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Award categoryCybersecurity Product / Service
This Cybersecurity Excellence Awards category covers products that find and fix risky settings in cloud accounts. New nominations in this area are entered in Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) or Cloud Security.
The Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) category covers products that check cloud accounts against security rules and compliance frameworks. They flag settings that leave data or systems exposed, rank the risks, and fix them or guide teams to fix them.
Past recipients are listed by year on the Winners page.
Finding and fixing risky cloud settings is part of the platforms entered in Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP), and a product that focuses on this alone can enter Cloud Security. Risky settings in SaaS applications fit SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM).
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 Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) or Cloud Security. 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.