Marco Island, FL — May 2026 — In their first appearance at the Innovate Cybersecurity Summit, Pluto Security has been named the winner of the inaugural Best Emerging Technology Award. Going up against 10 fellow startups, Pluto Security earned first place in a vote cast entirely by 160 CISOs and security executives in attendance.
Building Community Around What’s Next
The Best Emerging Technology Award reflects Innovate Cybersecurity’s commitment to recognizing cutting-edge technology at every stage. Rather than waiting for innovative companies to grow into the spotlight, the Summit creates a dedicated space where early-stage startups can bring their cutting-edge technology in front of the practitioners who matter most — and let the community decide.
About Pluto Security
Pluto Security is the first Workspace Security platform for the AI era. Pluto secures the modern workspace in the AI era, where employees are shifting from simply consuming software on their endpoints to building apps, workflows, and agents – often outside the visibility of traditional security tools.
Pluto connects agentlessly to existing security and infrastructure systems to uncover which AI builders are in use – including Claude Code, Cursor, v0, Lovable, Cowork, and n8n – along with their ecosystem, such as MCPs, Skills, Plugins, IDEs, and extensions. It provides full visibility into what’s being used and created – including apps, agents, and automations – continuously assesses risk, and enforces real-time guardrails to reduce exposure, enabling CISOs to say YES to innovation.
Word from CEO
“Winning this award, voted on by 160 CISOs, highlights the urgency enterprises feel around the modern AI workspace and the changes happening at the endpoint. Pluto Security enables CISOs to confidently say YES to innovation by providing real-time visibility, risk assessment, and enforcement at scale with a fully agentless deployment. We’re grateful to everyone who voted.”
— Shahar Bahat, Co-Found and CEO at Pluto Security
Dedicated to Cybersecurity Excellence
Innovate Cybersecurity is dedicated to bringing together the security community’s best leaders and recognizing the technologies moving the industry forward. The Best Emerging Technology category is a natural extension of that mission and ensuring that the startups reshaping cybersecurity get the visibility they deserve.