The Grand Trophy is a prestigious corporate honor reserved for only a few companies that will win the most awards in the Info Security's Global Excellence Awards competition. The elegant pillar shaped trophy has been designed in Silicon Valley and will have your company name laser engraved on it using advanced state-of-the-art equipment.

1 – Plan to submit entries in several categories so that your organization's every achievement is recognized

Grand Trophy winners are noticed by the judges because of well written entry submissions and in several categories. The Grand Trophy is a corporate honor and organizations that value everything from people to products, customers to partners, company performance to PR are able to excel in their industry.

It all begins by answering a simple question that you and/or your company’s executives can best answer - “What do you and your organization want to be recognized for?”

By answering this simple question yourself you will be able to choose several categories that are most suitable for your company. Read more about the categories here.

2 – Assign a Key Contact from your company who can coordinate and submit all the entries for your company

A single person designated as a “Key Contact” from your organization will be able to better coordinate with other people and departments within your company to ensure that everyone is well represented for recognitions and that nominations are being submitted in a timely manner.

If a PR agency is submitting entries then a person from the PR agency can be this Key Contact.

Bookmark the Introduction and Welcome web page and visit it often for updates.

3 - Request and Review an “Entry Kit” and subscribe to the Free eUpdates

An Entry-Kit is an online link that is emailed to you immediately when you submit a request for one. It’s better than a PDF because the information is more up-to-date and you can access it easily any time using your computer or even a tablet.

Subscribe to eUpdates and we will keep you posted on approaching deadlines, new categories added, and the status of your submissions along with information that will prove useful.

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So go ahead and request an Entry Kit right now.

4 – What's a well written entry submission?

The following tips will help you write entries that are noticed by the judges:

• Keep your content simple.
• Do not simply copy and paste content from company brochures.
• When including online links in your content - do not add more than the best of 3 links.
• Focus more on keeping the overall content positive and highlight the most recent and important achievements first.
• Do not criticize the competition.
• it's ok to mention any uniqueness or being the "first" in something.
• It's ok to admit things did not go well in the beginning but your company had a solution to steer in the correct direction.

5 – Do submit entries in more than one section and in several categories

A well balance of entry submissions will get your company noticed by the judges. This awards recognition program has several sections each consisting of categories in which you may nominate. Read Categories and How To Prepare Your Answers.

6 - Involve Your Company's Executives, Employees, Partners, and Clients too

Achievements should never go unrecognized. These awards cover the widest range of recognitions and achievements in the industry. So nominate your company executives, employees, partners, and your most important clients too for their achievements. You will be able to share and celebrate the success together at the awards banquet. It's also an excellent way to bond with your most valued clients. 

7 – Do Prepare Your Entries in advance before submitting online

Prepare your answers in advance so that you can simply copy and paste them onto the online submission form. Even though the online submission forms have a save-and-return feature, having all the answers ready will make it simpler for you to quickly submit your final entries.

Read the Categories and How To Prepare Your Answers page to learn more about the questions you need to prepare answers for.

8 – Do Submit Your Entries as Soon as Possible

Don’t wait for deadlines. There is more than one deadline because companies from all over the world participate and some need more time to submit entries than others.

But when you submit early, you save on entry fees and you also have more time to send updates if you want anything updated in your submission. So we do recommend that entries are submitted as soon as possible.

Here’s a quick summary of deadlines and the corresponding fees.

9 – Do Participate in the Judging Process

Volunteer to be a preliminary-round judge. As a judge you will be able to see the entries submitted by many companies around the world, and you will develop a better sense of the types of entries that judges score highly.  (You will not be allowed to judge entries in categories in which you have submitted entries, however.) 

If your application is accepted you will be assigned categories based on your function and experience.  As a preliminary-round judge you will be able to judge as few or as many entries as you like, at your convenience, over the Internet.

Submit your application now to volunteer as a judge.

10 – Do submit Entries

The most important thing to do is to submit entries. Your entries will be read and promoted and that’s also great PR for your company. You know your company’s positive achievements well. Only when you make the effort to share your company’s success stories with rest of the world will recognitions follow.

Submit your nominations online now.