Fortreum announced that it has been selected as the winner of the “Compliance Software Solution of the Year” award in the 10th annual CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards program. CyberSecurity Breakthrough, an independent market intelligence organization, conducts the annual program, which recognizes the most innovative companies, products, and technologies driving progress in the global information security industry.

Kovr.AI, Fortreum’s AI-native cyber compliance automation platform, turns compliance into an automated, intelligent workflow that helps organizations achieve certification faster, more accurately and with greater confidence. Kovr.AI offers a unified AI-driven review process, and its agentic AI system, Agent Artemis, provides a single interface across cloud environments, security toolchains, evidence repositories and documentation. Because Kovr.AI operates within a Zero Data Retention environment, client Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) is never used to train AI models or retained beyond the engagement.

Kovr.AI delivers AI-driven compliance mapping across regulatory standards. The “build once, map anywhere” architecture allows organizations to collect evidence once and automatically map it across more than 14 compliance frameworks, including FedRAMP, CMMC 2.0, GovRAMP, DoD SRG and NIST CSF 2.0. Organizations can reuse validated evidence instead of repeating the same work for every new framework, reducing duplication and accelerating audit readiness.

“Our breakthrough platform enables organizations to spend less time preparing for assessments and more time strengthening their security posture, redefining what modern compliance software can deliver. Kovr.AI has been shown to reduce compliance timelines by up to 75% and cut associated costs by as much as 90%, replacing weeks of manual evidence collection and documentation,” said James Leach, CEO of Fortreum. “On behalf of Fortreum, I’m honored to accept this award from CyberSecurity Breakthrough. We’re proud to be the only provider that combines an AI-native compliance platform, an in-house C3PAO, and a FedRAMP-authorized environment for handling sensitive client data. We’ll continue to expand the platform’s capabilities, proving value where security requirements are among the most demanding.”

Marking its 10-year milestone this year, the CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards have spent a decade on a mission that hasn’t wavered: celebrating excellence and spotlighting breakthrough innovation driving the global cybersecurity industry forward. Over that decade, the program has expanded 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 highlighting 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, 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.

“Kovr.AI fundamentally changes how organizations achieve compliance,” said Steve Johansson, managing director, CyberSecurity Breakthrough. “By combining patented AI innovation, measurable customer outcomes, broad regulatory coverage and proven deployment in highly regulated federal environments, Kovr.AI replaces manual effort with intelligent automation. We’re proud to award Fortreum with our ‘Compliance Software Solution of the Year’ designation for 2026.”

Kovr.AI continues to expand its capabilities across the compliance lifecycle, including the CMMC Gap Analysis, which assesses alignment with NIST SP 800-171 using real-time SPRS scoring and prioritized remediation guidance, giving organizations a clear, continuously updated picture of their compliance posture giving organizations a clear, continuously updated picture of their posture as CMMC moves into third-party certification.

Kovr.AI operates in a FedRAMP Moderate Authorized environment and is deployed with the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force.

About Fortreum

Fortreum is a trusted cybersecurity assessment and advisory firm delivering rigorous, high-quality outcomes for blue-chip clients across federal, defense, and commercial sectors. Backed by Gryphon Investors, Fortreum is a recognized C3PAO for CMMC and an authorized assessor for FedRAMP. Its experienced practitioners bring depth of evaluation, independence of judgment, and accountability to every engagement. For more information, visit www.fortreum.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.

Tech Breakthrough LLC does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in our recognition programs, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with award designations. Tech Breakthrough LLC recognition consists of the opinions of the Tech Breakthrough LLC organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Tech Breakthrough LLC disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this recognition program, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

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