News

CyberDesk Awarded 1st Place at the Best of Technology Awards 2025 by WirtschaftsWoche

Driving Data Sovereignty and Smarter Access Control Across Europe

28.08.2025

Yesterday, CyberDesk was awarded 1st place at the Best of Technology Awards 2025 in the Process Management category by WirtschaftsWoche out of more than 110 top innovators in Germany. Our team is thrilled and proud of this recognition. In today’s digital world, over 95% of access rights remain unused, increasing cyber risk. CyberDesk reduces this attack surface by adaptively controlling who can perform which actions on which data — for both human and non-human identities. Our dynamic access control provides transparency, automates permissions, and closes security gaps that traditional solutions often overlook.

WirtschaftsWoche Best of Technology Award: Recognizing innovators in digital solutions

The WirtschaftsWoche Best of Technology Award honors outstanding digital technologies and innovations that drive progress, strengthen security, and improve efficiency. The award highlights solutions that contribute to Germany’s technological competitiveness and promote innovation across industries. Winning this award demonstrates that CyberDesk is among the most promising solutions enabling safer and more manageable digital future.

Adaptive access control: simple, automated, and effective

At the core of CyberDesk’s solution is dynamic access management that ensures the right users — human or machine — have the right access at the right time. Key features include:

Adaptive permission management: Reduce unused access rights and prevent security gaps.
Real-time monitoring and alerts: Identify and react to suspicious or unauthorized activity quickly.
Transparency and audit readiness: Track who can access what, and when, across the organization.
Scalable and flexible: Integrate seamlessly with existing IT environments for both human and non-human identities.

By combining automation, transparency, and adaptive controls, CyberDesk empowers organizations to minimize cyber risk while maintaining operational efficiency. (Learn more about CyberDesk's solutions)

Why this matters

Europe urgently needs data sovereignty and robust fine-grained access control solutions. By reducing unused access rights and improving visibility into who can do what, CyberDesk helps organizations strengthen security and compliance while increasing efficiency. Winning the Best of Technology Award is a recognition of our mission and motivates us to continue driving change in the cybersecurity landscape.

“80% of data breaches originate from identities. Attackers don’t hack — they log in. Too often, employees or AI assistants like Microsoft Copilot are granted far more access than they actually need, which opens the door to serious data leaks — in one case even exposing salary lists. (read our latest guide on how to safely deploy Microsoft Copilot) With CyberDesk, we give companies a clear overview and granular control of who can access what, down to a single PDF. By combining automation with AI, we help organizations reduce unused access rights, prevent costly breaches, and ease the workload of overstretched security teams.”

– Dr. Tobias Lieberum, Co-Founder & CEO of CyberDesk

Want to See CyberDesk in Action?

Learn how CyberDesk can help you to adaptively control who can take what actions on what data.

Founders

Dr. Tobias Lieberum & Prabhakar Mishra

Year of foundation

2022

Headquarters

Munich, Germany

About CyberDesk

Founded in 2022 and based in Munich, Germany, CyberDesk is led by Dr. Tobias Lieberum and Prabhakar Mishra. In their previous careers in sensitive environments in banking and consulting, the founders firsthand witnessed the challenges of securing data access in the cloud. In lack of a satisfactory solution, they decided to solve this global threat themselves.