2027 HealthTech Security Excellence Award
Protecting Patient Data and Safeguarding Digital Health.
The 2027 HealthTechNode HealthTech Security Excellence Award recognizes technologies, platforms, services, and security programs protecting patient information, healthcare infrastructure, connected devices, and digital care environments. This award honors practical innovation that strengthens privacy, compliance, cyber resilience, and trust across the health technology ecosystem.
Healthcare organizations face a growing security challenge as clinical systems, cloud platforms, connected devices, virtual care tools, and third-party services become more deeply integrated. Every new connection can improve care, but it can also expand the attack surface. Strong security solutions help organizations protect sensitive data, maintain operational continuity, and support innovation without compromising patient trust.
This award celebrates security technologies and programs built for the realities of modern healthcare. Strong entries will show how the solution addresses a defined risk, fits into real clinical or operational workflows, improves visibility or response, and produces measurable value for healthcare organizations, technology partners, or patients.
Entry Schedule
- Entries Open: January 26, 2027
- Early Bird Deadline: February 19, 2027
- Final Entry Deadline: March 19, 2027
- Winners Announced: March 29, 2027
Entry Fees
- Early Bird Entry: $395
- Regular Entry: $495
Who Should Enter
- Health technology companies developing cybersecurity, privacy, identity, access, or compliance solutions
- Organizations protecting electronic health records, cloud infrastructure, connected medical devices, or virtual care platforms
- Teams improving threat detection, incident response, vulnerability management, data governance, or business continuity
- Security providers supporting hospitals, health systems, payers, life sciences organizations, and digital health companies
- Organizations demonstrating measurable improvements in healthcare security, resilience, compliance, or patient data protection
What Judges Will Consider
- Demonstrated value in reducing healthcare security, privacy, or operational risk
- Strength and practical relevance of the innovation
- Evidence of implementation, adoption, measurable results, or improved resilience
- Ability to integrate with healthcare technologies, workflows, and regulatory requirements
- Clear differentiation within the healthcare cybersecurity and privacy landscape
Eligibility
- Open to companies, startups, organizations, and teams operating in health technology or healthcare security worldwide
- Entries should highlight work developed, released, updated, expanded, or significantly advanced during 2027
- Submissions should include supporting evidence that clearly demonstrates the innovation’s value and impact
Entries open January 26, 2027. Review the submission requirements now, then return when the application opens to submit your entry.
Questions? Contact awards@healthtechnode.com
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Benefits of Winning
Celebrating Success: Benefits of Winning a HealthTechNode Award
Winning a HealthTechNode Award is more than recognition. It is a strong third-party signal of innovation, impact, and market relevance in health technology. As a winner, you receive benefits that can help extend visibility, credibility, and momentum across the industry:
1. Official HealthTechNode Recognition
Your company, solution, or achievement will be featured in official HealthTechNode winners coverage, including a dedicated winners page and newsroom announcement.
2. Winner Badge and Promotional Assets
Winners receive official digital assets, including a category-specific award badge and supporting creative for use across websites, marketing materials, sales collateral, and social media.
3. Increased Visibility and Credibility
Winning helps strengthen your positioning with customers, partners, stakeholders, and industry audiences by providing independent recognition of your work and its impact.
4. Inclusion in the HealthTechNode Winners Archive
Your recognition will be featured on the HealthTechNode winners page, creating a lasting record of your achievement and making it easier for audiences to discover your work over time.
5. Added Value for PR and Brand Communications
Winners can incorporate their recognition into press materials, social posts, website updates, customer communications, and broader brand storytelling following the public announcement.