London, UK, 02/03/2026 – Expert Insights is excited to reveal the finalists for the Cybersecurity Community Awards 2026. Recognizing standout cybersecurity companies as nominated by the global cybersecurity community.
Shortlisted companies were selected for each category through a combination of community submissions and Expert Insights’ independent research and analysis. Spotlighting real-world impact and trusted innovation that resonates with practitioners across the industry.
With the finalists now confirmed, voting is officially open.
- Click here to vote now
- Voting Closes: Friday 20th February 2026
2026 Award Finalists
Best Security Company 2026
Recognizing outstanding leadership, influence, and impact across the cybersecurity industry.
- Arctic Wolf – Provides managed detection and response with 24/7 monitoring and threat intelligence.
- ESET – Protects businesses with 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.
Best Customer Impact 2026
Honoring a company that has delivered measurable value to customers and the wider cybersecurity community.
- HoxHunt – Provides security awareness and phishing training platforms used by organizations to reduce human security risk.
- Huntress – Delivers managed detection and response services focused on supporting small and mid-sized organizations.
- JumpCloud – Offers a cloud-based platform for managing user identities, devices, and access from a single directory.
- Keeper Security – Provides password and secrets management tools used to secure credentials across organizations.
- Proton – Develops privacy-focused email, storage, and VPN services used by individuals and businesses globally.
- Rippling IT – Delivers integrated IT, identity, and device management tools for managing employee access and systems.
- ThreatLocker – Provides application control and privilege management software to help organizations reduce attack surfaces.
Best Cloud Security Company 2026
Recognizing excellence and leadership in cloud security innovation and delivery.
- Heimdal Security – Provides a unified security platform covering endpoint, network, and cloud-based protection.
- Hornetsecurity – Delivers cloud-native email security, backup, and compliance solutions for Microsoft 365 environments.
- Huntress – Extends managed detection and response capabilities into cloud-connected and hybrid environments.
- JumpCloud – Enables secure identity and device management across cloud-based IT infrastructures.
- ThreatLocker – Applies zero-trust principles through application control and access management in cloud-connected systems.
- Wiz – Provides agentless cloud security monitoring across cloud infrastructure, workloads, and services.
Best Data Governance Company 2026
Celebrating organizations leading the industry in data protection, privacy, and governance.
- CrashPlan – Provides endpoint and cloud backup solutions to support data protection and recovery requirements.
- Kiteworks – Enables secure file sharing and governed data exchange for sensitive business information.
- Mitratech – Delivers governance, risk, and compliance software supporting regulatory and data governance programs.
- RecordPoint – Develops data governance and records management software for compliance and information lifecycle control.
- Syskit – Provides governance, security, and reporting tools for Microsoft 365 and cloud collaboration environments.
Best AI Security Company 2026
Recognizing leadership in securing AI systems and advancing intelligent cyber defense.
- Aurascape – Develops security tools designed to protect AI systems and AI-enabled workloads.
- IRONSCALES – Uses machine learning to detect and respond to phishing and email-based threats.
- RAD Security – Applies behavioral analytics and AI techniques to detect threats in cloud-native environments.
- RegScale – Provides governance, risk, and compliance software incorporating automation and analytics capabilities.
- Wiz – Supports security visibility and risk management across AI-enabled cloud environments.
How to Vote
Voting is open to all cybersecurity professionals and IT leaders. Each individual can vote once per category, with winners determined by the community’s collective voice.
These awards remain strictly not pay-to-play, ensuring that winners are chosen based on genuine recognition and real-world impact.
- Click here to vote now
- Voting Closes: Friday 20th February 2026
Winners will be announced and celebrated across Expert Insights the week commencing 2nd March 2025.
Methodology
To learn more about the nomination, shortlisting, and voting process for the Cybersecurity Community Awards 2026, click here.
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