Most security wins stay invisible. Today, we surface them.
The 2026 Cybersecurity Stars Awards winners are announced across 95 subcategories in four main award categories.
Cybersecurity is full of work that deserves recognition and rarely gets it. Products that close real gaps. Teams that stop incidents quietly. Companies that lift the baseline for everyone. Once a year, independent judging puts names on that work.
Every nomination was reviewed by an independent panel and scored on the work itself.
- Judged on: innovation, impact, technical excellence
- Not ranked by: popularity, brand size, campaign reach
Some subcategories have more than one winner. The awards recognize every entry that meets the standard, not just one per category.
By design, the winners span four main categories and 97 subcategories, including:
- Agentic AI security
- AI SecOps
- AI security testing
- Post-quantum cryptography
- Continuous threat exposure management
- Extended detection and response
- Software supply chain security
- Identity threat detection and response
- Secure access service edge
- Zero trust security
With 95 subcategories, the full list is the story. Explore the complete 2026 winners list at awards.thehackernews.com/winners/2026/.
Congratulations to the winners, and thanks to every company, team, and practitioner who entered. Nominations for the 2027 awards open later this year—join the waiting list to be first to know.
We usually notice security only when something breaks. Today is for the work that made sure it didn’t.
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