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Award categoryCybersecurity Product / Service
The Cybersecurity Excellence Awards recognize DNS security products. The category covers products that protect DNS infrastructure and use DNS to block malicious domains, tunneling and data theft.
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 DNS Security category covers products that protect the domain name system, which every connection depends on, and use it as a control point. Typical entries block lookups of malicious and newly registered domains, detect data hidden in DNS traffic (DNS tunneling), protect DNS servers from attack and hijacking, and secure the organization's own domains with measures such as DNSSEC, which signs DNS records so they cannot be forged.
Lookalike domains that impersonate a brand fit Digital Risk Protection (DRP). DNS filtering delivered as part of a cloud security platform fits Security Service Edge (SSE). DNS security products 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.