Recognition · Judged by Working CISOs
The people shaping the field.
Four recognition programs, each judged by a panel of CISOs Connect™ members. There is no analyst desk between nominees and recognition.
C100
Top 100 CISOs
The flagship program. 509 honorees named across 5 cohorts since 2022.
A100
Emerging Cybersecurity Leaders
Upstream of the C100 in the career arc. 299 leaders named since 2024.
D100
Deputy CISOs
The operating leaders running enterprise security day-to-day. 99 named in the 2025 inaugural class.
SST®
Security Shark Tank®
The signature vendor format. Working CISOs judge, live, since 2014.
How to Nominate
One form. Any program.
Submit a nomination to any program. Self-nominations welcome. The judging panel reviews submissions on a rolling basis; cohort announcements happen on the program's regular cadence. Each program's own page (linked above) carries this same form pre-scoped to that program.