VikingCloud Named Hot Company MSSP in Cyber Defense Magazine’s 2026 Top InfoSec Innovator Awards

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Chicago, IL, and Dublin, Ireland – October 22, 2026 – VikingCloud, a cybersecurity and compliance partner trusted by over 4 million business locations worldwide, today announced that Cyber Defense Magazine (CDM) named it a Hot Company in the Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) category of its 2026 Top InfoSec Innovator Awards.

The award recognizes VikingCloud’s Managed Security Services (MSS), built for multi-location businesses like quick-service restaurant chains, retailers, and healthcare organizations. Every location is managed through the Asgard Platform®, the industry’s largest cybersecurity and compliance database, giving them a single view of risk across every site they operate.

That view matters because one compromised location can put the entire business at risk. According to VikingCloud proprietary research in the 2026 Cyber Threat Landscape Report, 86% of the multi-location brands surveyed experienced a cyberattack in the past 12 months, and 77% of those saw the attack spread beyond where it started.

“The stakes of a cyberattack have changed. For a business spread across many locations, a cyber event is an economic event: operations halt, and revenue stops across the entire footprint,” said Kevin Pierce, President and Chief Operating Officer of VikingCloud. “One weak location becomes a door for cybercriminals to break in, move laterally, and reach other sites in the network. CDM’s recognition validates our approach of integrating security, compliance, and connectivity into one managed service.”

“VikingCloud embodies three major features we judges look for with the potential to become winners: understanding tomorrow’s threats, today, providing a cost-effective solution, and innovating in unexpected ways that can help mitigate cyber risk and get one step ahead of the next breach,” said Gary S. Miliefsky, Publisher of Cyber Defense Magazine.

This is VikingCloud’s second CDM award this year. In March, CDM named VikingCloud a Global InfoSec Award winner in the Market Disruptor Compliance category for CCS Advantage.

View the full list of 2026 Top InfoSec Innovator Award winners.

Learn more about VikingCloud Managed Security Services.

About VikingCloud.

VikingCloud delivers cybersecurity and compliance solutions that simply work. Our expert-led approach combines proven technology and AI-driven insights with dedicated support—keeping businesses secure, audit-ready, and uninterrupted. VikingCloud is trusted by over 4 million business locations in 70+ countries to stop threats before they stop business, so they can work on what matters most. For more information, visit www.vikingcloud.com and follow us at www.linkedin.com/company/vikingcloud/.

Media contact.

Jake Scearbo, Corporate Ink for VikingCloud

+1 508.561.2449 | vikingcloud@corporateink.com