“Judging 40 cybersecurity companies TechRound Cybersecurity40 competition highlighted several trends shaping the industry. A significant number are leveraging AI, but it was reassuring to see a strong focus on human-first approaches, ensuring that people remain central to the security equation.

It was also refreshing to see candidates tackling website security, a long-overlooked attack vector in the cybersecurity landscape. While many solutions were innovative, some could benefit from clearer real-world applications.

Overall, the competition demonstrated both the promise of AI and the importance of addressing foundational security gaps with a human-centric approach.”

– Matt Gibney, Chief Technical Officer (CTO) and Co-Founder at adCAPTCHA

“The cybersecurity market reveals fascinating contrasts in approach and philosophy. Traditional SIEM providers focus on gathering and analysing vast security datasets, while zero-trust pioneers completely reimagine network architecture. Some innovators take radical approaches – like physical disconnection from networks – while others enhance established frameworks with AI and automation.

The landscape includes specialists in regulatory compliance, cloud-native security platforms, identity management experts, and industrial system protectors. What’s particularly interesting is how these solutions reflect different security philosophies: some focus on better detection and response, others on prevention, and some on fundamentally changing how systems connect and communicate.”

– Andy Ward, SVP International at Absolute Security

“Having written about cybersecurity for the past 5 years, it’s clear how much innovation is growing within the sector. This is my second time judging the competition and it’s amazing to see so many new companies setting out to disrupt the world of cybersecurity. A huge well done to all of our winners, very well deserved!”

– Dana Leigh, Deputy Editor – Editorial at TechRound

“It was a pleasure to spend some time looking into the companies in question for TechRound. Cybersecurity, despite appearing niche to people outside of the industry, is a deeply diverse space. It’s heartening to see in the submissions so much diversity of talent, and so many differing approaches to cybersecurity.

As an industry, the different approaches we all take in pursuit of a more secure world is one of our greatest strengths. I particularly enjoyed the submissions which focused on aspects of security that intersect with human behaviour, such as security awareness training providers.”

– Jamie Akhtar, Co-Founder and CEO at CyberSmart

Thank You to Our Judges!