Optery Wins Award for Anti-Phishing Innovation
The company’s automated data removal service earns recognition for reducing employee exposure to social engineering threats.
Updated on Oct. 26, 2026 in Cybersecurity
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Optery received the Transformational Anti-Phishing award at the 2026 CyberDefenseCon, marking its recognition in the annual Top InfoSec Innovators awards. The service automates the removal of employee personal information from data broker sites to mitigate social engineering risks.
Why it matters
Threat actors frequently scrape data broker sites to gather intelligence for targeted phishing, smishing, and vishing campaigns. By automating information removal, organizations can shrink the attack surface available to malicious actors.
The service has demonstrated the ability to locate up to 100 profiles per employee, including identifying 50 profiles that competing services failed to find. Optery maintains SOC 2 Type II attestation for its security operations.
The players
Optery
A cybersecurity company providing automated personal information removal services for enterprises and individuals.
Cyber Defense Magazine
A security industry publication that produces the annual Top InfoSec Innovators awards and CyberDefenseCon.
The details
Optery functions by scanning data broker and people-search sites to identify where an individual's personal information is publicly hosted. The platform utilizes automated search technology to issue removal requests to these sites, clearing exposed records. Security and IT teams manage this process through a central administrative dashboard designed to track employee data exposure across the enterprise.
Timeline
2012: Cyber Defense Magazine was founded.
October 26, 2026: Optery received the Transformational Anti-Phishing award.
The Tech Race
This award follows the 14th annual Top InfoSec Innovators Awards program, which benchmarks security innovation across the industry. Optery continues to lead in public-facing reviews, securing its fifth consecutive PCMag Editors' Choice award.
Organizations currently using the service can manage employee data exposure via their existing administrative dashboards. The award recognizes the tool's effectiveness in reducing the volume of personal data available to attackers.
The takeaway
Reducing digital footprints remains a critical defense against modern social engineering tactics. Watch for upcoming benchmark reports comparing automated removal success rates across enterprise-grade privacy platforms.
Further reading
For broader analysis on defensive measures against data scraping, visit Cybersecurity.
More information
View the complete list of Top InfoSec Innovators for additional details on this year's award recipients.
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