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FAQ

Can’t find the answer you’re looking for? Here are some of the most frequently asked questions to help you out!

FAQ

Can’t find the answer you’re looking for? Here are some of the most frequently asked questions to help you out!

1. What is special about this year’s cybersecurity awards?

For this year’s awards, CybersecAsia team has revamped this virtual event to focus more on connecting our cybersecurity readership and vendor nominees through a number of key highlights. Some of the key highlights are:

    • Reader’s choice awards – voting by our cybersecurity audience in APAC!
    • Lucky Draw branding sponsorship for registered voters!
    • Rising Star awards to recognize up-and-coming cybersecurity vendors in the APAC region!

Changes to the nomination

    • ThinkLogic will submit one of the three allocated nominations on behalf of the invited nominee for this year’s award. The one nomination that we will generate will be AI-powered and submitted to the invited nominee for review before being redesigned into an infographic for voting.
2. How are the award categories crafted for this digital event?

Award categories are researched by the editorial team of CybersecAsia, and based on our  interactions with analysts, industry watchers, vendors and end-user organizations familiar with  the Asia Pacific market.

3. How many awards are there for this event?

There are a total of 24 award categories for established cybersecurity vendors in APAC. Additionally we are  introducing 1-3 rising stars awards to recognize upcoming cybersecurity vendors who are on the rise in the  APAC market. We are also inaugurating a Regional Channels component for an increasingly important part of  the cybersecurity ecosystem in Asia Pacific. Please click here for more information on the awards.

The organizers reserve the right to not award one or more categories, if they deem the submissions in any  category or the number of votes not to have met the minimum requirements. Such requirements will be at the  organizers’ sole discretion.

4. What are the type of sponsorship level available for this digital event?
  • For this year edition of CybersecAsia Awards, we have curated 4 sponsorship levels with option for  sponsored participation in the CybersecAsia fireside chat event.
  • Reach out to us for more details pertaining to each level of sponsorship by clicking here.
5. What are the other activities that CybersecAsia conduct beyond than award sponsorship?
  • CybersecAsia is a leading enterprise cybersecurity information portal which covers 10 English speaking countries across APAC. With a first party opt in readership database of more than 60,000 organization subscribed to CybersecAsia, there are numerous opportunities for your marketing initiatives such as advertising and demand generation activities to be conducted on our CybersecAsia platform.
  • Speak to us today to receive a carefully crafted recommendation for your demand generation/marketing objectives.
6. How will the nominees be selected as a winner?
  • This year, our industry-leading Readers’ Choice Awards program targets hundreds of CISOs,  technology heads and cybersecurity practitioners in end-user organizations to vote online for  the cybersecurity solution and service providers that have made the most impact on their  organizations in the course of the last 12 months.
    • Voters will be required to register on the award portal to be eligible to vote and lucky draw.
    • Voters will have to choose the top 2 for each cybersecurity category that have made the most impact on their organization in the last 12 months. If they don’t use the technology yet, they can give a vote to those technology providers that they believe are leading the pack.
7. Are there any criteria to be qualified as a registered voter for this event?
  • The interested voter must be an IT end user
  • The interested voter must register on the voting portal with full contact information provided and a valid email address.
  • The interested voter must not be from a solution/service providers.

The organizers reserve the right to not recognize the voter as qualified if any of the criteria are not adhered to

8. What steps are taken by CybersecAsia to attract voters for this award?

CybersecAsia will actively promote this event to our readership base through the following marketing activities:

  • Weekly eNewsletter promotion
  • Event themed EDM
  • Dedicated banner ad slot for event promotion
  • Social media postings
  • Latest update for new sponsor shoutout or key takeaway.

Incentivizing qualified voters by drawing 10 winners at random to receive a US$50 Amazon voucher  each. Winners will be notified through email at the end of October 2023

9. Is there a fee for any nomination submitted?

There are no fees required for any nomination submitted.

10. Where do I submit the nomination form?

All nomination submissions are to be send via this link.

A maximum of 3 submissions are allowed for the same company, irrespective of representatives.

11. How would I know if my nomination form has been accepted?

You will be notified with a confirmation email by Thinklogic’s Tech team whom will review every nomination form submitted.

12. When is the date for the announcement of all the finalists?

27th October 2023

13. Since it is a digital event, do I get any physical memorandum as a winner of a respective category?

All winner of respective category will receive a frame certificate, mailed directly within two months  from winner’s announcement. Thinklogic will get in touch to verify mailing address and other details  before mailing.

14. What is the eligibility of nomination for CybersecAsia awards?

The nominee must be a provider of cybersecurity solutions and/or services in the Asia Pacific region with an established customer base.

15. What is the eligibility of nomination for CybersecAsia RCA rising star awards 2022?

The nominee must be affiliated with Cybersecurity solutions/services and be able to

demonstrate very promising and innovative solutions/services.

The nominee cannot provide insights on all 4 criteria required for nomination in the vendor  excellence categories, which are:

  • Brief description of solution/service
  • What security-related issues did your organization desire to address with this solution/service?
  • What technologies and/or innovations are applied/deployed in this solution/service (e.g. network analytics, blockchain, ai, ml, algorithms etc)
  • What industries and/or organizations in asia pacific have you deployed this solution/service? Please provide an example of what has been achieved with this deployment? (up to 200 words)
16. If our company is a voted winner for the respective category but I am not a sponsor, what are the base incentives that we will receive?

You will receive the following branding exercise if you are nominated as a finalist

  • Social media shoutout
  • Vendor shoutout on CybersecAsia Homepage
  • Visible positioning of your logo on all award’s promotional materials (Including post event report)
  • Visible positioning of your logo on CybersecAsia award portal
  • Contribution of 1 minute video on “Winner of best vendor excellence awards for [category]”.
  • A print copy of awards nomination cert mailed to your office after winner announcement.
  • Exclusive addition to CybersecAsia vendor’s directory (1 year complimentary premium membership)
17. What information is expected from the 1 minute video of each respective award winners?

In the recorded video, we would like you to invite a key spokeperson on behalf of the

winning organization to do a 1 minute video touching on the following points:

  • Thank you message to CybesecAsia readers for their votes
  • Brief overview of key cybersecurity challenges to be addressed by their organization
  • How winner organization will continue to adapt and innovate to meet these challenges
18. If I would like to sponsor this event, who should I get in touch with?

Please drop us an email or click on this link to submit an enquiry form and we will get back to you asap

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