Optery Wins Globee Cybersecurity Honor for Social Engineering Defense as Enterprise Demand Grows

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Optery has been named Best of Category in Social Engineering at the 2026 Globee Awards for Cybersecurity, reinforcing its positioning as a core control for enterprises seeking to reduce social-engineering risk at the data source. The recognition underscores Optery’s role in stripping exposed personal information from hundreds of data broker and people-search sites, cutting the raw material used for phishing, smishing, vishing, impersonation, and business email compromise.

Using patented search and automated opt-out technology, Optery reports that it can uncover and remove significantly more data broker profiles per person than competing services, with automated coverage across more than 640 data broker sites and over 1,000 total sites including custom removals. For security and risk leaders, the platform’s continuous monitoring and before-and-after evidence reports translate into measurable attack-surface reduction, a clearer compliance story, and a proactive complement to traditional detection-focused tools.

CEO Lawrence Gentilello noted that organizations have invested heavily in detecting social engineering attacks while attackers still benefit from easy access to exposed personal data, positioning Optery as a way to neutralize that advantage upstream. CISO Karthik Ramesh highlighted that the company’s value proposition is a comprehensive, scalable approach for removing employee and executive data that adversaries use for targeting, which is increasingly relevant as PII-driven threats escalate.

The Globee award adds to a growing roster of third-party validations, including multiple PCMag Editors’ Choice recognitions, a high-growth ranking in Inc. Regionals: Pacific, and repeated wins in digital risk protection and attack surface management categories from several cybersecurity award programs. These accolades, combined with Optery’s SOC 2 Type II attestation and API integration options, support enterprise adoption and signal that personal data removal is maturing into a recognized category within broader security and privacy budgets.

With hundreds of thousands of individual users and more than 1,000 business customers, Optery is positioned to capture increasing spend from CISOs and privacy leaders seeking quantifiable reductions in social engineering exposure. As data brokers and people-search sites continue to expand their holdings, Optery’s strategy of widening site coverage, automating removals at scale, and providing visual, auditable proof of data takedowns is likely to remain central to its competitive differentiation and growth trajectory.