ACPN Cyber Security Awards
Recognizing Cybersecurity Innovators & Guardians of the Digital Future
The ACPN Cybersecurity Excellence Awards celebrate exceptional individuals and teams who demonstrate bold leadership, strategic vision, and relentless commitment to safeguarding the digital world. This category honors cybersecurity experts, innovators, and pioneers who turn challenges into groundbreaking solutions that protect organizations, data, and people.
As part of the ACPN Business Awards, this category is open to ethical hackers, security leaders, researchers, and solution architects from all sectors who embody the spirit of cyber defense and drive meaningful progress in securing the digital landscape.
Share your cybersecurity journey and gain recognition for the passion, resilience, and innovation that power your mission to defend and strengthen the digital future.
About the Cyber Security Awards
The Cyber Security Awards honor individuals, teams, organizations, and innovations that safeguard the digital world. From pioneering threat detection to advancing resilience, these awards celebrate excellence in protecting data, privacy, and trust worldwide.
Cyber Security Awards 2025
A global recognition program dedicated to celebrating the heroes of the digital frontier—researchers, professionals, and organizations leading the fight against cybercrime and building a safer cyber ecosystem.
The Cyber Security Awards are fully merit-based.
Winners are selected through evaluations by independent cyber experts, ethical hackers, and industry leaders. Judging is impartial—based solely on achievements, innovation, and measurable impact.
The program highlights advancements in fields such as threat intelligence, ethical hacking, digital forensics, incident response, cloud security, AI-driven defense, and cybersecurity awareness.
Why Participate
Recognition at the Cyber Security Awards affirms your contribution to building a more secure digital future. The program connects winners to a global network of experts, organizations, and innovators while showcasing achievements that inspire the industry.
Winning boosts credibility, enhances reputation, and demonstrates leadership in one of the world’s most critical technology sectors.
Eligibility and Timeframe
Entries are welcome from cybersecurity professionals, startups, enterprises, government agencies, nonprofits, research institutes, and security product developers worldwide.
Achievements must have occurred within the last two years from the date of submission.
Each entry should clearly present one key cybersecurity achievement, whether in technology, policy, education, or innovation. Contextual background may be included if relevant to the achievement.
Publicly available supporting materials must accompany all submissions.
How to Submit
All entries must be submitted through the online awards platform. Supporting documents may include case studies, white papers, security reports, demo videos, certifications, or published articles.
Confidential or NDA-protected data should not be submitted. Only open, publicly available materials will be considered.
Evaluation Criteria
1. Innovation
Novel approaches, creativity, and advanced security techniques;
2. Impact
Measurable improvements in cyber defense, awareness, or risk reduction;
3. Execution
Quality of implementation, scalability, and sustainability of the solution;
4. Supporting Evidence
Strength, credibility, and accessibility of provided references and proof.
Supporting materials are required for your nomination to be valid.