Salt Security has won three categories at Cyber Defense Magazine’s 2026 Top InfoSec Innovators awards, recognising its work in agentic AI and API security.
The company received the Most Promising Agentic AI Security Solution, Trailblazing AI-based Cybersecurity Innovation and Transformational API Security Solution awards. The awards were announced at CyberDefenseCon 2026 in Orlando as part of the programme’s 14th annual edition.
The recognition comes as organisations face challenges in overseeing AI agents and securing the APIs through which they access data and carry out tasks.
Salt Security’s State of Agentic AI and API Security 2H 2026 report, released this month, surveyed more than 380 security and technology professionals. It found that nearly half of enterprises had confirmed or suspected that an AI agent took an unauthorised action in the past year. Fewer than one in five could automatically stop a misbehaving agent.
“Our research shows that the governance gap is not theoretical: agents are already acting in ways organizations did not intend, and most organizations cannot stop them in time. We are honored to be recognized as leaders in addressing that problem,” said Roey Eliyahu, CEO of Salt Security.
The company’s Agentic Security Platform discovers AI agents, Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers and APIs within an organisation’s environment. It also governs their connections and permissions, monitors agent behaviour during operation and identifies vulnerabilities before deployment.
Gary S. Miliefsky, publisher of Cyber Defense Magazine, said the judging criteria included an understanding of emerging threats, cost-effective solutions and innovation that could help reduce cyber risk.
The full list of winners is available on the Cyber Defense Awards website.
