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Award categoryCybersecurity Product / Service
The Cybersecurity Excellence Awards recognize DDoS protection products and services. The category covers products and services that detect and stop denial-of-service attacks on networks, applications and APIs.
Nominations are open
Enter this category by November 5, 2026. Anyone can submit an entry: the company, the nominee, a colleague or an agency.
The DDoS Protection category covers products and services that keep networks, websites, applications and APIs available during distributed denial-of-service attacks, which flood a target with traffic or requests. Typical entries detect attacks in seconds, filter attack traffic in the cloud or on premises, withstand very large volumes, and handle attacks at the application layer that imitate real users.
Protection of web applications and APIs against other attacks fits Web Application and API Protection (WAAP), and automated bot traffic that is not a flood fits Bot Management. DDoS protection of DNS can also enter DNS Security. Every DDoS protection product or service can also enter Network Security.
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.
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.
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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.
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.