Red Piranha, Australia’s leading provider of advanced cybersecurity technology and solutions, has won the Security Operations & Threat Detection Provider of the Year at the Australian Cyber Awards 2026, recognising our leadership in delivering sovereign, intelligence-led cyber defence capabilities.
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The Australian Cyber Awards recognise organisations setting the operational standard across the nation's cybersecurity sector. Red Piranha was selected on the strength of its 24×7 Security Operations Centre, the detection depth of the Crystal Eye platform, and its sustained contribution of original threat intelligence to the broader defender community.
Red Piranha's SOC operates as the delivery layer for the Crystal Eye platform, providing Threat Detection, Investigation, and Response (TDIR) across customer environments that span head office, branch, cloud, and remote operational sites.
Detection coverage includes lateral movement across segmented networks, command-and-control beaconing over both clear and encrypted channels, credential abuse, and living-off-the-land techniques where attackers operate through legitimate Windows utilities like PowerShell, WMI, BITSAdmin, Rundll32 to evade signature-based controls. Crystal Eye correlates network, endpoint, identity, and cloud telemetry into single high-confidence incidents that a SOC analyst can act on, rather than alert noise that requires manual reconstruction across consoles.
The platform pairs automated detection with human-machine teaming. Red Piranha analysts validate, enrich, and drive response on every escalated incident. Mean time to respond and not mean time to alert is the operational measure customers see in their reporting.
Red Piranha is the Official member of Team Defence Australia and one of the top contributing members of the Cyber Threat Alliance, submitting original observations from its threat intelligence team into the shared CTA body. The Red Piranha Annual Threat Intelligence Report 2026 documented active tracking of Mustang Panda, Lazarus Group, FamousSparrow, PlushDaemon, and Scattered Spider, and other state-aligned operators. Detection content shipped through Crystal Eye reflects this intelligence directly, not repackaged third-party signatures.
Made in Australia, Red Piranha’s solutions prioritise data sovereignty, operational resilience, and rapid deployment, allowing us to cater to defence, critical infrastructure, and remote operational environments. The Crystal Eye Series appliance line and the Crystal Eye 6.0 software release extend the platform's coverage across distributed sites, OT and ICS environments, and high-availability deployments without dependency on offshore SaaS control planes; the assurance position that defence, critical infrastructure, and government customers require.
“This award is a testament to the strength of our technology, our people, and our mission to deliver world-class, sovereign cybersecurity capabilities. Our SOC and Crystal Eye platform are designed to give organisations the visibility and control they need to defend against increasingly sophisticated threats.”
Adam Bennett, CEO, Red Piranha
Red Piranha is proud to stand alongside leading Australian organisations contributing to the nation’s cybersecurity and defence capability and remains committed to advancing innovation and resilience across the industry.