Nominate a Peer for theTIME + Commvault CISO of the Year Award
A branded recognition from TIME and Commvault, in partnership with Sentinel Nexus, honoring the security leaders operationalizing resilience as a core business capability.
About the Award
A New Era of Security Leadership
The role of the CISO is rapidly evolving. TIME and Commvault are joining forces for a branded award to honor the leaders who are showing the way.
Modern security leaders understand the complexities of today's data ecosystems. By operationalizing resilience, they're pioneering the path others will follow.
We want to help by showcasing them alongside the TIME Executives of the Year: Tech & Data list in print and online, casting a spotlight on resilience operations (ResOps).
More than recognition, it's about community. This is an invitation to join an elite group of colleagues and peers from the companies you admire most, the people shaping the future of cyber resilience, cloud security, and AI.
Program Snapshot
Criteria
What We're Looking For
Leaders who treat resilience as strategy, not insurance. The following dimensions frame how nominations will be evaluated.
Deliver Business Outcomes
Treat resilience as a core business capability, not a compliance exercise. Tie security investment directly to revenue protection, uptime, and enterprise value.
Build Across Teams
Bring security, IT, and operations together as one. Break down silos and build shared accountability across technical and business functions.
Design for Readiness
Plan for disruption and continuous recovery. Architect systems and playbooks that assume failure and optimize for time to recover.
Lead With Confidence
Give the business the freedom to innovate without fear. Enable speed and experimentation by making the blast radius of failure manageable.
Prove It in Practice
Build trust through action. Pressure-test systems, run live exercises, and turn incidents into institutional learning.
Timeline
Path to Recognition
Four milestones between nomination and the TIME Impact Dinner in New York.
The Prize
More Than a Headline
Commvault will send the winner to an exclusive TIME Impact Dinner in New York, celebrating the honorees on the TIME Executives of the Year: Tech & Data editorial list.
It is a unique opportunity to connect with other leaders defining what modern resilience looks like, in rooms that are rarely open.
- Editorial feature in TIME print and online alongside the Executives of the Year list
- Reserved seat at the invitation-only TIME Impact Dinner in New York
- Introduction into the Sentinel Nexus Guild community of verified security executives
- Ongoing access to curated briefings, forums, and peer roundtables
Expert Panel
Meet the Judges
Our external panel of cybersecurity experts and industry leaders brings diverse perspectives and real-world experience to identify the CISO making the greatest impact today.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common Questions
The TIME + Commvault CISO of the Year award recognizes a security leader who exemplifies modern resilience leadership through a ResOps approach. This program celebrates CISOs who treat resilience as a core business capability—not just a technical function—those bridging security, IT, and operations to ensure their organizations can recover quickly, operate confidently, and innovate without increasing risk. The honoree selected by Commvault will be featured in a TIME branded article and video, with additional recognition across TIME and Commvault channels. The honoree will be invited to Commvault’s annual SHIFT event.
About TIME
With unparalleled access to the world's most influential people, the trust of consumers and partners globally, and an unrivaled power to convene, TIME's mission is to tell the essential stories of the people and ideas that shape and improve the world.
About Commvault
Leading the way in modern enterprise security through ResOps.
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Nominate
Put a Leader on the Map
Complete the form to nominate a resilience leader for the 2026 class. Nominations are reviewed by the full panel and evaluated against all five criteria dimensions.
Expect to spend about eight minutes on the submission. You will need the nominee's contact details and one concrete example of their work.