BlackFog Wins 2024 CyberSecurity Breakthrough Award

Prestigious Annual Awards Program Recognizes Outstanding Information Security Products and Companies Around the World

San Francisco , Oct. 10, 2024 – CyberSecurity Breakthrough, a leading independent market intelligence organization that recognizes the top companies, technologies and products in the global information security market, today announced that BlackFog, the leader in ransomware protection and anti data exfiltration (ADX), has been selected as winner of the “AI-based Cybersecurity Innovation of the Year” award in the 8^th annual CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards program.

BlackFog delivers breakthrough ransomware prevention and privacy protection via its unique Anti Data Exfiltration (ADX) approach. Rather than focusing on the perimeter, BlackFog’s ADX technology uses advanced AI based algorithms to filter network traffic and effectively stop attacks in real-time, preventing data exfiltration and lateral movement across the network stopping both the activation and spread of ransomware throughout an organization.

Enterprise security teams today generally collect data across their systems and infrastructure to detect whether policy violations or data leakage have occurred – a process typically done after the fact. ADX examines every packet leaving the device and is able to stop attacks before they happen. This compliments existing EDR based approaches that look at different indicators of compromise and is an important part of a multi-layered approach to security.

“Ransomware is now the number one cybersecurity threat, and the stakes are higher than ever before. By taking a different approach using ADX, BlackFog blocks 99% of ransomware and 100% of our customers have never had a successful ransomware attack,” said Dr. Darren Williams, CEO and Founder, BlackFog. “We’re honored to receive the CyberSecurity Breakthrough Award for ‘AI-based Cybersecurity Innovation of the Year.’  We understand the needs of our customers and are committed to protecting them from ransomware and other zero-day attacks across a broad range of platforms and legacy systems.”

The mission of the CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards is to honor excellence and recognize the innovation, hard work and success in a range of information security categories, including Cloud Security, Threat Intelligence, Risk Management, Fraud Prevention, Mobile Security, Application Security, Identity Management and many more. This year’s program attracted thousands of nominations from over 20 different countries throughout the world.

“From its Virtual CISO platform to competitive pricing BlackFog is helping thousands of customers prevent the loss of sensitive data. Gone are the days of hackers using encryption as their weapon of choice; today, data is the ultimate prize for cybercriminals. Ransomware attacks involving data exfiltration have hit an all-time high and most organizations are relying on 20+ cybersecurity tools to prevent them,” said Steve Johansson, managing director, CyberSecurity Breakthrough. “While other solutions are predominantly focused on watching the perimeter and trying to keep attackers out, BlackFog’s pioneering approach not only challenges the traditional cybersecurity paradigm but also effectively shields enterprises from the evolving tactics of cybercriminals.”

Additionally, BlackFog produces the monthly State of Ransomware report, which details publicly and non-publicly disclosed ransomware attacks. The report includes key ransomware trends such as attack methods, attack rates by country, industry, active threat groups, victim organization sizes, and more.

Part of Tech Breakthrough, a leading market intelligence and recognition platform for global technology innovation and leadership, the CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards program is devoted to honoring excellence in information security and cybersecurity technology companies, products and people. The CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards provide a platform for public recognition around the achievements of breakthrough information security companies and products in categories including Cloud Security, Threat Detection, Risk Management, Fraud Prevention, Mobile Security, Web and Email Security, UTM, Firewall and more. For more information visit CyberSecurityBreakthrough.com.

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BlackFog is the category-defining vendor in anti data exfiltration (ADX). Founded in 2015, the company invented ADX on the thesis that the endpoint is the only control point capable of stopping data from leaving an organization, an architectural bet that has now been validated across three exfiltration vectors: ransomware, shadow AI, and autonomous AI agents. BlackFog’s endpoint-native platform protects more than 500 enterprises, government agencies, and critical infrastructure operators worldwide. 

The company is the publisher of the annual State of Ransomware report and the BlackFog/Sapio Shadow AI Research, the most-cited primary research in the category. BlackFog’s recognition includes the teiss Awards 2026, the AI Excellence Award 2026, the Cybersecurity Excellence Awards 2026, and the Cybersecurity Breakthrough Award. Headquartered in San Francisco with international operations in London and Belfast. Learn more at blackfog.com.