Token Wins Gold in 2026 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards for Identity Access Management

Receives industry recognition as identity assurance becomes the defining security priority of the AI era.

ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Token, the biometric identity assurance company, has been named a Gold Award recipient in the Identity Access Management category of the 2026 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards. The honor underscores Token’s role as identity becomes the control point for enterprise security.

Credential compromise remains the leading cause of enterprise breaches, and AI has made the problem structurally worse — phishing, deepfakes, and social engineering now operate at machine speed, while the credentials underneath have not fundamentally changed. As enterprises move AI agents from advisory roles into operational workflows, a second question has emerged: who, exactly, approves the high-consequence actions those agents are now capable of taking?

Token’s cryptographic biometric identity assurance answers both by proving the human, not just the credential — binding access and approval to a verified, physically present person through on-device biometric authentication enforced on secure hardware.

The TokenCore product line — including the TokenCore Wearable, TokenCore Portable, and TokenCore Node — is built to integrate with the IAM, SSO, and PAM infrastructure organizations already run. It does not replace the identity stack; it completes it.

“This recognition validates what we’ve been hearing directly from CISOs,” said Kevin Surace, CEO of Token. “They don’t want another standalone authentication tool. They want identity assurance that integrates seamlessly with their existing IAM, SSO, and PAM investments—and elevates the entire stack.”

“We congratulate Token on earning Gold Award recognition in the Identity Access Management category of the 2026 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards,” said Holger Schulze, founder of Cybersecurity Insiders and organizer of the Cybersecurity Excellence Awards. “Selected by an independent jury of cybersecurity practitioners, analysts, and CISOs, this recognition highlights the role of innovative security solutions in strengthening cybersecurity across organizations worldwide.”

The Cybersecurity Excellence Awards honor companies, products, and professionals that demonstrate excellence, innovation, and leadership in information security. The 2026 award recipients represent a cross-section of the industry’s most advanced organizations, including leaders such as CrowdStrike, Fortinet, and Cisco. See the full list of winners here: https://cybersecurity-excellence-awards.com/2026-cybersecurity-excellence-awards-recipients/

About Token

Token provides biometric-assured identity solutions for enterprises that need to stop credential theft, phishing, social engineering, and account takeover at the point of access. Token products combine biometric fingerprint verification, secure hardware, FIDO2 and WebAuthn authentication, and wireless ease of use to ensure that only the right person can access critical systems. Token protects workforce access across modern enterprise applications, identity providers, and cloud platforms.

Founded in 2014 and backed by Grand Oaks Capital, Token delivers secure, passwordless authentication solutions that help organizations reduce identity-based risk and strengthen workforce security. For more information, visit www.tokencore.com.