What Hexatrust does

Hexatrust is a French industry association (association loi 1901) founded in 2013 and headquartered at Campus Cyber in Puteaux, France. It federates 140+ French and European cybersecurity, trusted cloud, and digital workplace companies — ranging from startups and SMEs to mid-size enterprises (ETIs) — acting as the sector's collective representative body. Rather than developing proprietary cybersecurity products, Hexatrust aggregates and curates the complementary solutions of its members across eight thematic areas aligned with ANSSI's cyber pathways, including identity management, network and endpoint security, data protection, and incident response. Its own platform tools — HexaSearch (a member-solution discovery engine) and HexaDiag (a cybersecurity diagnostic offering) — serve as the primary interface for organizations seeking sovereign French and European cybersecurity solutions.

The association operates on a recurring membership-fee revenue model with selective, board-controlled admission. Its core go-to-market is community-led: it advocates for digital sovereignty before French and EU public authorities, is a principal partner of the Forum International de la Cybersécurité (FIC) for 6+ consecutive years, organizes the annual Université d'Été de la Cybersécurité et du Cloud de Confiance (UECC), distributes the France Cybersecurity and ECSO Cybersecurity Made in Europe labels, and runs the HexAccélérateur startup accelerator. Strategic partnerships with Business France (international expansion), Campus Cyber, CSF Industries de sécurité, La French Tech, and sector-specific bodies like GTEC, AVTECHSummit, and MOBILIANS extend its reach across verticals and geographies.

Governance is exercised by executives drawn from member companies, led by President Jean-Noël de Galzain (also CEO of Wallix Group), with Vice Presidents including Cédric Mermilliod (Oodrive), Maxime Alay-Eddine (Galeax), and Servane Augier (NumSpot), Treasurer Olivier Morel (Snowpack), and General Secretary Murielle Bochaton (Nameshield). Combined, the member ecosystem reports 10,000+ cybersecurity and cloud experts and over €10 billion in aggregate revenue, with 30% member revenue growth recorded in 2022, underscoring the underlying market momentum that Hexatrust channels through advocacy, events, and curated discovery tools.

Name

Hexatrust

Legal name

Hexatrust

Website

https://hexatrust.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Hexatrust is a French industry association founded in 2013 that federates 140+ French and European cybersecurity and trusted cloud companies, advocating for digital sovereignty, running the FIC partnership and HexAccélérateur program, and offering the HexaSearch and HexaDiag discovery tools.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership fees: Hexatrust generates revenue through membership fees from its 140+ member companies, which include software publishers, solution providers, service companies, integrators, hosters, and other cybersecurity stakeholders.

Go-to-market motion1 record

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Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Hexatrust is a French non-profit association (loi 1901) that federates 140+ French and European cybersecurity, trusted cloud, and digital workplace vendors. The association delivers member services including regulatory advocacy, professional trade show presence, business development synergies, public authority information relay, a dedicated job board, and label distribution (France Cybersecurity, ECSO Cybersecurity Made in Europe). It also operates two platform tools — HexaSearch (a catalog search engine for member solutions) and HexaDiag (a cybersecurity diagnostic tool) — to help organizations discover trusted European digital solutions.

Product overview

Hexatrust is a French association (loi 1901) that groups and federates French and European champions of cybersecurity, trusted cloud, and digital workplace. Rather than offering a single unified product, Hexatrust provides an ecosystem of complementary member companies offering diverse cybersecurity solutions. The association itself offers two platform tools—HexaSearch (a search engine for member solutions) and HexaDiag (a diagnostic tool)—which serve as the primary interface for discovering and accessing the portfolio of over 140 member companies. The member solutions address 8 thematic areas aligned with ANSSI's cyber pathways: organizing and raising awareness, access control, data/application security, equipment protection, network protection, security administration policy, vulnerability awareness, and incident detection/response.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• HexaSearch: Solution search engine for finding technologies among the Hexatrust catalog, guiding users toward reliable and secure European digital solutions.
• HexaDiag
• HexAccélérateur
• UECC

Products and services

• HexaSearch A search engine and reference catalog tool that helps users discover and identify reliable, secure European cybersecurity, cloud, and digital workplace solutions among Hexatrust's 140+ member companies.
• HexaDiag A diagnostic solution offering for organizations to assess their cybersecurity posture and identify suitable member solutions from the Hexatrust ecosystem.

Quantifiable outcome

• 140+ member companies with 10,000+ experts generating 10+ billion euros in combined revenue
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• GTECminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 17 June 2026HEXATRUST and GTEC announced a partnership to boost the visibility of French cybersecurity actors.
• AVTECHSummitminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 17 June 2026HEXATRUST joins AVTECHSummit ecosystem as official partner, serving digital sovereignty of buildings sector.
• CelesteminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 March 2026France-based telecom and cloud operator Celeste joined Hexatrust to contribute to raising awareness of digital sovereignty issues among French and European decision-makers. Celeste's membership represents strategic positioning within France's cybersecurity ecosystem.
• Business FrancecoreGTM or Marketing PartnerHexatrust is a partner of Business France for international promotion of French cybersecurity and trusted cloud solutions at major trade shows abroad.
• France CybersecuritycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHexatrust is a member of the governance of the France Cybersecurity label, contributing to the recognition and promotion of French cybersecurity excellence.
• ECSO (European Cyber Security Organisation)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHexatrust is a distributor of the ECSO 'Cybersecurity Made in Europe' label, promoting European cybersecurity solutions.
• Campus CybercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHexatrust participates in the Campus Cyber initiative, contributing to France's cybersecurity ecosystem development.
• CSF Industries de sécuritécoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHexatrust is involved in the CSF (Comité Stratégique de Filière) Industries de sécurité, contributing to sector strategy development.
• La French TechminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHexatrust chose La French Tech as a strategic partnership to boost visibility of French cybersecurity actors.
• MOBILIANSminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHexatrust and MOBILIANS formalized a strategic partnership.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO): Pan-European cybersecurity industry association that federates public and private cyber stakeholders, owns the "Cybersecurity Made in Europe" label Hexatrust distributes, and runs EU-level advocacy and working groups. Direct counterpart at the European level, competing for the same member-roster and regulatory voice.
• Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe (CISPE): European trade association for cloud infrastructure providers that advocates for data sovereignty, runs certification schemes for sovereign cloud, and engages EU policymakers. Highly comparable to Hexatrust's trusted-cloud wing and competes for the same public-sector cloud narrative.
• CLUSIF (Club de la Sécurité de l'Information Français): Historic French information-security club that produces industry research, organizes working groups, and federates French cyber practitioners. Mirrors Hexatrust's French advocacy and community role, making it the closest in-market peer even though it leans more practitioner/research and less product-vendor than Hexatrust.
• CESIN (Club des Experts de la Sécurité de l'Information et du Numérique): French club of CISOs and security executives focused on enterprise security leadership, threat intel sharing, and annual observatory reports. Overlaps Hexatrust on French cyber community-building but skews buyer-side rather than vendor-side.
• Alliance pour la Confiance Numérique (ACN): French federation grouping digital-trust vendors (similar to the pre-merger Cloud Confidence side of Hexatrust). Comparable scope and objectives in French cyber and digital trust, with overlapping events and labels.
• Cybersecurity Coalition: Brussels-based industry coalition of European cybersecurity vendors that conducts EU policy advocacy and research. Closest cross-border competitor to Hexatrust's European advocacy role, sharing a similar vendor-federation model and regulatory engagement mandate.

Others

• France Cybersecurity: French state-backed certification label for cybersecurity solutions, with Hexatrust represented in its governance. Adjacent ecosystem player (label issuer) rather than a competitor — yet tightly coupled since Hexatrust both promotes it and benefits from it.
• La French Tech: French public-private mission promoting French tech globally and accelerating startups — listed as a Hexatrust strategic partner. Overlaps on the GTM/international promotion dimension but serves a broader sector base than cybersecurity alone.
• Campus Cyber: French national campus for cybersecurity that physically hosts Hexatrust at its Puteaux HQ and participates in its ecosystem programs. Comparable as a French cyber community orchestrator but funded as a public-interest entity rather than a member-fee association.

Regional players

• EuroCloud Europe: European cloud-industry federation focused on trusted-cloud policy and events across multiple national chapters. Comparable scope to Hexatrust's trusted-cloud mission but operates EU-wide rather than from a French base, so overlap is partial and cross-border.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance10 records

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Profiles9 records

Funding overview

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