SINET Announces the 2026 Innovator Award Finalists and SINET16 Honorees; Innovator to Be Named October 8

7AI, Noma, and Runlayer advance to live judging on October 7, with one named the 2026 SINET Innovator at SINETNew York on October 8.

NEW YORK, Sept. 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- SINET—an organization with the mission to accelerate cybersecurity innovation by connecting buyers, sellers, and investors—today announced the 16 honorees of its 2026 SINET16. For the first time in the program's history, SINET named three finalists who will compete for a single top honor. One of the three will be named the 2026 SINET Innovator live at SINETNew York on October 8.

The Three Finalists
This year, for the first time, the process culminates in a single Innovator. Three finalists have been selected to present live before a SINET Judging Committee on October 7. One will be named the 2026 SINET Innovator at SINETNew York on October 8, the first time the program has elevated a single company to its top honor.

7AI: 7AI's platform enables security teams to build, customize, and operate AI agents across the modern SOCs, from alert triage and investigation and threat hunting to detection optimization, response, workflow automation, and security data access. It is designed for mature security organizations that need more capacity, faster outcomes, and a safer way to apply AI to operational work at enterprise scale.

Noma: Noma is the AI and agent security platform that helps enterprises define and enforce their AI constitution. We discover every agent across endpoint, SaaS, and homegrown AI, govern what they can do, and stop dangerous behavior by understanding agent behavior and intent.

Runlayer: Runlayer is one platform for AI in the enterprise MCPs, skills, plugins, and agents with purpose-built security, fine-grained governance, and complete observability, so organizations can push AI forward across the entire company without the risk.

The 16 honorees were selected from a pool of 158 applications from 10 countries this year, all companies with under $15 million in revenue. The award is free to apply and free to win, focused entirely on innovation. Applications are evaluated in two rounds by the SINET Judging Committee, composed of 100 security professionals including leading CISOs, risk executives, experts in government intelligence and defense agencies, venture capitalists, and investment bankers.

SINET is dedicated to introducing leading innovators into the cybersecurity industry and accelerating innovation by encouraging collaboration, breaking down communication barriers, and facilitating high-level sharing of ideas and best practices between senior-level security professionals from the private and public sectors and solution providers, buyers, and investors.

"The velocity of AI and today's geopolitical stakes have made cybersecurity innovation more urgent than ever," said Robert Rodriguez, SINET Founder and Chairman. "And innovation, in its simplest form, begins with having an awareness that technology exists to better society. That is what the SINET16 is about.

"Each year we identify early stage companies building what the industry needs, but who can struggle to be seen through the noise in the market. The SINET community is designed to help entrepreneurs grow their companies by connecting the ecosystem of buyers, investors, and solution providers in support of our mission to advance innovation to defeat global cyber threats."

The 2026 SINET16 honorees are:

• Allure Security
• Blackbird.AI
• BreachRx
• C1
• Cerby
• Confidencial.io
• Cytactic
• Harmonic Security
• Legion Security
• Miggo Security
• ORION Security
• Reality Defender
• SCYTHE Inc.
• Straiker
• Surf AI
• Tuskira

About SINET
At SINET, our mission is to advance innovation to defeat global cybersecurity threats. We connect CISOs, risk executives, and investors with early-stage and emerging companies driving cutting-edge cybersecurity solutions. By facilitating transparent dialogue, earning trust, and building relationships, SINET empowers our network to build a safer, more resilient digital future.

MEDIA CONTACT
Heather Rodriguez
CEO, SINET; Venture Partner, Evolution Equity Partners
[email protected]

SOURCE SINET