Press Release: CSO30 ASEAN & Hong Kong Awards 2026 open for nominations

The CSO30 ASEAN & Hong Kong Awards return in 2026, as an important occasion to recognize cybersecurity leaders and teams making resilience measurable across the region. In a world shaped by rapid threat evolution, board-level scrutiny and increased business continuity expectations, these awards highlight the people and programs that are turning security into a business force, not just a regulatory exercise. In our sixth consecutive edition this year, this awards program is a regional symbol of cybersecurity maturity across ASEAN and Hong Kong, and a unique platform for organizations to showcase their high-impact achievements, gain regional and global visibility, and join a distinguished community of Chief Security Officers (CISOs) and Chief Security Officers (CSOs) who are re-examining the role of cyberfining.

Internationally recognized, the CSO30 ASEAN and Hong Kong Awards celebrate not only individual leaders but the collective efforts of teams driving change, cyber resilience and business continuity. This year, you and your team can stand alongside past winners including the region’s most influential organizations, to become a visible force in the ASEAN and HK cybersecurity landscape.

Asking CISOs and CSOs to nominate themselves, their peers and their teams now. If your organization strengthened its online presence, changed decision-making, or built strong ecosystem partnerships in the past year, now is the time to prioritize that work.

This year’s awards include three nominations:

CSO Leadership – Individual Online Form

CSO Transition – Individual Online Form

Ecosystem – The group’s online form

Together, these categories reflect the full scope of modern security leadership, from board-level influence and business transformation to ecosystem collaboration and relative sustainability.

Individual leadership nominations are expected to demonstrate how the cybersecurity leader has delivered real value, changed the way the organization is protected, influenced senior decision-making, and prepared the business to respond to evolving cyber threats while ensuring resilience and long-term continuity.

The Transformation category is moving forward, asking for a cybersecurity-led project from the past one year that has changed the way an organization is protected, overcome significant challenges, delivered measurable impact, and contributed to the broader cybersecurity community.

The nomination of the Ecosystem Team should demonstrate how the project has shaped and strengthened the cyber security agenda across the organization, its partners and even the wider context of the country, with clear challenges, results and measurable value.

If you lead a cybersecurity team that has delivered measurable impact, or if you know a peer whose leadership deserves wider recognition, nominate them. If you are a CISO or a CSO whose work has significantly improved the resilience of your organization, nominate yourself. The region needs to see leaders and teams setting the standard for security maturity, operational continuity and business reliability.

Nomination deadline: 31 July 2026.

Awards Gala website:

Due to the sensitive nature of cybersecurity work, details of the project will not be published, giving nominees the hope of delivering meaningful work without revealing sensitive information.

The CSO30 ASEAN & Hong Kong Awards are important because we recognize the kind of leadership the region depends on – decisive, collaborative, strategic and strong. We provide visibility to people and teams that make cybersecurity an integral part of business operations and long-term sustainability.

Media Contact: Estelle Quek Planning Director, CIO ASEAN & CSO ASEAN