NetBrain Technologies Recognized as a “Next Big Thing for Enterprise Tech” by Fast Company and a Winner of the Top InfoSec Innovator Awards

Recognition highlights NetBrain’s security validation, self-healing network operations, and continuous innovation in AI-driven automation

BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NetBrain Technologies, Inc., the leading no-code automation platform for hybrid network observability, today announced multiple award wins, including being named the winner of the Most Innovative Security Validation award from Cyber Defense Magazine (CDM). This recognition underscores NetBrain’s leadership in empowering IT operations teams with AI-driven automation to continuously validate network security—detecting CVE vulnerabilities and enforcing compliance at scale.

“We scoured the globe to identify cybersecurity innovators making a significant impact by addressing real-world enterprise challenges—such as preventing network misconfigurations, one of the leading causes of security breaches,” said Yan Ross, Editor of Cyber Defense Magazine. “NetBrain Technologies distinguished itself as a standout winner for its continuous assessment capabilities, enabling proactive and resilient network operations.”

NetBrain was also recognized as a “Next Big Thing for Enterprise Tech” by Fast Company for pioneering self-healing network operations. The recognition highlights the company’s relentless drive to push the boundaries of innovation and use intent-based AI and no-code network automation, helping companies like Nike and CVS uncover risks, automate troubleshooting, and proactively prevent outages.

With a customer-first approach, NetBrain delivers a turnkey platform to drive holistic visibility and consistent performance across hybrid enterprise networks. Among the most popular use cases, NetBrain’s automated discovery of network devices and intents—a live, digital twin—equips enterprises to rapidly assess performance and accelerate remediation efforts.

NetBrain’s Golden Assessment Library, a pre-built, continually updated library of hundreds of ready-made assessments learned from real-world outages across industries—enables enterprises with a form of network “herd immunity” to drive resilience across their hybrid infrastructure.

“We’re honored to be recognized by both Fast Company and the InfoSec Innovators Awards – it validates two decades of innovation and leadership accelerating proactive network automation with Agentic AI," said Lingping Gao, Founder and CEO of NetBrain Technologies. “We’ve invested significantly in building a world-class team dedicated to empowering our customers to automate network assurance, achieve continuous observability, and unlock faster time to value.”

NetBrain recently secured an investment with Blackstone Growth to acquire a majority stake in the company, valuing NetBrain at $750 million. This partnership gives NetBrain access to Blackstone’s global reach and operational expertise, accelerating plans to expand global presence, accelerate their award-winning partner program, and lead the next wave of innovation in AI-powered, human-led network automation.

NetBrain continues to showcase its solutions across the world in Q4, with a strong presence at ONUG’s AI Summit in NYC, Gartner’s IT Symposium and IT Infrastructure, Operations & Cloud Strategies Conferences in Orlando, Las Vegas, London, Barcelona, and Japan, and as a leading sponsor of AutoCon 4, the premier network automation show in Austin, TX. For more information about NetBrain’s upcoming events, visit: www.netbraintech.com/events.

About NetBrain Technologies

NetBrain, since 2004, pioneers network automation, empowering IT teams with no-code and AI. Its Next-Gen platform shifts from reactive visibility to proactive observability. Automating troubleshooting and change management, it boosts efficiency, reduces errors, and provides insights. Powered by a Digital Twin and intent-based automation, NetBrain scales automation and simplifies adoption. NetBrain is in use by more than one-third of the Fortune 500 and is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts, with locations in Munich, Germany; Toronto, Canada; Hyderabad, India and Beijing, China. For more information, please visit www.netbrain.com.

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 includes 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-Q-Tel, 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-infosec-innovators-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.