Cloud Range Wins Coveted Top InfoSec Innovator Awards for 2025

Cloud Range Named “Most Innovative Cyber Defense Readiness Platform” at 2025 Cyber Defense Magazine InfoSec Awards

NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cloud Range, the leading enterprise cyber range simulation platform for accelerating detection and response capabilities, announced today that it has been named the winner of the Top InfoSec Innovator Award for “Most Innovative Cyber Defense Readiness Platform” by Cyber Defense Magazine (CDM), the industry’s leading information security publication.

Cloud Range is redefining cybersecurity readiness with the industry’s first full-service, customizable cyberattack simulation platform. Trusted by enterprises, governments, MSSPs, higher education, and critical infrastructure organizations worldwide, Cloud Range enables SOC and incident response teams to build and sustain real-world defensive skills through live-fire simulations in secure, controlled environments. By replicating actual networks, tools, and workflows, Cloud Range helps teams accelerate incident response, strengthen decision-making, and close the cybersecurity skills gap—empowering organizations to stay resilient against evolving threats.

“We’re thrilled to be part of this coveted group of winners in the 13th year of Cyber Defense Awards, during CyberDefenseCon 2025, where the top global CISOs exclusively gather by invitation. We knew the competition would be tough, and with leading infosec experts from around the globe judging, we’re especially proud that our innovation was recognized,” said Debbie Gordon, Founder and CEO of Cloud Range.

“Cloud Range embodies three major features we judges look for with the potential to become winners: understanding tomorrow’s threats, today, providing a cost-effective solution and innovating in unexpected ways that can help mitigate cyber risk and get one step ahead of the next breach,” said Gary S. Miliefsky, Publisher of Cyber Defense Magazine.

About Cloud Range

Cloud Range is the first-ever cyber Range-as-a-service providing a fully customizable cyberattack simulation training program. Used by enterprise SOC and incident response teams, managed security service providers (MSSPs), governments, higher education institutions, utilities, critical infrastructure, and many other industries, Cloud Range enables organizations to accelerate the cyber defense skills of their cybersecurity professionals using its proprietary simulation training and assessment platform. Customers can train security teams, assess candidates, onboard new hires, and improve cybersecurity team skills while significantly reducing cyber risk. Cloud Range’s recent accolades include 2025 SC Awards for Best IT Security-Related Training Program, the 2025 Global Infosec Awards for Visionary in Cybersecurity Training, the 2024 CRN Stellar Startups Awards, CISO Choice Award for security education and training, and the ASTORS Homeland Security Award for Best Cyber Defense Team Training. Learn more at https://www.cloudrangecyber.com/news.

About Cyber Defense Awards

This is Cyber Defense Magazine’s 13th year of honoring cybersecurity innovators, in this case the Top Global CISOs for 2025, on our Cyber Defense Awards platform. In this competition, judges for these and other prestigious awards include cybersecurity industry veterans, trailblazers and market makers Ron Gula of Gula Tech Adventures, Gary Miliefsky of CDMG, Dr. Lindsey Polley de Lopez of VentureScope, Katie Gray of In-QTel, Robert R. Ackerman Jr. of DataTribe, Dino Boukouris of AltitudeCyber and with much appreciation to emeritus judges Robert Herjavec of Cyderes, Dr. Peter Stephenson of CDMG and David DeWalt of NightDragon. Top InfoSec Innovators for 2025 is found here: https://cyberdefenseawards.com/top-infosecinnovators-for-2025/ and download The Black Unicorn Report for 2025: https://cyberdefenseawards.com/the-black-unicorn-report-for-2025/ and Top Global CISOs Winners for 2025, here: https://cyberdefenseawards.com/top-global-cisos-winners-for-2025/.

About Cyber Defense Magazine

Cyber Defense Magazine was founded in 2012 by Gary S. Miliefsky, globally recognized cyber security thought leader, inventor and entrepreneur and continues to be the premier source of IT Security information. We are managed and published by and for ethical, honest, passionate information security professionals. Our mission is to share cutting-edge knowledge, real-world stories and awards on the best ideas, products and services in the information technology industry. We deliver electronic magazines every month online for free, and limited special editions exclusively for the RSA, BlackHat and Cyber Defense Conferences. Learn more about us at http://www.cyberdefensemagazine.com. Cyber Defense Magazine is a proud member of the Cyber Defense Media Group.