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The Cybersecurity Excellence Awards recognize zero trust security products. The category covers products that apply zero trust across an organization, checking every user, device and workload on each request instead of trusting the network.
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 Zero Trust Security category covers products that put zero trust into practice: no user, device or workload is trusted because of where it sits on the network, and every request is checked against identity, device health and context before access is granted. Typical entries connect identity, device, network and application controls under one policy, or give an organization a way to plan and measure its move to zero trust.
Zero trust touches many categories, and this is the place for products that apply it across several of them. A product that delivers one part of zero trust starts in that part's category, such as Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) for application access, Microsegmentation for segmentation or Access Control for enforcing access decisions, and can enter here as well. Broad access platforms that combine several connection methods fit Secure Access.
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.