Community Awards 2026

Expert Insights is proud to announce the Cybersecurity Community Awards 2026! Giving cybersecurity professionals a direct voice in recognizing the companies making the greatest impact in the industry.

Winners have been named across five categories, determined entirely by the votes of security professionals worldwide. No judges, no panels, no pay-to-play. Just authentic recognition earned in the field.

Congratulations to everyone recognised this year!

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Best AI Security Company 2026

Recognizing leadership in securing AI systems and advancing intelligent cyber defense.

Winners

  • Develops security tools designed to protect AI systems and AI-enabled workloads

  • IRONSCALES enhances email security with AI-powered phishing detection and response.

  • Applies behavioural analytics and AI techniques to detect threats in cloud-native environments.

  • Wiz provides cloud security with risk detection, vulnerability management, and workload protection for cloud environments.

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Best Cloud Security Company 2026

Recognizing excellence and leadership in cloud security innovation and delivery.

Winners

  • Heimdal provides endpoint security, patch management, and threat-hunting solutions.

  • Wiz provides cloud security with risk detection, vulnerability management, and workload protection for cloud environments.

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Best Customer Impact 2026

Honoring a company that has delivered measurable value to customers and the wider cybersecurity community.

Winners

  • Huntress provides MDR and endpoint protection for SMBs with 24

  • JumpCloud secures identities and devices with cloud-based directory and access control.

  • Keeper Security is transforming cybersecurity for millions of individuals and thousands of organizations globally.

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Best Data Governance Company 2026

Celebrating organizations leading the industry in data protection, privacy, and governance.

Winners

  • CrashPlan secures data with automated backups and ransomware recovery.

  • Enables secure file sharing and governed data exchange for sensitive business information.

  • Provides governance, security, and reporting tools for Microsoft 365 and cloud collaboration environments.

Best Security Company badge

Best Security Company 2026

Recognizing outstanding leadership, influence, and impact across the cybersecurity industry.

Winners

  • ESET protects businesses with powerful solutions for awareness training, intelligence, identity security, and threat detection and response

  • Proofpoint secures email, data, and identities with advanced threat protection.

  • Wiz provides cloud security with risk detection, vulnerability management, and workload protection for cloud environments.