At Immersive, we recognize the exceptional efforts of organizations and individuals leading the charge in building true cyber resilience. That's why we’re thrilled to introduce the all-new Immersive Cyber Resilience Awards for 2025!

These awards are designed to celebrate those demonstrating an outstanding commitment to proving and improving their cyber resilience through practical application and deep engagement with the Immersive One platform. 

For Cyber Awareness Month 2025, we're expanding last year’s successful Customer Awards program to nine honors across three categories – celebrating more top-tier organizations and cyber pros than ever. Let’s look at this year’s categories and what’s up for grabs when Cyber Awareness Month rolls around this October!

Cyber Resilience Awards

01. Emerging Threats Leader

This award recognizes those leading the charge in threat detection and hunting, proactively identifying risks and strengthening defenses using insights from our Cyber Threat Intelligence labs. To qualify for this award, we’ll be looking at the:

• Total number of Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) labs completed: Indicating a strong commitment to understanding the latest threat intelligence.
• Average time to complete and respond to every new CTI lab: Highlighting efficiency and agility in addressing emerging threats.

02. Cyber Resilience Leader

This award acknowledges organizations that maximize the full use of the Immersive platform to fully optimize end-to-end cyber resilience. True cyber resilience goes beyond simply preventing attacks; it encompasses the ability to withstand, respond to, and recover from cyber incidents with minimal disruption. This award celebrates organizations that: 

• Zero in on the breadth and depth of coverage across the MITRE ATT&CK framework: Demonstrating a comprehensive understanding and application of real-world attack tactics and techniques.
• Have taken it upon themselves to build Immersive fully into their cyber resilience program: Showing a deep integration of practical cyber skills development into their overall security strategy.

03. Immersive Trailblazer

This award recognizes individuals who simply love Immersive and have shown exceptional dedication to the platform. This category celebrates personal commitment and enthusiasm for continuous learning and skill development in cybersecurity. We’re looking for individuals who:

• Have been our top point scorers since January 1, 2025: Indicating consistent engagement and mastery of a wide range of cyber skills.
• Have completed hundreds of labs and truly immersed themselves in the platform: Demonstrating an exceptional commitment to hands-on learning and practical skill development.

Cyber Excellence and Innovation Awards

04. Exercising Excellence (Crisis Sim)

This award recognizes organizations that have excelled in regularly using Crisis Sim scenarios to prove their cyber resilience. In the face of a major cyber incident, the ability to respond effectively and maintain business continuity is critical. This award celebrates organizations that:

• Have successfully run multiple simulations: Demonstrating a proactive approach to testing and refining their incident response plans.
• Have high participation in Immersive's own virtual Crisis Sims: Indicating a commitment to leveraging realistic and challenging scenarios to prepare their teams.

05. Exercising Excellence (Cyber Drilling)

This Immersive-nominated prize rewards organizations that have successfully implemented and run cyber drill exercises with Immersive in 2025. Cyber Drills are dynamic, immersive simulations that test every aspect of an organization’s ability to detect, manage, and recover from high-impact cyber threats. This award celebrates organizations that have:

• Actively run Immersive-led cyber drills as part of their security training program: Showing a commitment to continuously improving technical capabilities.
• Demonstrated success in integrating Cyber Drill outcomes and learnings into their wider security landscape: Highlighting their ability to translate theoretical knowledge into practical skills.

06. Secure Development Champion (AppSec)

This award celebrates organizations and individuals championing security throughout the software development lifecycle. Proactive security measures integrated early in the development process are essential for building secure and resilient applications. This award recognizes those who:

• Have implemented strong Developer Champion programs into their secure development training environment: Demonstrating a commitment to embedding security expertise within development teams.
• Have completed the highest number of AppSec lab content on the Immersive One platform: Demonstrating a dedication to hands-on practical learning and ongoing upskilling across the secure development lifecycle.

Immersive Growth and Adoption Awards

07. Cybersecurity Maturity Leader

This award recognizes organizations that have significantly shifted their security culture as a direct result of integrating the full Immersive One platform into their cybersecurity infrastructure. Building a strong security culture is fundamental to long-term cyber resilience, and this award celebrates those who have successfully fostered a more security-aware and engaged workforce. We’re looking for organizations that have demonstrated:

• A noticeable positive evolution in employee security behaviors and awareness.
• Evidence of Immersive One being a key driver in this cultural transformation.
• A commitment to embedding continuous learning and practical skills development across the organization.

08. Immersive Impact and Growth Leader

This award recognizes organizations and individuals whose level of engagement with the Immersive One platform has significantly increased over 2025. This category celebrates those actively expanding their use of the platform to enhance their cyber capabilities. We’ll be taking into account factors such as:

• Overall growth in platform utilization and engagement.
• Involvement and engagement with Immersive-hosted challenges and competitions.

09. Community Leader

This award recognizes individual members of the Human Connection Community who have significantly contributed to, and engaged with, both community content and their fellow community members. A strong and supportive community is invaluable in cybersecurity, fostering collaboration, knowledge sharing, and mutual growth. This award celebrates individuals who have:

• Consistently shared tips and advice.
• Engaged with popular threads and participated in community events and meetups.
• Actively helped to bring the Human Connection community to life.

Now it’s over to you!

We’ll be unveiling the winners of each category throughout Cyber Awareness Month in October 2025, with some exciting prizes up for grabs along the way to fuel your journey.

All you have to do is stay on top of your game with Immersive. Throughout the year, keep your eyes peeled for fun and engaging challenges, competitions, and events meticulously designed to help you and your teams sharpen your skills, deepen your understanding of the threat landscape, and ultimately, strengthen your cyber resilience. We're excited to celebrate your progress and achievements as you continue to build a more secure digital future.