Anzenna wins Cyber Defense Magazine’s 2026 Top InfoSec Innovator award

Anzenna was named a 2026 Top InfoSec Innovator by Cyber Defense Magazine at CyberDefenseCon 2026 in Orlando. The win spotlights the company’s AI DLP approach, which enforces data policy as employees and agents move sensitive information into AI tools.

Why it matters: - AI use is creating new paths for sensitive data to leave enterprises through chatbots, coding agents and MCP servers. - Traditional DLP tools were built for email and file shares, not prompts, uploads and agent activity. - Anzenna’s approach aims to give security teams real-time control and faster case handling instead of alert overload.

What happened: - Cyber Defense Magazine named Anzenna a winner in its 2026 Top InfoSec Innovator Awards. - The winners were announced at CyberDefenseCon 2026, held Oct. 20-21 at The Ritz-Carlton in Orlando, Florida. - The awards are in their 14th year and recognize security companies taking new approaches to unsolved industry problems.

The details: - Anzenna enforces a company’s AI policy in real time in the browser and on the device. - The platform covers prompts, file uploads, coding agents and MCP servers. - Anzenna discovers AI tools and agents in use, including those on personal accounts. - The system blocks or coaches employees when they try to move sensitive data to the wrong place. - Each action is tied to the person who took it and compared with that person’s normal behavior. - Anzenna’s investigation agent closes roughly 90% of alerts on its own and packages the evidence for the rest. - The platform works with existing tools including CrowdStrike, Microsoft Defender, Intune and Okta. - Anzenna can go live in about 15 minutes. - The company’s CEO, Ganesh Krishnan, said many security leaders have lost visibility into where data goes once AI is involved. - Krishnan said Anzenna links every prompt and agent action to a real identity so security teams can see intent and close cases faster. - Security teams can see the platform in their own environment at more information.

Between the lines: - The recognition signals growing demand for security tools built specifically for AI-era data movement. - Anzenna is positioning identity context as the key difference between noisy alerts and usable investigations. - The company is emphasizing low-friction deployment to fit into existing security stacks.

What’s next: - Anzenna says it will keep building for risks inside AI agents. - The company is also pushing customers to test the platform in their own environments.

The bottom line: - The award gives Anzenna a credibility boost as enterprises look for DLP that can keep pace with AI adoption and agent-driven workflows.