SPIRL Wins Big: Triple Winner in the 2025 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards

We’re excited to share that SPIRL has been recognized as a triple winner in the 2025 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards, taking top honors in:

• Best CyberSecurity Startup Company
• Workload Identity
• Chief Executive Officer of the Year

The Cybersecurity Excellence Awards honor organizations and products that demonstrate excellence, innovation, and leadership in cybersecurity. Winners are selected based on the strength of their nominations, and peer recognition within their respective market segments.

These awards highlight SPIRL’s leadership in machine identity and our commitment to helping organizations secure their applications and infrastructure across the entire software lifecycle with dynamic, identity-based authentication. As discussions around Machine Identity and Non-Human Identity (NHI) gain momentum in cybersecurity, many solutions fall short of delivering real impact. SPIRL is delivering a comprehensive solution—one that eliminates the risks of static credentials, service accounts, and complex secrets management across multi-cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments.

Raising the Bar for Machine Identity

Winning across three categories is a testament to our relentless drive to redefine how machine identity is secured. SPIRL is helping developers innovate freely while ensuring security is never a bottleneck.

Best Cybersecurity Startup: A Breakthrough Approach

The team at SPIRL has transformed their technical breakthroughs into a rapidly-growing enterprise platform that’s reshaping machine identity management. SPIRL’s approach replaces manual and fragmented systems with dynamic, zero trust security controls, delivering both enhanced security and operational efficiency. This unique solution has quickly attracted major enterprise customers, validating the massive market opportunity.

Workload Identity: Setting a New Standard

SPIRL’s Workload Identity Platform solves the machine identity problem at its core using open standards. It issues short-lived credentials on demand, with process-level granularity—no code changes, passwords, or secret rotation. Credentials expire automatically when a workload stops, eliminating standing privilege. Security no longer slows down development and security gains full control and visibility over every credential, ensuring a seamless and secure workflow. SPIRL provides automated identity across the entire software lifecycle.

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CEO of the Year - Evan Gilman: Leadership That Drives Impact

Under Evan Gilman’s leadership and with close teamwork with his co-founders Eli Nesterov and Danny Oliveri, he has helped build a company with deep expertise and a culture that thrives on technical excellence, kindness and a deep commitment to customer success, making SPIRL a trusted partner in cybersecurity.

The Future of Machine Identity is Here

We’re honored by this recognition and remain committed to pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in machine identity security. As organizations continue to scale and modernize their infrastructure, SPIRL will be there to ensure their security keeps pace with innovation—without slowing them down.

Ready to learn more about how SPIRL can help your organization? Get in touch with us today.