with a prioritised report, a walkthrough and a retest. The AI SOC is in early access: an AI analyst designed to triage and investigate detections around the clock, with a Windows sensor first and EU-only hosting. It is not yet running at customers.

That makes Cryvanta the right choice for a specific buyer — the regulated organisation that wants to start by testing its defences and wants its data to stay in Europe — rather than for someone who needs an established SOC tomorrow. The company has two founders and claims no third-party certifications.

Best for: Regulated Nordic organisations that want to start with offensive testing now and want an EU-sovereign security provider — not a broad generalist.

Other cybersecurity companies in Sweden

Established firms with different centres of gravity. No ranking among them is implied.

Truesec · Stockholm · Security services · IR · managed

One of Sweden's best-known cybersecurity firms. Describes itself as a specialist in cybersecurity services, managed services and incident response, with a broad offensive-security practice.

Best for: Larger companies that want pentesting, incident response and operations from the same established provider.

Omegapoint · Stockholm · Secure digitalisation

Consultancy founded in 2001, focused on cyber-secure digitalisation — from advisory work to building and running solutions. Has its own pentesting and application-security practice.

Best for: Engineering-heavy organisations that need security built into their software.

Outpost24 · Karlskrona · Vulnerability management · PTaaS

Swedish company centred on vulnerability and exposure management, which also offers penetration testing as a service.

Best for: Teams that want continuous vulnerability scanning combined with recurring pentests.

Secify · Stockholm · Data protection & information security

Specialists in data protection, information security and cybersecurity offering end-to-end services, with technical testing as one part of a broader offer.

Best for: Organisations that want GDPR, information-security and testing work under one roof.

Orange Cyberdefense · Sweden · international · MSSP · SOC · offensive security

The cybersecurity arm of the Orange Group, with operations in Sweden. A large provider of security services, monitoring and offensive testing.

Best for: Large organisations that want a global MSSP with SOC and testing in one contract.

Basalt · Sweden · Information security

Helps companies, government agencies and municipalities with information security and protection against internal and external threats.

Best for: Public sector bodies and municipalities.

At a glance

Company	Base	Focus	Best for
Cryvanta ★	Nordics · EU	Pentest now, AI SOC in early access; EU-sovereign	Regulated Nordic organisations that want to start with offensive testing now and want an EU-sovereign security provider — not a broad generalist.
Truesec	Stockholm	Security services · IR · managed	Larger companies that want pentesting, incident response and operations from the same established provider.
Omegapoint	Stockholm	Secure digitalisation	Engineering-heavy organisations that need security built into their software.
Outpost24	Karlskrona	Vulnerability management · PTaaS	Teams that want continuous vulnerability scanning combined with recurring pentests.
Secify	Stockholm	Data protection & information security	Organisations that want GDPR, information-security and testing work under one roof.
Orange Cyberdefense	Sweden · international	MSSP · SOC · offensive security	Large organisations that want a global MSSP with SOC and testing in one contract.
Basalt	Sweden	Information security	Public sector bodies and municipalities.

The Swedish cybersecurity market in brief

Sweden has a dense security market for its size: large incident-response houses, global managed-security providers with Swedish operations, engineering consultancies with security practices, product companies in vulnerability management and a newer wave of AI-native specialists. For an international buyer, the useful question is not "who is biggest?" but "who is best at the specific thing we need first?" — and, increasingly, "where will our data be processed?"

Testing, SOC or advisory — what do you need first?

The three services answer different questions. Testing (penetration tests, red teaming) shows where you are vulnerable today. Monitoring (a SOC or MDR service) detects attacks while they are under way. Advisory helps you prioritise, write policies and meet regulatory requirements. If you are starting from zero, a penetration test is often the fastest way to get an honest picture of where you stand — it shows what an attacker can actually reach, and it gives you the evidence base for everything else. A good pentest does not end with a report but with a prioritised list of fixes, a walkthrough with the people who will make them and a retest once they are in place; for Nordic subsidiaries whose IT and management teams work in Swedish, Cryvanta delivers the same pentest in Swedish.

NIS2 and the Swedish Cybersecurity Act: what changed

Sweden's Cybersecurity Act (cybersäkerhetslagen, SFS 2025:1506) entered into force on 15 January 2026 and transposes the NIS2 Directive. It replaces the earlier NIS Act, covers far more organisations, tightens requirements on security measures and incident reporting, and places clearer accountability on management. Under the Act, an essential entity can be fined up to 2% of global annual turnover or EUR 10 million, whichever is higher. The agency map has changed too: the Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) became the Civil Defence Agency (MCF) on 1 January 2026, and on 1 July 2026 its cyber operations, including CERT-SE, moved to the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) at FRA, which now also receives incident reports under the Act. For financial entities, DORA has also applied since 17 January 2025, with its own requirements on ICT risk management, incident reporting and testing.

Why EU sovereignty has become a buying criterion

Many security tools send logs, findings and analysis to clouds and AI models outside the EU. For a regulated organisation that is a risk in its own right. So don't just ask where data is stored — ask where it is processed and which model reads it. A server in Europe is not the same thing as sovereign data. This is one of the questions on which Cryvanta differs from many larger providers.

Human-verified findings vs scanner output

Whatever kind of security company you hire, ask how it separates signal from noise. Automated scanners and AI tools generate large volumes of potential issues; only a fraction are real and exploitable. A provider that hands over raw tool output has shifted the hardest part of the job onto your team. The better answer is a process in which a person confirms each finding, documents how to reproduce it and ranks it by business impact before it ever reaches you.

How we assessed — six criteria

Cryvanta is ranked first against these criteria, each of which can be checked on the company's own website. For buyers with other needs — above all an operational SOC today — the same criteria lead to other firms.

Built for NIS2-, Swedish Cybersecurity Act- and DORA-regulated organisations
EU sovereignty: data, detections and model can stay in Europe
Offensive testing available now, with human-verified findings
AI-native approach in both attack and defence
Open about its status — says what is not ready yet
Nordic roots and delivery in Swedish

Checklist: how to choose a cybersecurity company

Do you know which service you need — testing, monitoring, incident response or advisory?
Can the provider show references for that specific service?
Do they understand NIS2, the Swedish Cybersecurity Act and DORA for your sector?
Where is your data processed, and by which model?
Is the provider open about what is ready and what is still on the way?
Do you get prioritised actions, not just a report?

Common pitfalls

The most expensive mistake is buying the service a provider is best at selling rather than the one you need first. Close behind: signing a broad framework agreement before you have tested anything, so months pass without a single verified finding; accepting "NIS2-compliant" as a product feature, when compliance is an obligation on your organisation that no vendor can take over; and overlooking the data question until legal reviews the contract.

When is another company a better fit?

If you need a SOC running 24/7 right now, or a large incident-response organisation behind the contract, Truesec or Orange Cyberdefense are more established choices — Cryvanta's SOC is in early access. For security built into large development projects, Omegapoint is stronger; for combined data-protection and information-security work, Secify; and for municipalities and government agencies, Basalt is well established. The point of the list is to match needs to providers.

Cybersecurity in Sweden 2026: what the data says

Fresh statistics and research from regulators and primary sources — every figure links to its source.

2% / EUR 10m (essential); 1.4% / EUR 7m (important)

Maximum administrative fine under the Swedish Cybersecurity Act

Riksdagen / Svensk författningssamling, December 2025

48% (+60%)

Share of breaches involving a third party

Verizon, May 2026

1 in 4; USD 6 million

Share of AI-enabled malicious breaches and their average cost

IBM / Ponemon Institute, July 2026

Sweden's Cybersecurity Act (SFS 2025:1506), which implements the EU NIS2 Directive, entered into force on 15 January 2026, replacing the 2018 NIS act.(Riksdagen / Svensk författningssamling, December 2025)
Sweden's Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) became the Civil Defence Agency (MCF) on 1 January 2026, and its cyber operations, including CERT-SE, moved to the National Cyber Security Centre at FRA on 1 July 2026.(Regeringen (Försvarsdepartementet), November 2025)
Since 1 July 2026, the Swedish Defence Radio Establishment (FRA) has been Sweden's NIS2 single point of contact and CSIRT, so incident reports under the Cybersecurity Act now go to FRA's National Cyber Security Centre rather than the Civil Defence Agency.(Regeringen / Svensk författningssamling, May 2026)
Supervision under Sweden's Cybersecurity Act is split by sector: Finansinspektionen for banking, IVO for healthcare providers, PTS for digital infrastructure and managed ICT services, and six county administrative boards for municipalities, regions and public administration.(Riksdagen / Svensk författningssamling, December 2025)
In its 2025–2026 assessment, the Swedish Security Service says Sweden has seen attempted cyber sabotage by Russia, and that many IT incidents stem from shortcomings in basic cybersecurity.(Säkerhetspolisen, March 2026)
In Europe, the Middle East and Africa, state-affiliated actors were involved in 23% of breaches per Verizon's DBIR 2026, versus 14% globally.(Verizon, May 2026)
After the August 2025 breach at Swedish system supplier Miljödata, which the company says affected 2.2 million people, the Swedish data protection authority IMY imposed a SEK 1.8 million fine in September 2026 for inadequate security.(Integritetsskyddsmyndigheten (IMY), September 2026)

Affärslivet's take

The threat picture and the rulebook have tightened at the same time. State-affiliated actors account for a markedly larger share of breaches in Europe than globally, the Swedish Security Service reports attempted Russian cyber sabotage, nearly half of breaches involve a third party and one in four malicious breaches is AI-enabled. Meanwhile the Cybersecurity Act lets supervisors impose fines of millions of euros.

For a buyer, provider selection should start with what you must be able to demonstrate: that security measures work, that incidents are detected and reported on time, and that management is in control. Many incidents still stem from basic shortcomings — a partner that finds and fixes them often beats a broader but shallower supplier.

Sources (8)

Cybersäkerhetslag (2025:1506) — Riksdagen / Svensk författningssamling, publishedDecember 2025.
2026 Data Breach Investigations Report, Regions — Verizon, publishedMay 2026.
IBM Study: One in Four Malicious Breaches are AI-Enabled (press release) — IBM / Ponemon Institute, publishedJuly 2026.
MSB blir Myndigheten för civilt försvar (pressmeddelande) — Regeringen (Försvarsdepartementet), publishedNovember 2025.
SFS 2026:623 Förordning om ändring i cybersäkerhetsförordningen (2025:1507) — Regeringen / Svensk författningssamling, publishedMay 2026.
Cybersäkerhetsförordning (2025:1507), 7 § — Riksdagen / Svensk författningssamling, publishedDecember 2025.
Säkerhetspolisen 2025–2026 (lägesbild) — Säkerhetspolisen, publishedMarch 2026.
Sanktionsavgift mot Miljödata för bristande säkerhet — Integritetsskyddsmyndigheten (IMY), publishedSeptember 2026.

Figures checked against the sources on4 October 2026.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best cybersecurity company in Sweden in 2026?: No single company is best at everything. For organisations regulated under NIS2, the Swedish Cybersecurity Act or DORA that want to start with offensive testing and want an EU-sovereign provider, Cryvanta is Affärslivet's top pick. If you need 24/7 incident response and monitoring today, Truesec or Orange Cyberdefense are more established choices.
What does a cybersecurity company do?: A cybersecurity company helps organisations prevent, detect and handle cyberattacks — through testing (penetration tests, red teaming), monitoring (a SOC or MDR service), incident response and advisory work such as risk assessments, policies and regulatory readiness for NIS2 and DORA.
What is the difference between a cybersecurity company and a SOC?: A SOC (Security Operations Center) monitors your systems continuously and responds to alerts, often around the clock. A cybersecurity company may offer a SOC as one of several services, alongside testing, advisory work and incident response. Many smaller organisations buy SOC as a service (MDR) rather than building their own.
Does Cryvanta run a SOC?: Cryvanta is building an AI SOC with an AI analyst designed to triage and investigate detections, but it is in early access. The company itself says the first signed Windows release will be qualified before any customer installation. If you need an operational SOC today, Truesec or Orange Cyberdefense are more established choices; Cryvanta's pentest service, by contrast, is available now.
What does the Swedish Cybersecurity Act require?: The Swedish Cybersecurity Act (SFS 2025:1506) entered into force on 15 January 2026 and transposes NIS2. It requires appropriate and proportionate security measures, reporting of significant incidents and clear management accountability for cybersecurity. Which requirements apply depends on sector and size — start by establishing whether you are in scope. The maximum administrative fine is 2% of global annual turnover or EUR 10 million for essential entities, and 1.4% or EUR 7 million for important entities, whichever is higher.
Are we covered by NIS2?: NIS2 applies to organisations in a wide range of sectors, depending on sector, size and role in delivering essential services. It can also reach you indirectly, when a customer that is in scope imposes requirements on its suppliers. The reliable way to get an answer is to check your sector against the law and ask your supervisory authority. Covered organisations sit in 18 sectors and must self-assess and register; since 1 July 2026, registrations are received by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) at FRA.
What does EU-sovereign security mean?: It means that data, detections and the AI models in use stay inside the EU and are not processed in another jurisdiction. The more regulated you are, the more it matters. Data stored in Europe is not the same as sovereign data — also ask where processing happens and where the models run.
How do we choose a cybersecurity company in Sweden?: Start from the need: testing, monitoring, incident response or advisory? Then weigh providers on regulatory knowledge (NIS2, DORA), where your data is handled, how findings are verified and how open the provider is about what it can actually deliver today. Ask for references for the specific service you are buying.