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Award categoryCybersecurity Product / Service
The Cybersecurity Excellence Awards recognize the most innovative cybersecurity products. The award is open to a security product in any area and is judged above all on how new its approach is.
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 Most Innovative Cybersecurity Product category is the open innovation award. Any security product can enter, whatever area it covers. The jury looks above all at what is new: a problem no product solved before, a different way to solve a known problem, or a new technique that changes what defenders can do.
Each product should also be entered in the category for what it does, where they are judged against direct competitors. The company behind the product can enter Most Innovative Cybersecurity Company, and the person behind the idea Cybersecurity Innovator of the Year. AI used for security work also has its own open category, AI-Powered Security Solution.
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.