GLOBALLY RECOGNIZED, HIGHLY COVETED:
RISE ABOVE THE NOISE!
Winners to be Announced during our annual CISO Conference 2024
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 2024 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 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 31 and November 1st 2024 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 2024, 12th anniversary and 12th annual awards during CyberDefenseCon 2024.
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 | $495 | 12/1/2023 | 5/31/2024 | |
| Early Bird | $595 | 6/1/2024 | 6/30/2024 | |
| Normal Entry | $695 | 7/1/2024 | 8/31/2024 | |
| Late Entry | $795 | 9/1/2024 | 10/20/2024 | |
| Winners will be given the opportunity to showcase their solution to the Top Global CISOs, in the innovators showcase during CyberDefenseCon 2024 (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 December 1, 2023 – this is your opportunity to get in extra early.
Awards Close: Judging is immediate, on the fly, and the program closes on October 20, 2024.
Click a payment link below (keep this browser window open, to pay and nominate on one simple form. This will open a new browser tab window):
This will be our 12th year in business and 12th Anniversary of our awards at the CyberDefenseCon 2024. So, we’re celebrating and want you to join us, with incredible co-marketing package deals this year including your award nomination entry fees included in discounted in packages. Pricing will rise in the coming months when we switch to Late Entry rates. Check out these limited availability time-sensitive packages, below:
Platinum Package – Deeply Discounted Pricing: Only $2995 – 12 still available…
($17,475 value)
| Three Award Entry Nominations Included |
| One 300 x 250 jpg or png Side Banner on multiple high traffic CDMG platform websites such as Cyber Defense Magazine, TV, Professionals, Webinars, etc. with your hyperlink for 3 months |
| 3 Custom Social Media Posts |
| 1-3 page article in The Black Unicorn Report or 1-2 Full Page Spread Advertisement (if late entry then in the next Monthly e-magazine) |
| 1 Home Page Article (hosted for up to 5 business days on the home page) |
| 1 Full page advertisement in Cyber Defense eMagazine for 3 months |
| 10–15-minute CDTV Interview edited and produced in time for CyberDefenseCon 2024 with Co-ownership Post-production Rights and guaranteed hosting for one year at Cyber Defense TV website. |
| Streaming Audio version of CDTV Interview with Co-ownership Post-production Rights and guaranteed hosting for one year at Cyber Defense Radio and streaming on 21 major platforms including iTunes, Pandora, Spotify, iHeartRadio and many more. |
Platinum-Only Upgrade Options – FIRST COME / FIRST SERVE
Only $995 – 3 still available…
($5,475 value)
| Near Front Cover for Location of Platinum Advertisement: First and closest to front cover after table of contents and introductory letters from CDM in our prestigious The Black Unicorn Report for 2024. |
| Center Spread for Location of Platinum Advertisement: Exact center in our prestigious The Black Unicorn Report for 2024. |
| Near Back Cover for Location of Platinum Advertisement: Last and closest to back cover in our prestigious The Black Unicorn Report for 2024. |
Gold Package – Deeply Discounted Pricing: Only $1995 – 12 still available…
($12,475 value)
| Two Award Entry Nominations Included |
| 2 Custom Social Media Posts |
| 1–2 page article in The Black Unicorn Report or 1 Full Page Advertisement (if late entry then in the next Monthly e-magazine) |
| 1 Home Page Article (hosted for up to 5 business days on the home page) |
| 7–10-minute CDTV Interview edited and produced in time for CyberDefenseCon 2024 with Co-ownership Post-production Rights and guaranteed hosting for one year at Cyber Defense TV website. |
| Streaming Audio version of CDTV Interview with Co-ownership Post-production Rights and guaranteed hosting for one year at Cyber Defense Radio and streaming on 21 major platforms including iTunes, Pandora, Spotify, iHeartRadio and many more. |
Silver Package – Deeply Discounted Pricing: Only $995 – 12 still available…
($7,975 value)
| 1 Award Entry Nomination Included |
| 1 Custom Social Media Post |
| 1 page article in The Black Unicorn Report or 1 Full Page Advertisement (if late entry then in the next Monthly e-magazine) |
| 1 Home Page Article (hosted for up to 5 business days on the home page) |
| 7–10-minute CDTV Interview edited and produced in time for CyberDefenseCon 2024 with Co-ownership Post-production Rights and guaranteed hosting for one year at Cyber Defense TV website. |
| Streaming Audio version of CDTV Interview with Co-ownership Post-production Rights and guaranteed hosting for one year at Cyber Defense Radio and streaming on 21 major platforms including iTunes, Pandora, Spotify, iHeartRadio and many more. |
When you click one of the payment links below, you’ll be able to select Platinum, Platinum Options, Gold and/or Silver Packages to purchase and will receive an automatically generated invoice. If you have any issues or concerns, email us at [email protected]:
Click a payment link below (after you pay, fill out the official nominate form. This will open a new browser tab window):
Pay with our preferred method, PayPal, by clicking here or on the button, below:
Or choose to Pay with STRIPE by clicking here or on the button, below:
Check out the Award Categories, here. This will open a new browser tab window.
We have combined the awards nomination payment with the nomination form in a single form.
All winners’ trophies who are exhibitors at the Innovators Showcase at CyberDefenseCon 2024 will be handed out on the red carpet, live. All others will be shipped in the USA at no extra charge with a virtual red carpet experience and social media promotion. 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 pandemic and economic transportation logistics complications affecting international shipment costs, increased duties and related expenses.
Sample winners from prior years on our virtual red carpet:
…and some show floor very happy winners from prior RSA Conferences:
