The European Cybersecurity Organisation (ECSO) is excited to announce the ECSO Award Finals 2025, a celebration of excellence in European cybersecurity, taking place on 21-22 May in The Hague. This event is organised in collaboration with Women4Cyber Foundation, Security Delta (HSD), InnovationQuarter, KPN Ventures, the Municipality of the Hague, and TIN Capital.
This year’s edition will feature the ECSO STARtup Award on 21 May and the ECSO CISO Choice Award on 22 May, each celebrating pioneering achievements in the cybersecurity landscape.
The ECSO STARtup Award focuses on connecting European cybersecurity start-ups with investors, creating opportunities for them to secure funding. Meanwhile, the ECSO CISO Choice Award highlights larger European companies with established solutions and funding, aiming to facilitate their market access. Together, these initiatives showcase and celebrate European cybersecurity excellence, promote locally developed solutions, drive innovation, and stimulate investments in the European cybersecurity market.
We warmly invite European cybersecurity providers, investors, end-users, and industry leaders to join this event!
Be among the first to witness the innovations presented by our finalists!
About the ECSO STARtup Award
The ECSO STARtup Award has been awarded annually since 2020 to the most promising European cybersecurity start-ups, aiming to provide small European cybersecurity companies with opportunities to gain visibility, investments and business connections at a European level.
The finalists taking part in this year’s competition have been selected throughout 2024 by expert Judging Panels from different European cybersecurity events, including ECSO’s Cyber Investor Days and the European Cybersecurity Competence Centre’s (ECCC) Access-2-Finance Matchmaking Events. We will soon unveil the 2024 finalists, showcasing some of Europe’s most innovative cybersecurity start-ups.
These companies will take the stage for one last time to deliver their final pitches. A Judging Panel consisting of experts in the fields of investments, entrepreneurship and the European cybersecurity market will assess their presentations and select one winner.
This is the perfect opportunity for European investors and integrators to discover up-and-coming European cybersecurity companies in a curated setting.
About the ECSO CISO Choice Award
The ECSO CISO Choice Award comes back this year for its second edition. It aims to recognise and celebrate the most innovative cybersecurity solution of the year. The competition features larger European cybersecurity companies with existing investments and solutions that are looking for an opportunity to access the market by presenting their innovations in front of an international audience of potential buyers.
This year’s finalists have been selected throughout 2024 by expert Judging Panels from different European cybersecurity events, including ECSO’s Cyber Solution Days and the European Cybersecurity Competence Centre’s (ECCC) Access-2-Market Matchmaking Events. Stay tuned as we look forward to sharing the names of these talented companies with you soon!
At the 2025 ECSO CISO Choice Award, these finalists will present their most compelling pitches. Their presentations will be carefully evaluated by an expert Judging Panel comprised mostly of European CISOs who, at the end of the day, will select the company with the most promising and innovative cybersecurity solution as a winner.
This is the perfect opportunity for European CISO’s and end-users to meet and connect with fellow cybersecurity leaders from all over Europe, as well as to gain direct access to the hottest European solutions on the market, presented by the experts themselves.
Further information
For further information and/or questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to ECSO’s Market and Regional Policies Manager, Francisco Andrade E. Silva, or ECSO’s Event Manager, Victoria Cristano.
Stay tuned as we will soon share additional details, including registration information, the names of the finalists, the event agenda, and a comprehensive event brochure.
We look forward to welcoming you in The Hague!
