Infosecurity Europe launches cyber safety startups stream

The Infosecurity Europe occasion, being held in London in June, has introduced a cyber safety startups stream.

Occasion organiser RX stated the Cyber Startup Programme is “designed to shine a light-weight on the following technology of cyber safety innovators, bringing startup founders, traders and ecosystem enablers collectively by way of a devoted present ground expertise”.

The Cyber Startups Zone, together with particular content material on the occasion, is alleged to mirror a “rising concentrate on innovation and early-stage development”.

Tickets shall be out there for startup founders and traders. There are additionally ambitions for the programme to help companies all through their lifecycle, turning into able to work with and within the channel.

The exhibition will function a devoted Cyber Innovation Zone, delivered in partnership with the Division for Science, Innovation and Expertise (DSIT), which is meant to showcase the UK’s “progressive micro, small and medium-sized cyber safety companies”.

“The zone will showcase cutting-edge approaches, government-backed initiatives and breakthrough applied sciences serving to to form the way forward for the UK cyber panorama,” stated the organiser.

Brad Maule-ffinch, occasion director at Infosecurity Europe, stated: “Supporting early-stage innovation is important to the way forward for cyber safety, and with the ability to play a significant position in spotlighting upcoming progressive and disruptive applied sciences is a job we’re eager to foster and develop. With the launch of the Cyber Startup Programme, Infosecurity Europe is creating new alternatives for startups to realize visibility, join with traders and consumers, and use it as a platform to develop too.”

The occasion has teamed up with UK Cyber Flywheel, one other occasion organisation, which debuted on the Nationwide Theatre in October 2025. That is stated to deliver collectively firm founders, CISOs, operators, traders and coverage makers to “construct a stronger, extra related, extra resilient UK cyber ecosystem”.

Infosecurity will even maintain a Cyber Startup Award competitors, with startups pitching for help. The winner will get a free exhibition stand for Infosecurity Europe 2027, a two-hour session with cyber safety PR professionals and a 1.5-hour branding workshop with “startup model specialists”. 

To enter, companies should submit a single written entry of as much as 1,000 phrases, together with a abstract of the corporate, product particulars and aggressive differentiation. Entries shut on 27 February.

Munawar Valiji, CISO and cyber adviser representing UK Cyber Flywheel, stated: “Cyber safety is essential for the UK to guard its essential infrastructure, economic system and residents from more and more refined state-sponsored and legal cyber assaults. Via the Cyber Flywheel, and in partnership with CISOs, founders, traders and authorities, we’re centered on constructing a greater related, stronger and extra resilient cyber ecosystem throughout the UK and past. The Cyber Startup Programme at Infosecurity Europe performs an necessary position in bringing these communities collectively and accelerating innovation the place it issues most.”

There will even be a founder monitor on the convention, providing “sensible insights, real-world classes and views centered on serving to founders speed up development, corresponding to constructing a powerful cyber safety model and market presence and getting ready for scale and long-term development”.

Registration for Infosecurity Europe, which takes place on 2-4 June 2026 at Excel in London, is free till 12 Could. After this date, the entry price to attend shall be £49.