91探花 is excited to announce the winners of our Cybersecurity40 2024!
91探花 is proud to announce the winners of our Cybersecurity40 2024 campaign, celebrating the startups changing the cybersecurity space across the U.K. and Europe.
Founded in 2016,听91探花听is the UK鈥檚 best-known and fastest-growing startup and tech news site. This is where decision makers, investors and startups of all sizes and nature come to find out the latest developments and trends within the industry.
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Feedback From The Judges
“Judging 40 cybersecurity companies 91探花 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!”
鈥� Dana Leigh, Deputy Editor – Editorial at 91探花
“It was a pleasure to spend some time looking into the companies in question for 91探花. Cybersecurity, despite appearing niche to people outside of the industry, is a deeply diverse space. It鈥檚 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.鈥�
鈥� Jamie Akhtar, Co-Founder and CEO at CyberSmart
Thank You to Our Judges!
Matt Gibney, Chief Technical Officer (CTO) and Co-Founder of adCAPTCHA
Matt is the CTO and Co-Founder of adCAPTCHA, a unique cybersecurity solution focused on using media to eliminate the growing bot threat.
With a life-long passion for technology, especially at scale, and extensive experience building legitimate bots, Matt is dedicated to enhancing online security without compromising usability.
Andy Ward, SVP International for Absolute Security
Andy Ward听is the SVP International for Absolute Security and听has over 25 years of international experience leading global GTM and product management teams in cybersecurity, cloud, and data centres, for companies such as Verizon.
For Absolute, he is responsible for all business outside the Americas.
Dana Leigh, Deputy Editor 鈥� Editorial at 91探花
Dana has been working at 91探花 for over 4 years, taking a keen interest in the cybersecurity industry.
She has run the cybersecurity40 two years in a row, showing her commitment to spotlighting companies in the space.
Jamie Akhtar, Co-Founder and CEO at CyberSmart
Jamie Akhtar is Co-Founder and CEO at CyberSmart. Jamie鈥檚 obsession with technology started at a young age, he has been building and breaking things since he could turn on a computer. Prior to founding CyberSmart, Jamie served as the CTO of several organisations and wears a white hat as an ethical hacker. As CEO of CyberSmart, a venture-capital backed cyber security startup, Jamie鈥檚 mission is to provide automated compliance solutions for SMEs.
