The people we have honoured.
Since 2015, an independent panel has recognised the defenders, builders and teams who raise the standard of security. Every name here earned a place on merit, and recognition is never bought.
Eleven editions, eleven cohorts
Each edition closes with a published list of winners. The 2026 cohort is shown below, and every earlier edition has its own page of winners, category by category.
- 2026Restructured: five individual and five organisation awards.
- 2025Eighteen awards across people, products and providers.
- 2024No edition. The programme paused for the year.
- 2023Individual and organisation awards across the field.
- 2022Individual and organisation awards across the field.
- 2021Individual and organisation awards across the field.
- 2020Individual and organisation awards across the field.
- 2019Individual and organisation awards across the field.
- 2018Individual and organisation awards across the field.
- 2017Individual and organisation awards across the field.
- 2016Individual and organisation awards across the field.
- 2015The first edition of the Cyber Security Awards.
The latest cohort
Five people the 2026 panel honoured across the individual categories. Each profile records how the panel reached its decision.
The organisations behind the defence
Five organisation awards in 2026, from Company to Community. Each entity page records what the panel recognised.
The moment a name is recognised
Each winner is called to the stage and handed a glass trophy in front of the field. These are three of those moments from the ceremony.
Every winner, in every category, came through an independently judged process. See how winners are chosen or read a decade of recognition.