Tech Ascension Awards Announces 2025 Cybersecurity Winners – Honoring the Industry’s Most Innovative Solutions

The Tech Ascension Awards are proud to announce the 2025 Cybersecurity Award winners, recognizing the most groundbreaking technologies advancing cybersecurity. This year’s winners demonstrate an unwavering commitment to solving today’s complex cybersecurity challenges with forward-thinking and highly effective innovations. “These companies embody the bold innovation the cybersecurity world needs. They’re solving real-world threats with scalable, intelligent, and accessible solutions in the age of advanced threats," said David Campbell, CEO of the Tech Ascension Awards. "These award-winning solution providers are making our digital world safer and doing it with vision and impact.” The 2025 Tech Ascension Awards Cybersecurity Category Winners: Most Innovative Security Solution – Cohesity, Cohesity Data Cloud

Cohesity’s Data Cloud is a unified, SaaS-based platform that simplifies the protection and management of enterprise data across on-prem, edge, and cloud environments. Built with Zero Trust security at its core, the platform incorporates AI and machine learning to automate tasks, improve resiliency, and accelerate recovery. Its five functional pillars — Protection, Security, Mobility, Access, and Insights — allow organizations to handle cyber resilience, threat detection, data backup, and more through a single pane of glass, streamlining infrastructure and strengthening security posture.

Best AI / ML Powered Solution – McAfee, Scam Detector

McAfee’s Scam Detector is the first AI-powered solution designed to proactively identify and block deepfakes, phishing texts, and scam emails in real time. It uses adaptive behavioral models trained on over 4 billion data points daily to detect threats before they reach users. Seamlessly integrated across platforms — Windows, iOS, and Android — Scam Detector delivers enterprise-grade protection to consumers with zero friction, combining privacy-first architecture with intuitive alerts that empower everyday users.

Best Cloud Security Solution – Operant AI, AI Gatekeeper

Operant AI’s AI Gatekeeper product is part of a broader runtime defense platform that provides real-time, full-stack visibility and protection for cloud and AI-native applications. It blocks over 80% of OWASP Top 10 threats, including prompt injections and lateral movement, and deploys in minutes with zero performance impact. By actively defending Kubernetes, APIs, LLMs, and MCP servers, Operant offers security designed for the dynamic needs of modern DevSecOps and cloud environments — without slowing development.

Best Mobile Security Solution – Guardsquare, DexGuard

DexGuard delivers polymorphic, multi-layered mobile application protection for Android apps, combining static code hardening with runtime application self-protection (RASP). It detects reverse engineering, tampering, and emulator threats in real-time and integrates seamlessly into Android build environments without modifying source code. With ThreatCast analytics, developers gain real-time threat visibility, ensuring high performance, rapid deployment, and comprehensive IP and user data protection.

Best Endpoint Security Solution – Adaptiva, OneSite Patch

OneSite Patch is a fully autonomous, cross-platform patching solution that remediates vulnerabilities across 20,000+ products without manual effort. It integrates with security tools like CrowdStrike and Microsoft Defender and uses a peer-to-peer distribution model for instant delivery — even to remote or bandwidth-limited devices. Its intelligent automation and adaptability empower IT and security teams to shrink patch cycles from weeks to hours while maintaining compliance and minimizing operational disruption.

Best Identity Management Solution – Prove Identity, Prove Identity Network

Prove’s Identity Network enables instant, secure identity verification using just a phone number — no documents, passwords, or friction required. Leveraging over 30 billion annual authentication events, it confirms Possession, Reputation, and Ownership to proactively stop fraud. With trusted solutions like Prove Pre-Fill®, Mobile Auth®, and Trust Score®, the platform is used by leading banks and enterprises to deliver seamless onboarding, logins, and transactions while safeguarding against scams and deepfakes.

Best Network Security Solution – DNSFilter, DNS Protection

DNSFilter provides AI-driven DNS threat protection and content filtering that blocks phishing, malware, and harmful content 10 days earlier than competitors. It’s agentless, deploys in minutes, and protects users and devices across hybrid workforces and public networks without needing VPNs. Continuous updates like GenAI content blocking and behavioral analytics make DNSFilter a critical layer of modern network security — protecting over 43,000 organizations globally.

Best Application Security Solution – Black Duck, Black Duck Polaris™ Platform

Black Duck Polaris is a cloud-native platform delivering integrated SAST, DAST, and SCA with AI-assisted remediation. It enables scalable, real-time security testing and risk management across DevSecOps workflows, aggregating findings from internal and third-party tools. Recognized repeatedly by Gartner and Forrester, Polaris empowers developers with rapid onboarding, intelligent fix guidance, and a unified view of application risk — accelerating secure development at scale.

Best SecOps Solution – Barracuda Networks, Barracuda Managed XDR

Barracuda XDR is a fully managed extended detection and response platform that integrates AI analytics, SIEM, SOAR, and threat intelligence across endpoints, cloud, email, and network. It’s backed by a 24/7/365 global SOC with five dedicated cybersecurity teams, reducing incident response time from days to seconds. Built for simplicity and scale, Barracuda XDR empowers organizations of all sizes to gain enterprise-grade protection with hands-free threat detection and remediation. Best Managed Services Provider – Hughes Network Systems, Hughes Managed SASE Hughes Managed SASE is a fully managed, cloud-native platform that unifies advanced security functions — including firewall-as-a-service, secure web gateways, CASB, ZTNA, and AI-powered data loss prevention — with Hughes’ intelligent SD-WAN infrastructure. Designed to simplify operations and strengthen protection across distributed enterprises, the solution applies Zero Trust principles to verify every user, device, and application interaction in real time. Backed by Hughes’ decades of managed service expertise and recognition as a 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ Leader, the platform reduces complexity, improves visibility, and ensures consistent performance across all locations. With nationwide support, 24/7 operations, and predictable pricing, Hughes Managed SASE empowers organizations to securely connect users to critical resources anytime, anywhere — without compromising security or scalability. The Tech Ascension Awards continues to highlight the most influential and forward-thinking companies and solutions in the technology industry, setting the benchmark for excellence and innovation.