INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED, HIGHLY COVETED:
RISE ABOVE THE NOISE!
Winners to be Announced during our annual CISO Conference 2025
The Black Unicorn awards program is now part of the Top InfoSec Innovator awards program. With your paid entry into the Top InfoSec Innovator awards program, you will automatically be entered into the Black Unicorn awards program at no extra cost. Judges will independently determine Black Unicorns for 2025 from Top InfoSec Innovator entries based on their current status in the marketplace without any need for the innovator to fill out any additional forms or provide executive summaries.
Finalists, through paid Showcase sponsorship, will be giving the opportunity to present their solution in the Top InfoSec Innovators showcase during our in-person intimate private invitation only CISO conference taking place October 28 – 29, 2025 at the Ritz-Carlton, Orlando, Florida USA, where 120+ Top Global CISOs gather each year. We have very limited room for finalists to showcase their solutions, first come first serve, and once the showcase is full, we still want to celebrate all of our winners so therefore, we’ve already setup the awards like last year – you do not have to be at the conference to win. We have a virtual red carpet already setup, again, with incredible high traffic website and social media marketing and much more to help bolster the good news around our winners during our 2nd half of 2025, 13th anniversary and 13th annual awards during CyberDefenseCon 2025.
NOMINATIONS ARE ACCEPTED AND SENT TO JUDGES ONCE THE NOMINATION FEE IS PAID…STREAMLINED ON ONE PAYMENT FORM.
Here are the entry deadlines and nomination fees, which we’ve reduced per category entry for a very low fixed price. Take advantage of this excellent discount and choose more categories for a better chance to win.
| Awards Entry Timeframe | Price per single category | Start | End | |
| Super Early Bird | $595 | 5/05/2025 | 6/05/2025 | |
| Early Bird | $695 | 6/06/2025 | 7/07/2025 | |
| Normal Entry | $795 | 7/08/2025 | 8/08/2025 | |
| Late Entry | $995 | 8/09/2025 | 10/21/2025 | |
| Winners will be given the opportunity to showcase their solution to the Top Global CISOs, in the innovators showcase during CyberDefenseCon 2025 (additional fees apply) | ||||
LATE ENTRIES ALLOWED – HOWEVER THEY MAY NOT MAKE IT INTO THE CYBERDEFENSECON ANNUAL REPORT IF CHOSEN AS A WINNER. LATE ENTRY WINNERS WILL RECEIVE ALL OTHER BENEFITS.
Awards Open: Officially Open and Announced on May 5, 2025 – this is your opportunity to get in extra early.
Awards Close: Judging is immediate, on the fly, and the program closes on October 21, 2025.
Click a payment link below (after you pay, fill out the official nominate form. This will open a new browser tab window):
Check out the Award Categories, here. This will open a new browser tab window.
