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Award categoryCybersecurity Company
This Cybersecurity Excellence Awards category covers managed security service providers. New nominations in this area are entered in Best Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) or Managed Security Service.
The MSSP of the Year category covers managed security service providers: firms that watch over clients' environments around the clock, respond to threats for them, and manage the clients' firewalls, endpoints and other security controls under contract.
Past recipients are listed by year on the Winners page.
The provider is nominated in the Company group's Best Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP), and a specific managed service can be entered in Managed Security Service or Managed Detection and Response (MDR).
The categories below cover this area. Each is judged separately, so a nominee can enter every one that fits, with a separate nomination for each.
Nominations in the categories above are scored by an independent jury of security practitioners, analysts and CISOs on leadership, innovation and impact. Each competes against organizations of similar size and region. Entry packages, sponsorship and public votes do not affect the jury's scores.
The jury awards Gold, Silver or Bronze, or a Finalist badge, and results are published on this site and announced to the 600,000+ member Cybersecurity Insiders community. Every approved nomination also enters the separate Community Choice award, decided by public votes.
New nominations in this area are entered in Best Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) or Managed Security Service. Anyone can submit a nomination, including the nominee or an agency acting for a client, and the nomination form has a confidential field for detail that is shared with the judges and not published. Deadlines, pricing and entry steps are on the How it Works page.