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The Cybersecurity Leader of the Year (CISO) of the Year award is open to IT leaders who have significantly improved their organization's security posture, resilience, and regulatory compliance, and who have successfully delivered major initiatives that have transformed and positioned security as an enabler for digital transformation.

This award recognizes a CIO who has demonstrated exceptional leadership and innovation, contributing to their organization's success over several years. The recipient should be a business partner with a proven track record of implementing effective IT strategies and delivering measurable results. The CIO of the Year stands out by leading by example and outperforming others based on skills, attitude, and results.

The CFO of the Year competition honors financial leaders for their contributions to the CFO profession, promoting best practices and encouraging sector development. It offers financial professionals a chance to gain recognition for their achievements and showcases companies excelling in IT and cybersecurity projects. We invite Finance managers who have successfully implemented work practices, overcome challenges, led their teams, and made strategic decisions, including managing IT and cybersecurity project finances, to participate in the contest.

This award honors the most outstanding threat detection and response solution that demonstrates excellence in identifying, analyzing, and mitigating cyber threats across endpoints, networks, cloud, or hybrid environments using Extended Detection and Response (XDR), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR), or Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) technologies

This award recognizes the most effective, secure, and innovative solution in the field of Identity and Access Management, encompassing identity lifecycle management, access governance, authentication, and authorization across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments.

To recognize a standout security product, platform, or service that provides exceptional protection of cloud-native, hybrid, or multi-cloud environments. This includes safeguarding data, workloads, identities, and applications across SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).

This award honors an MSSP that has demonstrated exceptional performance in delivering proactive, reliable, and scalable cybersecurity services. The winning provider should show leadership in threat detection, incident response, compliance support, and 24/7 security operations tailored to diverse customer needs.

To recognize a platform that delivers outstanding capabilities in automating and streamlining enterprise governance, risk management, and compliance activities. The winner should enable organizations to proactively manage regulatory requirements, policy controls, audits, and business risks with agility and insight.

To recognize a security product or service that excels in protecting organizations from email-borne threats such as phishing, business email compromise (BEC), malware, ransomware, and data leakage. The solution should combine threat intelligence, advanced filtering, and user-centric protection in a scalable, easy-to-manage platform.

This award recognizes a cybersecurity vendor that demonstrates exceptional product innovation, customer impact, industry leadership, and commitment to advancing the cybersecurity landscape. The winner should offer a strong portfolio, consistent service excellence, and measurable security outcomes.

This award recognizes a distributor that has demonstrated outstanding performance in enabling partner success, expanding access to cybersecurity solutions, offering technical and marketing support, and helping vendors grow their market reach through effective distribution strategies.

To honor a reseller or channel partner that excels in delivering cybersecurity solutions with superior customer service, technical expertise, and business growth. The winner should demonstrate strong vendor collaboration, successful deployments, and measurable impact on customer security posture.

To recognize the most effective platform that delivers engaging, comprehensive, and impactful cybersecurity awareness training and simulations, helping organizations build a strong security culture and reduce human risk.