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Award categoryCybersecurity Product / Service
This Cybersecurity Excellence Awards category covers products that capture and analyze network traffic for security and operations. New nominations in this area are entered in Network Detection and Response (NDR).
The Network Traffic Analysis category covers products that record and analyze what crosses a network. It includes full packet capture and recording, flow analysis (summaries of which systems talk to which), and traffic analytics from enterprise networks up to telecom carriers, internet providers and data centers. It also covers traffic analysis built into appliances for industrial and operational technology (OT) networks.
Past recipients are listed by year on the Winners page.
The closest current category is Network Detection and Response (NDR), which covers analyzing traffic to detect threats and support response. Packet records kept as evidence for investigations also fit Digital Forensics.
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 Network Detection and Response (NDR). 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.