About the AI Supply Chain Security category
What belongs in this category
The AI Supply Chain Security category covers securing AI by securing what goes into it. Most AI is built from parts made by others: open models, public datasets, AI frameworks and model APIs. Typical entries produce an AI bill of materials (AI-BOM) listing these parts, check where models and datasets came from, scan them for malicious code and known weaknesses, flag license and use restrictions, and enforce which sources teams may use.
The software supply chain beyond AI fits Software Supply Chain Security, and software bills of materials fit SBOM Management. Protecting models an organization runs fits AI Model Security. Products in this category qualify for Security for AI too.
Related categories to enter
Each category is judged separately, so you can enter a product in every category that matches what it does, with a separate nomination for each. Tailor each nomination to that category's focus. Entering several related categories gives the product more than one chance to be recognized.
How entries are judged
An independent jury of security practitioners, analysts and CISOs scores each nomination on leadership, innovation and impact. Each nomination competes in its category against organizations of similar size and region, so a mid-sized firm is not ranked against a global enterprise. Your entry package, any sponsorship and public votes do not affect the jury's scores.
Strong entries in this category show:
- Leadership — the AI supply chain the product covers: models, datasets and libraries checked, model sources monitored, and customers that gate AI components through it.
- Innovation — a supply chain problem solved in a new way, such as verifying where a model came from, catching malicious code hidden in model files, or an AI-BOM produced without manual work.
- Impact — results for customers: unsafe or tampered models blocked, AI components inventoried, time to approve a new model cut. Give figures from customers.
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.
How to enter
A vendor can enter its own product or service, and a PR agency can enter it on a client's behalf. The nomination form has a confidential field for detail that is shared with the judges and not published, such as customer names, deployment figures or roadmap. Deadlines, pricing and entry steps are on the How it Works page.
