CIONET Awards 2026: Part 2

Welcome to the second chapter of the CIONET Awards 2026. Europe’s premier digital leadership award competition spanning 8 countries: Belgium, the Netherlands, the UK, Spain, Germany, France, Poland, and Italy. The best digital leaders from each country compete for ultimate recognition in their category, judged by a jury of top European digital leaders. This prestigious award highlights the leaders driving impactful, innovative, and people-focused digital transformation across Europe.

During this online event, the spotlight falls on two of the most critical arenas in modern enterprise: Cybersecurity and Cloud & Infrastructure.

We are looking for true pioneers, the leaders who has fundamentally transformed their business. Prepare for an engaging session where each nominee will showcase their groundbreaking achievements, face questions from our esteemed jury and from you, our live audience, before a winner is chosen in each category.

Two awards, countless innovations. Let's discover who is setting the new standard.

Cybersecurity

The Cybersecurity category honours leaders who have significantly enhanced their organisation's strategic objectives, and customer experience through cutting-edge security solutions. This award recognises the efficient management of resources to achieve these transformative goals.

The award winner will be a leader who has reduced risk exposure, protected organisational value through innovative cybersecurity strategies and installed an adaptive security culture.

Cloud & Infrastructure

This category of the CIONET Awards 2026 celebrates digital leaders who have transformed their business by strategically created a successful Cloud & Infrastructure environment in their organisations. This award recognises individuals who have delivered clearly quantified, high-impact business results and significant value to their stakeholders.

The ideal winner will be a leader who has fundamentally improved organisational agility, resilience, and cost efficiency through strategic cloud adoption and infrastructure optimisation.