• Cybersecurity Excellence Awards
FOR 2026 AWARD WINNERS

You've Earned It.
Now Make Sure the Market Knows.

Winning a Cybersecurity Excellence Award gives you something most marketing programs can't: independent recognition validated by 600K+ cybersecurity practitioners. The programs below turn that into press coverage, pipeline, and boardroom-level positioning that compounds long after the announcement.

The badge is yours — for your website, sales decks, and prospect conversations. Here's how to turn that into a campaign.

The Leadership Path

From Award Winner to Market Leader

Four programs built on independent research, editorial reach, and a 600K+ practitioner community. Buy any one on its own — or combine them into a system where each program strengthens the next.

PR Campaign
From $2,995
Press Release Sample
Stage 1 · Market Awareness:
Announce Your Win

You won — now the market needs to hear about it. This campaign gets your recognition in front of buyers, analysts, and trade media through channels that extend your reach beyond your own network.

  • ✓Custom press release featuring your executive quote and an endorsement from Cybersecurity Insiders validating your win
  • ✓Newswire distribution to select media outlets
  • ✓Social campaign across Cybersecurity Insiders channels (LinkedIn + community) reaching 600K+ practitioners
  • ✓Editorial feature on Cybersecurity-Insiders.com · 200K+ monthly readers
  • ✓Announcement kit for your own channels: social copy, blog draft, and branded visual assets ready to post
  • ✓Archived editorial coverage on Cybersecurity-Insiders.com — accessible long after the announcement
Media & analyst visibility Media-ready announcement assets and editorial visibility within days of your win
Sales proof point A third-party-validated announcement your team can reference in every prospect conversation

Need more than distribution? Narrative development, CISO message validation, targeted media outreach, executive interviews, and multi-phase campaign management are available as add-ons.

Get a PR Proposal
Product Review
From $7,500
TXone Product Review Sample
Stage 2 · Sales Enablement:
Arm Your Sales Team

A PR campaign tells the market you won. A product review gives buyers the independent, analyst-written evidence to put you on the shortlist — and gives your sales team an asset they can use in every competitive conversation.

  • ✓Analyst-written independent evaluation of your platform — strengths, architecture, and real-world fit
  • ✓Competitive positioning against common alternatives in your category
  • ✓Dual format delivery: hosted web version on Cybersecurity-Insiders.com + professionally designed PDF
  • ✓Full reuse rights — sales decks, RFP responses, prospect emails, your website
Competitive deals Proof point in competitive evaluations and RFP responses
Analyst credibility Independent validation for analyst briefings and inquiry calls
Get a Review Proposal
CISO Guide
From $15,000
Fortinet CISO Guide to CNAPP Sample
Stage 3 · Executive Engagement:
Win the Boardroom

A product review validates what you built. A CISO guide frames why the problem matters now and how security leaders should think about solving it — combining analyst-written narrative with practitioner data from the Cybersecurity Insiders community to create a strategic asset your team can use in executive conversations and demand gen.

  • ✓Analyst-written assessment of the strategic gaps in current approaches
  • ✓Pulse survey data from the 600K+ Cybersecurity Insiders practitioner community
  • ✓A structured narrative that positions your approach within a broader market and security context
  • ✓Professionally designed PDF with reuse rights; additional demand generation support available
  • ✓Distributed to the Cybersecurity Insiders community of 600K+ security professionals
Pipeline fuel High-value gated asset for demand gen and ABM campaigns
Boardroom credibility Third-party strategic context for board-level security discussions
Get a Guide Proposal
Survey Research Report
From $24,000
Netskope AI Security Report Sample
Stage 4 · Market Leadership:
Lead the Conversation

A CISO guide frames the category. A survey research report gives you original data that validates the market problem you solve — evidence that analysts cite, competitors can't replicate, and your team can turn into 12+ months of content.

  • ✓Original survey research produced through the 600K+ Cybersecurity Insiders practitioner community
  • ✓Analyst-written report with key findings, benchmarks, and trend commentary that align CISO priorities with your solution's value proposition
  • ✓Professionally designed PDF + hosted web version
  • ✓Full reuse rights plus optional derivative assets you create: webinars, blog posts, sales decks, media pitches
Content engine 12+ months of derivative content: webinars, blogs, social, media pitches
Lead generation Long-tail demand generation asset for ABM, nurture campaigns, and sales enablement
Get a Research Proposal

Every Program Stands Alone — or Builds on the Others

Some winners start with a PR campaign and build toward original research. Others begin with a survey report to establish the market foundation, then layer a CISO guide and product review on top. Every program works independently, and teams that combine two or more receive preferred pricing.

Get Your Post-Award Plan

How Winners Used Their Recognition

Four companies, four different objectives — same starting point.

Validating the AI-powered security strategy

Tenable published the CEA win on their investor relations newsroom alongside Gartner and Forrester citations — putting independent recognition in front of analysts, investors, and prospects during a high-visibility RSA Conference week.

Closing the credibility gap against entrenched incumbents

Three simultaneous wins — company, product, and architecture — gave Keeper a multi-category recognition story at exactly the moment they were expanding KeeperPAM into enterprise and government accounts.

Proving the platform bet paid off

Dual recognition — Best Cybersecurity Company and Email Security — gave Fortra a platform-level credibility story. Announced via BusinessWire within 48 hours, it became a reusable proof point across enterprise sales conversations.

Turning practitioner recognition into investor ammunition

Zimperium swept three mobile security categories, reinforcing the case that mobile-first security is a distinct, winnable category — independent recognition that strengthens positioning with investors, partners, and enterprise buyers.

What This Looks Like in Practice

Your press release in front of trade media and analysts within days of your win.
Your product review in the hands of every AE, ready for RFP responses and competitive deals.
Your CISO guide positioned as a gated asset for executive outreach and long-term demand generation.
Your research supporting webinars, thought leadership, and sales enablement for 12+ months.

The Award Is the Starting Line.
Where You Go Next Is Up to You.

Whether you start with a PR campaign or a full research program, we'll scope a plan that fits your goals and timeline.

Get Your Post-Award Plan

Frequently Asked Questions

Every winner receives the Cybersecurity Excellence Award badge for use on their website, email signatures, sales decks, and social channels. The programs on this page are optional services that help you extend that recognition into broader market visibility, sales assets, and executive-level content.

PR campaigns can launch within days of your win. Product reviews and CISO guides typically take 4–8 weeks depending on scope and review cycles. Survey research reports vary by scope but most are completed within 8–12 weeks. We'll confirm timelines during the scoping conversation.

Yes. All programs include reuse rights for your own channels — website, sales decks, email campaigns, RFP responses, and social media. Specific terms are confirmed in the project agreement.

Each program has a defined base package covering core deliverables — the checklist on each card above reflects what's included at the starting price. Additional services like extended distribution, narrative development, or derivative content packages are available and priced separately during scoping.