Nominations are open • Enter by February 27, 2027 • Time left: Start a nomination
Award categoryCybersecurity Product / Service
This Cybersecurity Excellence Awards category covers firewalls built to run in public clouds. New nominations in this area are entered in Hybrid Mesh Firewall (HMF) or Next Generation Firewall (NGFW).
The Cloud-Native Firewall (CNF) category covers firewalls delivered as a cloud service or built into public cloud platforms. They inspect and control traffic into, out of and between cloud networks, and scale with the cloud applications and servers they protect, without appliances for the customer to run.
Past recipients are listed by year on the Winners page.
Nominate these firewalls in Hybrid Mesh Firewall (HMF) when they are managed alongside other firewall types, or on their own in Next Generation Firewall (NGFW). Cloud firewalls can also enter Cloud Security, the broad cloud category.
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 Hybrid Mesh Firewall (HMF) or Next Generation Firewall (NGFW). 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.