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4. Nominate in several sections: The major sections consist of CSO of the Year, Project of the Year and Security/IT Department; People - Management, Professionals and Teams Categories; Security Companies and Organizations from all over the World Categories; Tomorrow's Technology Today Categories; Products and Services Excellence Categories; New Products and/or Products on announcement embargo Category; Deployments and Case Studies; White Papers, Technology Write-ups, Websites, Blogs and Facebook Page Categories; PR and Marketing Campaign Categories; Product Management and Engineering Categories; Partner Programs Categories; Channel Partners, VARs and Resellers from all over the world Categories, Venture Capitalists and Investors Categories, and Support and Customer Satisfaction Categories.

5. Involve Your Company's Executives and Clients too: Achievements should never go unrecognized. These awards cover the widest range of recognitions and achievements in the industry. So nominate your company executives and your most important clients too for their achievements. You will be able to share and celebrate the success together at the awards banquet dinner in San Francisco bringing together people from all over the world in the security industry. It's also an excellent way to bond with your most valued clients. 

6. Raise Your Level of Participation by Becoming a Sponsor: Sponsorships start from US$7,500 - these are industry awards and there are various opportunities to gain visibility such as through Sponsorship Opportunities, Guaranteed 1:1 Executive Video Interviews, Pitch Your Product to a world-class Live Audience, and Heightening Awareness through the printed Events Guide.

7. Prepare Your Entries in Advance: We are not looking for out-of-this-world achievements. In fact start-ups and large established companies have an equal chance of getting the judges attention if your story is well written, brief, to the point and highlights achievements clearly. So prepare draft copies of your content before submission, review and then submit final copies. Sometimes a nomination may be suitable for more than one category, so nominate in all the other categories too. This may increase the chances of becoming a finalist and eventually a winner.

8. Submit Your Entries By The Entry Deadline: It is important that you submit your entries by the deadlines. Early-bird deadlines will enable you to file your nominations at substantially discounted fees. Even though we will accept late-entries as per the timelines of this awards program, late and higher fees will be applicable if accepted. Read more about the fees and deadlines.

9. Volunteer To Be A Judge: These are industry recognitions and awards. Therefore it is important that key executives from your company volunteer to participate in the judging process. Apply now to be a preliminary judge. If selected, you will be able to see the entries submitted by others. However, you will not be able to judge your own submissions.