App Industry Talent Intelligence · August 2026
Security Talent Trends
This page forms part of Neon River’s App Talent Intelligence Report August 2026 , which analyses employee growth and attrition across 185 leading app businesses in EMEA. The ranking below compares 9 security companies, while the accompanying plot shows how growth and attrition vary across the sector.
Security Company Growth Rankings
Security apps include VPNs, secure communication tools, caller identification and spam protection services.
| Rank | Company | Employee growth | Attrition | EMEA headcount | HQ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Getcontact | 74% | 38% | 40 | Türkiye |
| 2 | Threema | 23% | 6% | 53 | Switzerland |
| 3 | Proton | 18% | 6% | 604 | Switzerland |
| 4 | Surfshark | 9% | 15% | 483 | Netherlands |
| =5 | CallApp | 7% | 3% | 148 | Israel |
| =5 | NordVPN | 7% | 12% | 1,754 | Lithuania |
| 7 | Truecaller | −0.5% | 14% | 213 | Sweden |
| 8 | ExpressVPN | −2% | 42% | 90 | British Virgin Islands |
| 9 | CyberGhost | −17% | 39% | 40 | Romania |
Security Growth and Attrition
Getcontact achieved exceptional employee growth, although this was accompanied by the highest attrition rate in the sector.
By contrast, Threema and Proton combined strong growth with much lower employee turnover.
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