Cyber Defense Magazine Announces Winners of Top Global CISOs, Top InfoSec Innovators and Black Unicorn Awards for 2026

Winners Announced at Prestigious Red Carpet Awards during our 14th Year Anniversary at CyberDefenseCon 2026

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Cyber Defense Magazine, the industry's leading electronic information security magazine and host of CyberDefenseCon 2026, is announcing the winners of the 14th annual Top Global CISOs, Top InfoSec Innovators and Black Unicorn Awards:

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The Black Unicorn Report 2026

Discovering Tomorrow's Billion-Dollar Cybersecurity Innovators Today

Published by Cyber Defense Magazine, The Black Unicorn Report 2026 is a prestigious annual special edition spotlighting the world's most promising cybersecurity companies, breakthrough innovations, influential security leaders, and emerging technologies shaping the future of cyber defense.

The report recognizes 10 Black Unicorn Award Winners and up to 10 Finalists, selected for their innovation, funding, market traction, scalability, and potential to achieve billion-dollar valuations. It also showcases leading InfoSec innovators, Top Global CISOs, and emerging cybersecurity startups addressing today's most critical challenges, including AI-powered threats, ransomware, cloud security, identity protection, and post-quantum resilience.

Released in conjunction with CyberDefenseCon 2026, October 20–21, at The Ritz-Carlton Orlando, the report connects groundbreaking cybersecurity innovators with CISOs, venture capitalists, investors, industry analysts, and technology decision-makers worldwide.

More than an awards publication, The Black Unicorn Report is a guide to the companies, technologies, and leaders defining the next generation of cybersecurity.

https://cyberdefenseawards.com/the-black-unicorn-report-for-2026/

https://cyberdefenseawards.com/the-black-unicorns-for-2026/

https://cyberdefenseawards.com/top-infosec-innovators-for-2026/

https://cyberdefenseawards.com/top-25-most-innovative-cybersecurity-companies-in-the-world-for-2026/

https://cyberdefenseawards.com/top-global-cisos-winners-for-2026/

Thanks to Unknown Cyber, PayPal, Cyber Defense Magazine and Illumio for sponsoring our Women in Cybersecurity Scholars:

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About The Top Global CISOs, Top InfoSec Innovator and Black Unicorn Awards

This is Cyber Defense Magazine's 14th year of honoring these next generation leaders and innovators in the field of cyber security. Winners will receive titles such as, "Hot Company," "Best Product," "Most Innovative," "Cutting Edge" and "Editor's Choice" for 2026 with Cyber Defense TV Hotseat, Radio Streaming and Red Carpet Photoshoot opportunities. Our submission requirements are for any startup, early stage, later stage or public companies in the InfoSec space who believe they have a unique and compelling value proposition for their product or service. The Black Unicorn Judges are CISSP, FMDHS, CEH, certified security professionals and venture capitalists 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 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 InfoSec solutions. CyberDefenseCon 2026 is the BEST place for Top Global CISOs to find these Next Generation InfoSec products, services, and solutions. For the full details of each respective winner and their award, special entitled The Black Unicorn Report for 2026 will be freely available electronically during the CyberDefenseCon 2026 and thereafter or signup for an always free online edition. http://www.cyberdefensemagazine.com/

About Cyber Defense Magazine

Cyber Defense Magazine was founded in 2012 by Gary S. Miliefsky, a globally recognized cyber security thought leader, inventor and entrepreneur and continues to be the premier source of IT Security information. We are managed and published by and for ethical, honest, passionate information security professionals. Our mission is to share cutting-edge knowledge, real-world stories and awards on the best ideas, products, and services in the information technology industry. We deliver electronic magazines every month online for free, and limited editions exclusively for the RSAC, BlackHat and CyberDefenseCon conferences. Learn more about us at http://www.cyberdefensemagazine.com. Cyber Defense Magazine is a proud member of the Cyber Defense Media Group.

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