Black Kite Shortlisted for the Risk Management Awards 2026

We're honored to be shortlisted for Cyber Security Product of the Year at the Risk Management Awards 2026.

The Risk Management Awards celebrate the organizations, teams, and individuals demonstrating excellence, innovation, and outstanding results across the risk management profession. Being named to this year's shortlist places Black Kite among the products that risk and security teams are turning to as third-party exposure becomes a board-level concern.

"Being shortlisted for Cyber Security Product of the Year reflects what we hear from customers every day — that they need clear, actionable visibility into third-party cyber risk, not just another data feed to sift through," said Jessica Stanford, Chief Marketing Officer, Black Kite. "We're proud to be recognized alongside the best in the risk management industry, and we see it as validation of the approach we've built the platform around."

That approach is built on making third-party cyber risk measurable and actionable, not just observable. Black Kite translates external risk signals into decisions risk teams can defend:

• The Ransomware Susceptibility Index® (RSI™) measures how susceptible a vendor is to ransomware, so teams can engage before an incident, not after.
• FocusTags® connect a global threat to the specific vendors in your ecosystem that are actually exposed.
• Cyber risk quantification puts a financial figure on third-party exposure, giving risk leaders a common language with the business.
• Open standards-based cyber ratings make every finding transparent and traceable, so vendors can see and act on what was found.

Winners will be announced at the Risk Management Awards 2026 on November 19, 2026, at the Marriott Hotel, Grosvenor Square, London.

To learn more about the Risk Management Awards and view the full shortlist, visit cirmagazine.com.

About Black Kite

Black Kite is an AI-native third-party cyber risk management platform built for the connected world. By distilling billions of external risk signals from millions of monitored organizations, Black Kite delivers the trusted intelligence that powers a connected defense network, enabling organizations to identify risk earlier, act faster, and move from isolated defense to collective resilience. With Black Kite, organizations benefit from greater control, earlier warning, and the confidence to work safely with third parties at scale. Black Kite has received numerous industry awards and recognition from customers. Learn more at blackkite.com, or on the Black Kite blog.