Recognition honors organizations, products, and leaders delivering measurable results in digital defense
ARLINGTON, VA, June 3, 2026 — Bricklayer AI today announced it has been named a winner in the 2026 Fortress Cybersecurity Awards, in the category of Agentic AI Security Platform — Software & Applications. Presented by the Business Intelligence Group, the award recognizes the organizations, products, and people applying cybersecurity in ways that deliver real, measurable protection.
The 2026 Fortress Cybersecurity Awards honor achievement across the full landscape of digital defense, spotlighting the companies and leaders moving security beyond reaction and into proactive, accountable practice. This year’s program recognized winners across 27 categories and 6 countries.
Bricklayer AI was recognized for its Agentic Cybersecurity Platform as a new operating model for the modern SOC. Through this work, the company has helped reduce risk exposure, drive down MTTR, improve analyst productivity, and strengthen compliance. Organizations have seen 60-90% reduction in alert investigation time and 85% reduction in threat intelligence investigation time.
“The threats are real, and so is the defense. 2026 is about getting ahead of the attacker — execution, accountability, and measurable resilience,” said Russ Fordyce, Chief Recognition Officer, Business Intelligence Group. “Bricklayer AI stood out because its work in Agentic AI Security reflects where the market is headed: practical cybersecurity that solves real problems, earns trust, and protects the people and assets that depend on it. This recognition highlights a team that is not just keeping pace with the threat landscape, but helping define what meaningful defense looks like.”
“We are honored to be recognized in the 2026 Fortress Cybersecurity Awards for our work in Agentic AI Security,” said Adam Vincent, Founder & CEO of Bricklayer AI. “This award reflects the talent of our team, the trust of our customers, and our commitment to building security solutions that create real outcomes, not just headlines. We believe the future of cybersecurity belongs to organizations that can pair innovation with accountability, and we are proud to be part of that movement.”
“Congratulations to Bricklayer AI. They built a true autonomous SOC where governed teams of AI agents investigate alongside human analysts, so security operations run smarter and faster and leave no alert untouched,” said Russ Fordyce, Chief Recognition Officer at the Business Intelligence Group.
The Fortress Cybersecurity Awards celebrate the people and organizations leading the next phase of digital defense, where progress is judged not by novelty, but by impact. Winners are selected based on how effectively they are using cybersecurity to reduce risk, protect data and assets, prevent harm, and strengthen the resilience of the organizations and communities they serve.
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About Bricklayer AI
Bricklayer AI was created to help security operations teams keep pace with AI-driven threats and an ever-expanding attack surface by introducing a coordinated, agent-based approach to the SOC.
The platform enables organizations to deploy specialized AI agents that share investigative context, collaborate through structured procedures, and operate under defined governance and human oversight. Built around the architectural principles of Context, Coordination, and Control, Bricklayer enables security teams to reduce noise, accelerate investigations, and scale security operations without sacrificing transparency or accountability.
About the Fortress Cybersecurity Awards
The Fortress Cybersecurity Awards recognize the world’s leading companies, products, and people working to keep data and digital assets safe. As cyber threats grow more sophisticated and more frequent, the program identifies and honors the organizations and individuals building the defenses that protect businesses, governments, and the people who depend on them. Judged by a panel of experienced security and business professionals who provide transparent feedback and detailed scoring, the awards celebrate measurable progress in digital defense.
About Business Intelligence Group
Business Intelligence Group (BIG) is an independent awards organization that has been recognizing outstanding achievement in business since 2012. Now in its 14th awards season, BIG operates 12 annual programs spanning innovation, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, customer service, cloud computing, sustainability, sales and marketing, workplace culture, and women’s leadership. Business award programs include the BIG Innovation Awards, AI Excellence Awards, Fortress Cyber Security Awards, Excellence in Customer Service Awards, Stratus Awards for Cloud Computing, Sustainability Awards, SAMMY Awards for Sales and Marketing, Best Places to Work Awards, Herizon Awards, We Love Tech Awards, NAA Top Employers Award, and BIG Awards for Business.
Unlike popularity contests, BIG programs use professional judging panels and objective scoring benchmarks to identify organizations, products, and individuals making real, measurable impact. Winners receive a complete promotional toolkit — including blockchain-verified credentials, press release support, social media assets, and featured placement across BIG’s global community of more than one million business professionals.
For more information about BIG award programs, nomination deadlines, and judging criteria, visit bintelligence.com.
