2026 Cybersecurity Stars Awards Winners Announced Across 95 Categories

The 2026 Cybersecurity Stars Awards winners have been announced across 95 subcategories, recognizing excellence in cybersecurity innovation, impact, and technical excellence. The awards, judged by an independent panel, span four main categories including agentic AI security, AI SecOps, AI security testing, post-quantum cryptography, continuous threat exposure management, extended detection and response (XDR), software supply chain security, identity threat detection and response (ITDR), secure access service edge (SASE), and zero trust security. Winners are listed at awards.thehackernews.com/winners/2026/. Nominations for 2027 open later this year.