Stellar Cyber Founder and CTO Aimei Wei Wins 2026 Herizon Award for Transforming an Industry

Recognition honors women transforming individuals, teams, companies, industries, and the globe

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Stellar Cyber, an open and agentic Integrated Security Operations Center (ISOC) platform company, today announced that CTO and founder Aimei Wei has been named a winner in the 2026 Herizon Awards, in the category of Founder/Visionary. Presented by the Business Intelligence Group (BIG), the award recognizes women who are changing how the world works.

The 2026 Herizon Awards honors women whose leadership has moved individuals, teams, companies, industries, and the globe, choosing 57 winners across five nominee roles and four countries.

With Aimei’s pioneering work in the cybersecurity industry, she has changed the way security analysts detect, analyze, and respond to threats.

Inspired by a vision to help small and medium enterprises (SMEs) combat cyberattacks by applying AI and machine learning to an open API architecture, Aimei started Stellar Cyber to build a completely new kind of security platform. With her vision as the company’s guiding star, Stellar Cyber has developed patented technology that unifies all levels of the modern business network. The Stellar Cyber cybersecurity platform integrates with any security product, IT, and productivity tool via pre-built integrations. The Stellar Cyber Auto Triage tool has been proven in an independent study to give security analysts back 19 minutes of every hour spent chasing security alerts.

"These women aren't waiting for the world to change. They're the ones changing it," said Russ Fordyce, Chief Recognition Officer, Business Intelligence Group. "Aimei stood out because her work as Founder and CTO reflects what Herizon is about: real change, led by women, that reaches well beyond a single team."

"I'm honored to be recognized in the 2026 Herizon Awards," said Aimei Wei, founder and CTO of Stellar Cyber. "This award belongs to the team and the community who made the work possible. I hope it opens doors for the women coming up behind us."

To learn more about the 2026 Herizon Awards, visit: https://www.herizonawards.com/winners/2026/press-release

About Stellar Cyber

Stellar Cyber is an open and agentic Integrated Security Operations Center (ISOC) platform, delivering Full Cycle AI-native SecOps for enterprise and MSSP security teams. Since 2015, Stellar Cyber has helped organizations illuminate the darkest corners of cybersecurity to see every threat, know what matters most, and act with speed and confidence, always with the human in the loop.

By applying the right AI to the right problem, Stellar Cyber combines machine learning, Graph ML, large language models, and agentic AI across detection, triage, investigation, and response. The result is measurable operational impact: analyst productivity improved by more than 80%, false positives reduced by over 90%, and security teams freed to focus on what matters.

Stellar Cyber’s open platform unifies SIEM, NDR/OT, ITDR/UEBA, detection, investigation, triage, response, and Multi-Layer AI™ under one platform, across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments. Stellar Cyber is trusted by one-third of the world’s top 250 MSSPs and more than 15,000 organizations worldwide.

Learn more at stellarcyber.ai.

About the Herizon Awards

The Herizon Awards recognize women who are transforming individuals, teams, companies, industries, and the globe. Every nomination is read and scored by the Herizon nomination reviewers, experienced business professionals who give transparent feedback and detailed scoring.

About Business Intelligence Group

Business Intelligence Group (BIG) is an independent awards organization that has been recognizing outstanding achievement in business since 2012. Now in its 14th awards season, BIG operates 12 annual award programs spanning innovation, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, customer service, cloud computing, sustainability, sales and marketing, workplace culture, and women's leadership. For more information, visit bintelligence.com.