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Award categoryCybersecurity Product / Service
This Cybersecurity Excellence Awards category covers products that protect organizations and people on social media. New nominations in this area are entered in Digital Risk Protection (DRP) or Social Engineering and Deepfake Defense.
The Social Media Security category covers products that protect brands, executives and staff on social networks. They find fake accounts and impersonation, spot scams and harmful links aimed at followers, and detect attempts to take over official accounts.
Past recipients are listed by year on the Winners page.
Social media protection is entered in Digital Risk Protection (DRP), which covers threats found on the web, the dark web and social media. Stopping impersonation of people by chat, voice or video can also enter Social Engineering and Deepfake Defense.
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 Digital Risk Protection (DRP) or Social Engineering and Deepfake Defense. 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.