International Cyber Expo has revealed the ten finalists shortlisted for its 2026 Innovation Awards & Trail, with cybersecurity technologies featuring prominently among the products selected by the independent judging panel.

Making its debut at International Cyber Expo following its success at International Security Expo, the Innovation Awards & Trail will showcase technologies addressing some of today’s most pressing cyber and security challenges.

The winner will be announced on Tuesday 29 September during the Networking Drinks Reception at approximately 5.15pm.

Cybersecurity products lead the shortlist

Among the finalists is Reliance Cyber with RADAR, an agentic security operations platform designed to combine Detection-as-Code, AI agents and human security analysts within a managed service.

Also representing the cybersecurity sector is Cairnlytics with Cairn Index. The platform analyses open-source software dependencies and development history to help organisations identify concentration risks and potential weaknesses within their software stacks.

Strand Intelligence has been shortlisted for its Digital Forensics and Incident Response automation platform, which is designed to automate the collection, correlation and analysis of forensic evidence across cloud environments, endpoints and networks.

The three solutions demonstrate some of the different areas where cybersecurity innovation is currently being focused, including AI-assisted security operations, software supply chain visibility and faster incident investigation.

AI features heavily among finalists

Artificial intelligence is a recurring theme across the wider shortlist.

Fivecast‘s OPENSCREEN is an AI-powered due diligence platform that combines traditional screening with online intelligence to uncover hidden risks.

Riskaware‘s HAITTON uses AI to analyse and track narratives across social media and wider information environments, while Securium’s Discover uses AI to identify and track harmful online content across 42 languages.

Audax Global Solutions and Nijta have also been shortlisted for technology focused on protecting privacy within body-worn video. The solution creates a disclosure-ready copy while protecting the biometric identity of non-consenting speakers.

From counter-drone technology to drug detection

The remaining finalists demonstrate the breadth of security innovation being showcased at this year’s awards.

D-Fend Solutions‘ EnforceAir PLUS combines RF-cyber detection and takeover technology with radar detection and optional RF-effector jamming to counter drone threats.

Sentrycs is also shortlisted for its Cyber-over-RF C-UAS system, which can detect, track and identify unauthorised drones and provide controlled mitigation capabilities.

Completing the shortlist is SafePAS Drug Hunter, a portable technology designed to identify and quantify drugs from oral fluid samples.

Innovation Trail comes to International Cyber Expo

Visitors to International Cyber Expo will be able to discover the shortlisted technologies through the Innovation Trail during the show.

The finalists were selected by an independent judging panel featuring expertise from organisations including the UK Home Office, ADS Group, London Fire Brigade, the Security Institute and the Cabinet Office’s UK Resilience Academy.

With cybersecurity, AI and digital investigation technologies strongly represented, the shortlist provides a snapshot of how security innovation is developing as organisations look for new ways to detect threats, investigate incidents and manage increasingly complex risks.

View the International Cyber Expo Innovation Awards shortlist.

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Huntress will be heading to International Cyber Expo 2026, where visitors can meet the team on Stand K94 and discover how the company is helping organisations tackle increasingly complex cyber threats with fewer resources.

One of the biggest challenges Huntress is seeing is the growing attack surface. Security teams are expected to protect endpoints, identities, cloud environments and other systems, often while dealing with limited time, resources and expertise.

At the same time, attackers are no longer operating in silos. Attacks increasingly move across different parts of an organisation’s environment, leaving security teams managing multiple tools and an overwhelming number of alerts.

At International Cyber Expo, Huntress will showcase its more unified, managed approach to security. The Huntress platform combines greater visibility across the attack surface with AI technologies and human security analysts to help partners and customers detect and respond to threats.

Tackling the rise of AI-powered attacks

AI-powered cybercrime will also be a major focus for Huntress at the show.

Generative AI is making it easier for attackers to create convincing phishing emails, develop malicious code and scale their operations. Tasks that previously required significant cybersecurity expertise can now be carried out with the help of readily available AI tools.

Huntress believes AI will also play an important role in helping defenders respond. Its approach uses AI to help analysts correlate security signals, summarise investigations and work faster, while retaining human judgement and context when making critical security decisions.

Visitors can also speak with Huntress about practical ways to strengthen their security posture. These include implementing multi-factor authentication, improving security awareness training and reducing vulnerabilities across the external network perimeter.

And when preventive controls fail, Huntress stresses the importance of having a mechanism to detect and respond to attacks quickly, including access to a 24/7 SOC that can support containment and remediation.

Listen to Huntress Senior Sales Engineer Alex Hitchen discuss the biggest cybersecurity challenges facing organisations today and what Huntress will be showcasing at International Cyber Expo 2026:

You can still register for FREE to attend International Cyber Expo HERE.

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