NOMINATION HIGHLIGHTS

In an era where data moves faster than teams can secure it, visibility without context is no longer sufficient. What modern security leaders need is continuous, precise insight into what data exists, how sensitive it truly is, and who can use it – not just where it sits. Cyera delivers that capability at enterprise scale.

Cyera’s AI-native Data Security Posture Management platform fundamentally redefines how organizations understand and protect their sensitive data across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Its approach isn’t incremental. It puts data context at the center of risk management, moving beyond traditional discovery tools that find files without understanding their business meaning. Cyera’s proprietary machine learning and large language models automatically classify sensitive data with industry-leading precision, reducing noise and focusing teams on what actually matters.

Traditional security tools struggle with fragmented data estates, leaving blind spots that adversaries exploit. Cyera’s platform deploys agentlessly in minutes and scales across SaaS, IaaS, on-premises, and hybrid stores, giving security teams an accurate map of their data landscape in near real time. It correlates sensitive data, access rights, encryption status, backup posture, and user context to surface attackable risk rather than raw volume. This focus on context and exposure has shifted the industry’s expectations of what DSPM can achieve.

The platform doesn’t just inventory data; it drives operational outcomes. It prioritizes risk based on business impact, accelerates remediation workflows, and enables security and data teams to collaborate effectively. In doing so, Cyera has helped organizations break down silos between security, privacy, and compliance efforts — turning once-static inventories into continuous posture management.

Why Cyera merits recognition:

– AI-native classification at scale: Automatic discovery and precise labeling of sensitive data across cloud, SaaS, and on-prem systems with ~95% accuracy.
– Context-first posture insights: Correlates identity, access, and data sensitivity to pinpoint real enterprise risk.
– Rapid, agentless deployment: Operational value in minutes, not weeks, enabling fast time to risk reduction.
– Holistic data insight: Bridges gaps across security, compliance, and business value to empower secure digital transformation.

Cyera is not just filling a category; it is defining the next frontier in DSPM by making data security actionable, context-rich, and operationally effective. Its innovation, precision, and business impact make it a standout candidate for the 2026 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards.