About the CJIS Security Compliance category
What belongs in this category
The CJIS Security Compliance category covers products and services that help agencies and vendors protect criminal justice information as the FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Security Policy requires. Typical entries provide advanced authentication (the policy's term for multi-factor sign-in), encryption, audit logging and access control that meet the policy, cloud services set up for CJIS data, compliance tracking and audit preparation, and training and background-check management for staff with access. The policy applies in the United States, so entries are products and services used by US agencies and their suppliers.
Compliance automation for several frameworks fits Compliance Automation, and security built for public sector organizations in general can enter the industry award Government. A product entered here can also enter the category for its main job, such as Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) or Encryption and Key Management.
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 agencies and suppliers the product or service serves: law enforcement agencies, officers and systems covered, and audits passed by customers.
- Innovation — a CJIS compliance problem solved in a new way, such as advanced authentication that works in patrol cars, cloud services that keep criminal justice data compliant, or audit evidence gathered automatically.
- Impact — results for customers: audits passed, findings closed, audit preparation time cut, officers and systems brought into compliance. 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.
