Cloud Range Named Overall Cyber Posture Solution of the Year for Redefining How Cyber Readiness Is Measured

Prestigious CyberSecurity Breakthrough Award recognizes Cloud Range for helping organizations move beyond traditional cyber posture metrics to prove how human teams and AI perform against real-world attacks

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cloud Range, the leader in Cyber Readiness and Validation, today announced that it has been named Overall Cyber Posture Solution of the Year in the 10th annual CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards program. Conducted by CyberSecurity Breakthrough, an independent market intelligence organization, the annual program recognizes innovative companies, products, and technologies driving progress in the global information security industry.

Cloud Range has redefined how cyber posture is measured by moving beyond counts of vulnerabilities, controls, and compliance to measurable evidence of operational readiness. Traditional cybersecurity metrics show what an organization has done to prepare, but they do not answer one of the most important questions security leaders face: How effectively will we perform when an attack actually occurs?

From Cyber Posture to Proven Readiness

Cloud Range closes that gap by enabling organizations to continuously measure and improve how human defenders and AI agents perform under real-world attack conditions. As the industry’s first cloud-based cyber range platform, Cloud Range provides realistic IT, OT/ICS, cloud, and hybrid cyber ranges where human teams and AI agents can defend against complex adversary emulations using the security tools and workflows they rely on in real-world operations. Organizations can identify readiness gaps, validate incident response processes, benchmark performance, and measure improvement over time without putting production environments at risk.

The need for this type of testing and validation is growing rapidly as AI assumes a greater role in security operations. Cloud Range’s AI Validation Range™ provides a safe, controlled environment to train, test, and validate AI models and agents against adversarial inputs, incomplete or conflicting information, shifting conditions, and other real-world operational challenges. Organizations can evaluate the accuracy, reliability, and behavior of AI while also benchmarking its performance against human defenders. The results provide evidence to help determine appropriate levels of access, autonomy, and human oversight.

“Cybersecurity leaders have plenty of ways to measure vulnerabilities, controls, and compliance, but they haven’t had an objective way to prove how ready their organization is to respond when an attack actually happens,” said Debbie Gordon, CEO of Cloud Range. “This award recognizes the growing need for a more measurable approach to cyber readiness. Organizations can validate how their people, processes, and AI perform under attack in safe, realistic environments, identify where readiness gaps exist, and continuously improve before those capabilities are tested in the real world.”

Measurable Readiness, Measurable Results

Cloud Range customers are already demonstrating the measurable impact of continuous readiness validation. A $30 billion healthcare organization reduced Mean Time to Detect by 66% and improved overall incident response time by 30% after beginning to use Cloud Range. Another enterprise reduced annual cyber risk exposure from $20 million to $12 million through its work with Cloud Range while using the same security team and tools, ultimately achieving the highest cyber readiness ranking among more than 300 organizations.

“Cloud Range, pioneering the Cyber Readiness and Validation category, is redefining what a strong cyber posture looks like,” said Steve Johansson, managing director, CyberSecurity Breakthrough. “Cybersecurity is shifting from measuring controls to proving readiness. Rather than assuming readiness based on completed training, technologies, or point-in-time assessments, Cloud Range reassures organizations that their entire security ecosystem can perform effectively when the time comes.”

A Decade of Recognizing Cybersecurity Innovation

Marking its 10-year milestone in 2026, the CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards program recognizes excellence and innovation across the global cybersecurity industry. This year’s program received thousands of nominations from organizations in more than 20 countries, representing technologies from disruptive startups to established global enterprises. Award categories span Cloud Security, Threat Intelligence, Risk Management, Fraud Prevention, Mobile Security, Application Security, Identity Management, and more.

Cloud Range is trusted by Fortune 500 enterprises, government agencies, healthcare organizations, financial institutions, higher education institutions, global technology companies, and leading AI labs to continuously measure and improve cyber readiness.

About Cloud Range

Cloud Range is the leader in Cyber Readiness and Validation, helping organizations continuously measure and improve how people, processes, and AI perform under real-world attack conditions. As the creator of the industry's first full-service, cloud-based cyber range, Cloud Range provides realistic IT, OT/ICS, and cloud environments where organizations can safely train, test, validate, measure, and benchmark cyber readiness across people, processes, and AI agents.

Used by enterprise organizations, government agencies, higher education institutions, critical infrastructure organizations, and managed security service providers (MSSPs), Cloud Range helps organizations strengthen cyber readiness through live-fire cyberattack simulations, objective performance measurement, expert guidance, continuous readiness programs, and AI validation.

Cloud Range has received multiple industry awards recognizing innovation and leadership in cyber readiness, cyber defense, and cybersecurity excellence and has been recognized by leading analyst and research organizations for its contributions to cyber readiness, cyber ranges, AI validation, and modern security operations. Learn more at cloudrangecyber.com.

About CyberSecurity Breakthrough

Part of Tech Breakthrough, a leading market intelligence and recognition platform for global technology innovation and leadership, the CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards program is devoted to honoring excellence in information security and cybersecurity technology companies, products and people. The CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards provide a platform for public recognition around the achievements of breakthrough information security companies and products in categories including Cloud Security, Threat Detection, Risk Management, Fraud Prevention, Mobile Security, Web and Email Security, UTM, Firewall and more. For more information visit CyberSecurityBreakthrough.com.

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