Awards & Recognition
Attackers don’t care about your trophy cabinet. But the people who judge whether security actually works? They care about the same things we do.
Here’s the record.
Recognition that means something.
From practicing CISOs who evaluate security tools for a living, to independent business analysts, to our own team.
We let the track record speak.
The Proof
2026
Computing Security Excellence Awards
Computing (The Channel Company)
Finalist 2026
The Computing Security Excellence Awards are one of the UK cybersecurity industry’s longest-running recognition programmes. Entries are assessed first by Computing’s editorial team, then scored independently by a panel of senior IT professionals including CISOs, CTOs, and practitioners.
CovertSwarm is a finalist in the Security Innovation of the Year category for our Constant Cyber Attack subscription, something genuinely new.
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Megabuyte Emerging Stars
Megabuyte (IS Research Ltd)
Listed 2026
Megabuyte tracks over 20,000 UK software and technology companies. Their Emerging Stars programme identifies the 50 best-performing scale-ups in the UK tech sector, selected entirely on financial performance data. Megabuyte’s proprietary scorecard weighs organic revenue growth, headcount expansion, and profitability. Around 800 companies are considered; 50 make the list. That puts CovertSwarm in the top 6% of eligible UK tech scale-ups by financial performance.
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2025
Best Places to Work – MEDIUM Organisations
The Sunday Times / WorkL
Listed 2025
The Sunday Times Best Places to Work rankings are built on employee data, not company nominations. Employees complete anonymous surveys through WorkL covering pay, wellbeing, autonomy, recognition, and purpose. CovertSwarm scored 89% for overall employee engagement in 2025, 17 points above the cybersecurity industry average.
This was the second consecutive year we appeared on the list.
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2024
Top 100 UK Startups
Startups 100 (Startups.co.uk)
Listed #69, 2024
Startups 100 is the UK’s longest-running startup index, previously featuring early-stage Monzo, Deliveroo, and Revolut.
Companies are assessed by the Startups.co.uk editorial team and independent judges on five criteria: financial performance, external validation, market opportunity, innovativeness, and strength of concept.
CovertSwarm was one of three cybersecurity companies named in the 2024 index, recognized for 120% year-on-year growth and its subscription-based approach to offensive security.
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B2B Service Provider of the Year
Connected Britain Awards
Finalist 2024
Connected Britain is the UK’s largest annual digital economy and connectivity event, drawing senior figures from across the UK’s digital infrastructure sector. Its awards programme is judged by a panel of analysts, network operators, and industry consultants.
CovertSwarm was shortlisted as a finalist alongside some of the UK’s most established digital infrastructure providers, recognized for the quality and reach of its B2B security services in the connected economy.
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Best Places to Work – SMALL Organisations
The Sunday Times / WorkL
Listed 2024
First appearance on The Sunday Times Best Places to Work list, recognised in the Small Organisations category (10–49 employees).
The list is employee-driven: workers fill in anonymous WorkL surveys across six areas including wellbeing, reward, information sharing, and job satisfaction.
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Top 100 Companies – Fastest Growth
Clutch.com
Listed #39 globally, 2024
Clutch is the leading global B2B review and ratings platform, used by over a million business leaders to find vetted service providers.
Their Fastest Growth list is based on verified revenue data. It’s not a popularity contest. CovertSwarm ranked #39 across all B2B service sectors globally, #2 in the UK, and first in cybersecurity worldwide for verified revenue growth.
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2023
Breach and Attack Simulation
CISO Choice Awards
Finalist 2023
The CISO Choice Awards are judged by a board of practicing Chief Information Security Officers – the people responsible for buying, evaluating, and living with security solutions at some of the world’s largest organizations.
The Breach and Attack Simulation category recognizes vendors that demonstrate genuine capability in simulating real-world attacks to test whether an organization’s defenses would actually hold.
CovertSwarm was shortlisted in 2023 for its Offensive Operations Center (OOC) platform.
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2022
Breach & Attack Simulation Service Provider
CISO Choice Awards
Winner 2022
The CISO Choice Awards split its BAS (Breach and Attack Simulation) category into two in 2022: one for technology providers (software platforms), one for service providers (expert-led testing teams).
CovertSwarm won the Service Provider category, selected by an independent board of senior CISOs as the best human-led attack simulation service of the year.
This is the category that matters for what we do: continuous, hands-on offensive testing by ethical hackers, not automated tooling.
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Start-Up Security Company
CISO Choice Awards
Finalist 2022
Shortlisted in the Start-Up Security Company category in the same cycle as winning the BAS Service Provider award.
The category evaluates emerging cybersecurity businesses on innovation, real-world impact, and client outcomes, judged by practicing CISOs.
CovertSwarm was two years old at the time.
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