APJ Partner of the Year went to DGplex. Credit: afotostock / Shutterstock Five Australian partners have received top honours at Rapid7’s global Partner of the Year awards for 2025. The annual awards program, now in its fifth year, recognise private and public sector partners for “exceptional collaboration as well as their positive influence on customers’ security postures,” according to the vendor. “The global Rapid7 partner community is essential in furthering our mission to give customers command of their attack surface with the most adaptive, predictive and responsive cyber security platform,” said Rapid7 vice president of global channel and emerging technology sales Alex Page. “Through the annual Partner of the Year Awards, we acknowledge the various ways our partners excel in specialisation, collaboration and, most importantly, customer outcomes.” At the Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) level, Partner of the Year went to DGplex, with its CEO and founder, Jordan Del-Grande, saying the company was “incredibly honoured” to receive the award. “This award is a testament to our team’s dedication and expertise in delivering innovative cyber security solutions,” he said. “We look forward to continuing our partnership with Rapid7 to drive excellence and provide unparalleled value to our clients across the region.” Additionally, Best Customer Retention Partner of the Year went to CyberRisk, Detection & Response Partner of the Year was won by Telstra, Cythera scored MSSP Partner of the Year and ctrl:cyber took the gong for Emerging Partner of the Year. The full list of winners are: APJ region winners APJ Partner of the Year: DGplex Best Customer Retention Partner of the Year: CyberRisk Detection & Response Partner of the Year: Telstra Exposure Management Partner of the Year: Wysetek Systems Technologists MSSP Partner of the Year: Cythera Distributor of the Year: APTSecure Technologies Emerging Partner of the Year: ctrl:cyber North America region winners North America Partner of the Year: SHI Canada Partner of the Year: Softchoice Public Sector Partner of the Year: CDW•G Best Customer Retention Partner of the Year: GuidePoint Security Cloud Security Partner of the Year: SHI Detection & Response Partner of the Year: CDW Exposure Management Partner of the Year: SHI MSSP Partner of the Year: Novawatch Distributor of the Year: Carahsoft Emerging Partner of the Year: The Redesign Group Latin America region winners Latin America Partner of the Year: Netconn EMEA region winners EMEA Partner of the Year: Softcat Best Customer Retention Partner of the Year: TRINEXIA South Africa Cloud Security Partner of the Year: Saepio Detection & Response Partner of the Year: Integrity360 Exposure Management Partner of the Year: Longwall Security MSSP Partner of the Year: MEO Distributor of the Year: Infinigate Deutschland GmbH Services Partner of the Year 2025: Longwall Security Strategic Partner of the Year 2025: SVA System Vertrieb Alexander GmbH MDR Partner of the Year 2025: IP4Sure Best Partner Campaign of the Year 2025: ITHQ Ltd Emerging Partner of the Year: Telonic GmbH Rapid7’s partner awards for 2025 comes less than a month after it launched its new PACT program and promoted David Quist to APJ director for channel sales. SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe