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Global InfoSec Awards for 2021 – Nomination Information

RISE ABOVE THE NOISE!

Cyber Defense Global InfoSec Awards are now open for entry.  We are in our 9th year and most importantly, we’re taking RSA Conference 2021 by storm. 

Here are the entry deadlines and nomination fees, which we’ve reduced to help those who had a difficult 2020 due to COVID-19:

Awards Promo Price Start End
Super Early Bird $495 10/26/2020 12/27/2020
Early Bird $595 12/28/2020 2/15/2021
Normal Entry $695 2/16/2021 4/15/2021
Late Entry $795 4/16/2021 5/14/2021


LATE ENTRIES ALLOWED – HOWEVER THEY WILL NOT MAKE SHOW EDITION IF CHOSEN AS A WINNER. LATE ENTRY WINNERS WILL RECEIVE ALL OTHER BENEFITS

Check out the Award Categories, here.  This will open a new browser window.

The winners will be publicly unveiled and announced virtually at the virtual RSA Conference 2021 during RSA Conference 2021 Expo hours beginning on May 17, 2021 and online (guaranteed) and in our Annual RSA Conference special edition we will be delivering online, globally, over 150,000 copies electronically during the virtual conference.  Late entries will make the updated online version after the show.  All winners trophies will be delivered to the trade show floor and if a virtual event to their US Offices at no extra charge.  There will be an international shipping charge and duties charge passed through to winners who choose not to receive their trophies at a US address, due to COVID-19 complications and related expenses.

Why are our Awards So Important?

This will be our ninth year of delivering these awards for the most innovative and valuable cyber defense companies from around the globe.  We’ve been a major media sponsor of the RSA Conference for years in the USA and are expanding throughout Europe and Asia as we deliver between 60 to 100 pages of a high quality, color, digital edition magazine to thousands of attendees at the biggest InfoSec conference in the world, in these key locations.  There is prestige associated for winners of these awards.

It helps with media coverage, sales, marketing, investment and credibility above the noise.  With over 3,000 cyber defense companies around the globe boasting the best executives, team, products or services, we help you get above the noise of this large group – we only select a small number in select categories.  It will be your opportunity to shine in the spotlight throughout year end of 2021 and beyond.  We have the following growing INFOSEC and IT readership (many are cyber defense product and service buyers) professionals audience:

Social Media Status as of January 1, 2021 (growing daily):

  • Second Most Popular Cyber Security Magazine and News Source Worldwide
  • Over 5m DNS Queries on our main website, monthly
  • Over 130k opt-in email subscribers with 50k being CISOs and CIOs
  • All Fortune 1000 CIOs and CISOs read our magazine
  • Over 150,000 InfoSec Twitter followers on two accounts
  • Over 100,000 InfoSec Facebook followers on two accounts
  • Top 1% of LinkedIn InfoSec profile, Top 3% Worldwide

All winners will be published in the annual Cyber Defense Magazine special edition and will have their award available for a virtual Red Carpet Photo-op posted throughout social media and on our media area of our high traffic web site.  If you are not at this conference you can easily arrange for us to ship you your award.  There are also many options to help you leverage the marketing opportunities, electronically, throughout the year.

About Cyber Defense Global InfoSec Awards 2021

This is Cyber Defense Magazine’s ninth year of honoring cyber defense innovators. Our submission requirements are for any startup, early stage, later stage or public companies in the INFORMATION SECURITY (INFOSEC) cyber defense space who believe they have a unique and compelling value proposition for their executives, products or services.

What Winners Will Receive:

Award logo shield and description published in the annual edition electronically and made available online and marketed during the RSA Conference 2021 in San Francisco, CA, USA.

Your Company’s name and award-winning product in “Cyber Defense Global InfoSec Awards of 2021” listing in the special edition of the magazine.

Unlimited full-page press release/ executive or product or service release /article promotion about the award that can be used by you for media circulation throughout the year.

High quality acrylic award will be given to you on our Red-carpet Photo-op or hand delivered to your booth or mailed (extra fees for repackaging and reshipping may apply). A high-resolution PDF of the award shield logo will be emailed to you for your press release along with the shared rights of award shield logo usage throughout the year.

Interested in Applying?

Submissions begin here:  https://cyberdefenseawards.com/global-infosec-awards-for-2021-apply-today/

Step 1. Select a Category to Apply for a Cyber Defense Global InfoSec Award for 2021.
Step 2. Select a Comarketing Package with Entry Fees Included, or
Step 3. Click the Apply Now button and make your application payment

While our Judges will decide (based upon follow up information we’ll request from you) if you will be a finalist and possibly a winner for your category, these include various possible awards per category. They are “BEST”, “HOTTEST”, “EDITOR’S CHOICE”, “MOST INNOVATIVE” and “NEXT GENERATION”. If you already believe your product deserves one of these four award types in your category, simply make note of that in your communications with our team.  We’ll then follow-up with you, shortly, to collect more information about your company, products and/or services.

DON’T MISS OUT ON SPECIAL PACKAGES STARTING NOW UNTIL THE RSA CONFERENCE 2021 INCLUDING OUR GLOBAL INFOSEC AWARDS COMARKETING PROGRAM AND CYBER DEFENSE TV HOT SEAT VIDEO INTERVIEWS.

About the Judging

The judges are CISSP, FMDHS, CEH, certified security professionals who will be voting based on their independent review of the Company materials on the website of each submission including but not limited to data sheets, white papers, product literature and other market variables. CDM has a flexible philosophy to find more innovative players with great executives, new and unique technologies, than the one with the most customers or money in the bank. CDM is always asking “What’s Next?” so we are looking for Next Generation Cyber Defense Products and Services. Announcements will be made for all our winners in our press release, at the RSA Conference expo and on our website on May 17, 2021.

We don’t accept submissions on this Nomination Details page without a pre-payment for your application. Please review this page in advance of payment if you need to for information purposes only.

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