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CISOs Connect Opens 2026 CISO Choice Awards Submissions to Cybersecurity Vendors

7/15/2026

Enterprise security buyers face a persistent evaluation gap: vendor claims proliferate faster than independent validation can keep pace.

CISOs Connect, the global community of Chief Information Security Officers, has opened submissions for its 2026 CISO Choice Awards, an independent program judged by a global board of practicing CISOs that evaluates cybersecurity companies on innovation, measurable business value, and enterprise impact.

The program is based in New York. The mechanism behind peer-judged procurement The real constraint in enterprise security is signal quality.

A CISO sitting across from a vendor pitch cannot easily separate verified performance from marketing copy, and most third-party research carries vendor sponsorship somewhere in its methodology.

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