Noma Wins 2026 SINET Innovator Award Over 7AI and Runlayer
SINET has named Noma the 2026 SINET Innovator, the first time the program has given a single top honor. The award was announced live at SINETNew York at The Times Center, with Noma chosen from three finalists that also included 7AI and Runlayer.
- SINET named Noma the 2026 SINET Innovator, the first single top honor in the program.
- Noma was chosen from three finalists, including 7AI and Runlayer.
- Finalists pitched live to SINET's Judging Committee of CISOs and risk executives on October 7, and the winner was announced the next day at SINETNew York.
- Noma offers an AI and agent security platform that discovers agents across endpoint, SaaS and homegrown AI and governs their behavior.
A new single top honor
Each year, more than 100 industry experts select the SINET16, which recognizes the most innovative emerging cybersecurity companies. This year the program added a further step: it named three finalists for one top award, the SINET Innovator.
According to SINET, the finalists pitched live before its Judging Committee of CISOs and risk executives on October 7. The winner was announced the following day at SINETNew York. The three finalists were Noma, 7AI and Runlayer.
SINET describes the award as recognition for the emerging company the security community believes is shaping what comes next, chosen on merit by the practitioners who decide what the industry adopts.
What Noma does
Noma describes itself as an AI and agent security platform that helps enterprises define and enforce their AI constitution. According to the release, the platform discovers every agent across endpoint, SaaS and homegrown AI, governs what those agents can do, and stops dangerous behavior by understanding agent behavior and intent.
The release frames the company's focus as one of the most pressing problems in enterprise security: AI agents are being adopted faster than security teams can govern them. Noma's approach is to discover every agent and judge its actions against the full context of its behavior. The release says this intent-based method suits agents that act autonomously across sensitive systems.
Reaction from SINET
Robert Rodriguez, SINET Founder and Chairman, congratulated the company. "This is an extraordinary achievement and a true reflection of the innovation, vision, and impact Noma's team is bringing to the cybersecurity industry," he said, according to the release.
Rodriguez also said the award is "highly competitive" and that earning the distinction among such a group of cybersecurity innovators is a significant accomplishment.
SINET says its mission is to advance innovation to defeat global cybersecurity threats. It connects CISOs, risk executives and investors with early-stage and emerging companies building cybersecurity solutions.
What it means
The result shows where a panel of security leaders placed its attention this year. The winner is a company focused on governing AI agents, and the finalist list also included 7AI and Runlayer. The release does not give scoring details or the criteria used by the Judging Committee beyond the description of the award, so the decision itself is best read as a signal of practitioner interest rather than a measured ranking.
For enterprise security teams, the release points to the gap Noma targets: agents are being deployed faster than they can be governed. The award does not test any product claims, but it does put the company in front of the CISOs and risk executives who, in SINET's words, decide what the industry adopts.
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