Prestigious Annual Awards Program Honors Breakthrough Information Security Products and Companies Around the World
BRENTWOOD, Tenn., Oct. 8, 2026 – Fortified Health Security (Fortified), a Best in KLAS managed security services provider (MSSP) specializing exclusively in healthcare cybersecurity, today announced that Central Command is the winner of the “Risk Management Innovation of the Year” award in the 10th annual CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards program. Conducted by CyberSecurity Breakthrough, an independent market intelligence organization, the annual program recognizes the most innovative companies, products, and technologies driving progress in the global information security industry.
Central Command from Fortified Health Security is a cloud security platform for the healthcare sector that helps organizations transition from only having visibility into cybersecurity issues to taking decisive action. Beyond aggregating data, displaying alerts, or generating reports, Central Command combines threat defense, analyst collaboration, advisory engagement, incident escalation, risk management, executive reporting, and remediation workflows.
Additionally, Central Command Plus enhances the platform with three interconnected modules. The Risk Register centralizes identified risks in a formal, auditable system of record. Comparative Analytics provides context from peer organizations, helping users determine whether metrics represent significant exposure and where to focus first. Meanwhile, the Workbench module leverages findings and recommendations and turns them into assignable, trackable tasks with owners, due dates, status updates, and evidence-ready progress logs.
The breakthrough platform also fosters innovation across Fortified’s broader portfolio. EscalationIQ improves incident engagement with context-aware escalations, customized workflows, and direct analyst collaboration. The company’s VendorIQ modernizes third-party risk management with scoped discovery, lifecycle tracking, tailored assessments, residual risk scoring, and executive-ready reporting. Together, these capabilities allow Central Command to serve as a comprehensive cybersecurity operating system for healthcare.
“Cybersecurity can be complicated; it doesn’t have to be hard. We built Central Command because the people protecting patients deserve one place to see risk, act on it, and show progress,” said Dan L. Dodson, chief executive officer at Fortified Health Security. “Our commitment to partnership goes both ways, and this recognition also belongs to the healthcare organizations across the country that trust us with their cybersecurity challenges and are transparent about their needs.”
Marking its 10-year milestone this year, the CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards has spent a decade on a mission that hasn’t wavered: to celebrate excellence and spotlight breakthrough innovation driving the global cybersecurity industry forward. Over that decade, the program has grown to span a wide range of categories, including Cloud Security, Threat Intelligence, Risk Management, Fraud Prevention, Mobile Security, Application Security, Identity Management, and more, consistently shining a light on the solutions and organizations redefining how we safeguard the digital world.
In this landmark 10th year, the 2026 awards program received thousands of nominations from organizations in more than 20 countries around the world, representing breakthrough technologies from disruptive startups to established global enterprises. This year’s winners embody the cutting edge of cybersecurity technology, delivering next-generation protection and resilience in today’s increasingly complex threat landscape.
“Central Command helps organizations reduce risk, show progress, and enhance their resilience in one of the most targeted sectors in cybersecurity. Hospitals and health systems need to not only understand active threats, but also coordinate with external experts, prioritize their limited resources, and manage compliance requirements,” said Steve Johansson, managing director, CyberSecurity Breakthrough. “Fortified Health Security’s platform meets those needs by providing healthcare organizations with a single environment to manage visibility, communication, prioritization, and execution.”
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About Fortified Health Security
Fortified is Healthcare’s Cybersecurity Partner® – protecting patient data and reducing risk throughout the healthcare ecosystem. A managed security service provider that has been awarded numerous industry accolades, including five consecutive years of Best in KLAS recognition, Fortified works alongside healthcare organizations to build customized programs that help clients leverage their prior security investments and current processes while implementing new solutions that reduce risk and increase their security posture over time. Led by a team of industry-recognized cyber experts, Fortified’s high-touch engagements and client-specific process maximize value and deliver an actionable, scalable approach to help reduce the risk of cyber events. To learn more, visit www.fortifiedhealthsecurity.com.
About CyberSecurity Breakthrough
Part of Tech Breakthrough, a leading market intelligence and recognition platform for global technology innovation and leadership, the CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards program is devoted to honoring excellence in information security and cybersecurity technology companies, products and people. The CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards provide a platform for public recognition around the achievements of breakthrough information security companies and products in categories including Cloud Security, Threat Detection, Risk Management, Fraud Prevention, Mobile Security, Web and Email Security, UTM, Firewall and more. For more information visit CyberSecurityBreakthrough.com.
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