As part of Infosecurity Europe's focus on innovation, the Most Innovative Cyber SME 2023 competition aims to spotlight micro, small and medium cybersecurity businesses as they showcase the newest cybersecurity tech and solutions.

Fourteen of the UK's most creative and original information security businesses have been selected as finalists. Now in its eighth year, Infosecurity Europe have once again partnered with DSIT for the prestigious event.

The DSIT competition, which is judged by a panel of cybersecurity experts, will see the winner, and the 13 runners up, invited to join the Cyber Innovation Zone at Infosecurity Europe 2023 , which will take place from 20-22 June 2023 at ExCeL London. The winner will be announced at the event and will receive a feature piece in Infosecurity Magazine. All finalists will also receive an event stand, showcase speaking slots and a marketing package.

Nicole Mills, Exhibition Director at Infosecurity Group, comments: "The DSIT competition is an important part of the Infosecurity Europe event. It's about bringing new and innovative companies to the fore and providing a stepping stone to showcase solutions and highlight the ongoing need for innovation in the industry. As threats continue to evolve, tech must keep pace and these finalists have demonstrated their capability to bring to market, new and advanced technologies built to tackle the cybersecurity challenges of the future." The finalists span a myriad of cybersecurity solutions and services to tackle an array of common and evolving threats. The shortlist includes:

• Angoka Angoka - solutions for Smart Cities and Smart Mobility, "heightening the cybersecurity and safety of devices, vehicles and networks".
• Contxt - offers a "comprehensive solution to API security, focusing on leaky API discovery and remediation".
• Crypto Quantique - IoT security - "combining cryptography and quantum physics to develop security products that drive end-to-end security and unlock scalability for IoT networks".
• Cytix - a cloud vulnerability management platform and cluster of dedicated pentesters to "help identify and resolve vulnerabilities".
• eCora - "programmable money platform for stablecoin and CBDC".
• Fact360 - platform "dedicated to forensic analysis of communication networks and data".
• Goldilock- hardware cybersecurity company with a multi-patented device that "allows users to remotely connect or disconnect any network or device, anywhere in the world", without using the internet.
• IDEE Limited - AuthN by IDEE enables people, organisations and systems to "quickly, privately, securely, and safely use the world's-first 100% passwordless and 100% phish-proof identification, authentication and authorisation solution".
• Lupovis - an AI-based cybersecurity solution that "proactively engages threat actors with deception technology and contextual threat intelligence".
• Riskocity - the Maritime Cyber Risk Assessment framework is described as a "unique solution for maritime cyber risk assessment".
• Safeshark - backed by BSI, "provides the only independent certification for new IoT cyber security standards".
• Sitehop - a technology company creating "innovative solutions for cyber-security and networking utilising its custom FPGA solutions to optimise and accelerate cloud/telco networks".
• WCKD RZR - provides a data enablement solution that "harnesses machine learning to catalogue, govern and provide compliant access to a company's entire data estate from a single place".
• Vistalworks Limited - Vistalworks intelligence software "helps enforcement agencies and legitimate business keep ahead of organised cybercrime, and the financial, environmental and societal threats of illegal trade".