Ridge Security today announced that its RidgeBot^® platform has been named a winner in the AI-Powered Offensive Security Platform category in the 2026 Security Today GOVIES Awards.

The annual GOVIES Awards recognize outstanding security products that support government and public sectors, including federal, state, and local agencies working to protect critical infrastructure and sensitive citizen data. RidgeBot was recognized for its AI-powered approach to continuous security validation and automated penetration testing.

Government and public sector teams operate in complex environments with legacy systems, rapid cloud adoption, strict compliance requirements like FISMA and FedRAMP, and an expanding attack surface across networks, applications, and APIs. These organizations also remain frequent targets for threat actors seeking to disrupt essential services or exploit overlooked vulnerabilities.

RidgeBot helps organizations, including government agencies, identify and validate exploitable risks across hybrid environments using automated offensive security testing. By focusing on real-world threats, RidgeBot enables security teams to focus on the most important vulnerabilities first.

“We’re honored to be recognized by Security Today for the innovation behind RidgeBot,” said Lydia Zhang, President and Co-Founder of Ridge Security. “We built RidgeBot to reflect how real-world threats behave, not how checklists look on paper. Security teams need continuous validation and detection in real time, not periodic snapshots. That’s where AI-driven offensive security changes everything.”

Ridge Security continues to expand RidgeBot capabilities across enterprise, cloud, API, and government environments to help organizations strengthen security through ongoing validation.

About Ridge Security

Ridge Security delivers intelligent, autonomous cybersecurity validation solutions that help organizations proactively manage risk and improve resilience. Its flagship platform, RidgeBot^®, is a leading agentic AI-based adversarial risk validation platform that supports continuous threat exposure management programs. Recognized by Gartner in the Market Guide for Adversarial Exposure Validation, Ridge has earned industry honors including the 2026 Frost & Sullivan Global New Product Innovation, Top Emerging Cyber Security Company, the TMCnet Cybersecurity Excellence Award, and multiple Cyber Defense Magazine awards, alongside distinctions such as CRN’s Tech Elite 250. The company serves customers worldwide across finance, government, telecom, and enterprise sectors.

For more information, go to https://ridgesecurity.ai/.

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Helping Government Teams Validate Real-World Threat Exposure