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Booth Awards 2026

Conveyor built a retro arcade experience around a custom-branded Tetris game, and then made Tetris the product demo. The metaphor was airtight: blocks representing security questionnaires and SOC 2 requests piling up, with Conveyor clearing them all at once. "Don't get crushed by security questionnaires" is a headline that lands for everyone in the building, practitioners and executives alike, and doesn't require a glossary. A "PLAY HERE!" floor decal pulled people in before anyone waved them over, and the branded Game Boy giveaways (earned by beating the high score) created line-forming FOMO throughout the day. Our judges specifically appreciated the nice touches on the arcade theme, from the desk designs to the floor sign, and noted the customer logo slideshow on the TV display as a smart credibility signal that attendees cited as what actually drew them in from the aisle.

(We are noticing a "game" theme here in the first 3 winners so far!)

Strike Security built a plane for their booth: a narrow fuselage structure with a tube-like body, staff in flight crew uniforms, and seats inside where attendees could actually sit down, rest, and watch a demo while they caught their breath from the RSAC floor. Our judges noted the great use of the small space. The use of forced perspective made the booth seem much larger than 10×10. The creative spend was remarkably low (mostly tensioned fabric and some Amazon sourcing, per their submission...and we love that honesty!). Their main claim, "Offensive Security on Autopilot," mapped directly to the experience: you sit, you relax, the pilots handle it. Creativity wins!

Token Security built a beach and a spring break vibe inside a 10×10 footprint, all pulled together on a four-week timeline with a startup budget. Our judges highlighted that real plants brightened up the space, and that the beach theme was fun and well-executed from the flooring to the swag, with extra credit for pulling this together in just four weeks (italicizing again!) due to the space coming available via waitlist. Natural plants, a jute rug, green and lavender brand colors that broke hard from the sea of corporate blue and grey around them, and a team in bright Hawaiian shirts that started conversations before anyone opened their mouth. Identity-first AI security was front and center.

Jazz had the most uniquely designed booth in the 10×20 category, and more than one attendee said exactly that, unprompted. Our judges cited the distinctive branding and cool activations as the defining factors. A custom Guitar Hero-style game renamed "Jazz Hero," 50 seconds of hitting notes to jazz tracks, had lines forming throughout the show and became a social media moment in its own right. But the design wasn't the whole story: Jazz hosted a large number of demos across the show. Their messaging, "DLP that's in tune with your business" and "DLP Sucks, But We Have Something Different," played directly into practitioner pain in a way that made technical buyers stop and lean in. Jazz also won the AWS-Crowdstrike-NVIDIA Startup Accelerator at RSAC 2026 - kudos to the team!

If you walked by a booth with real trees, live moss, actual mulch, and a woodland elf, you were at Mesh Security. Our judges were emphatic: so unique! They loved the design and noted that while the interior space was tight, it definitely grabbed eyeballs and got some well-deserved buzz.

The team brought a literal forest scene to the RSAC show floor: tree stumps, lanterns, crystals, nests, plants at multiple layers of height, and a Head of Marketing in full elf costume. The product concept, Mesh discovers real attack paths by unifying your stack across domains, exposing the "Crown Jewels" hidden in the forest, mapped to the environment with clarity (and fun).

Fresh off a rebrand and back-to-back Series B and C funding rounds, Doppel used RSAC 2026 as the first physical expression of their new brand, and they stuck the landing. Our judges noted that the design and messaging was clean, and the in-booth activations were really unique. The booth used intentional minimalism: curved architectural panels with integrated LED backlighting, natural wood grain elements, and a warm, bright environment that served as a deliberate counterpoint to the dark booths on either side. The "Deepfake Hotline" put attendees through live voice attack simulations involving fraudulent payroll updates and recruiter outreach; the "Phish or Fact" touchscreen quiz covered texts, emails, and landing pages. Stickers ("Gone Vibe Phishing," "Deepfakes Wanna Be Me," "I Brake for Deepfakes") earned their own following. A scratch-off mechanic extended the experience to Doppel's adjacent brewery space for prizes and aura photography.

SpyCloud marked their 10th anniversary in the business of disrupting cybercrime with a dark, matte-foundation booth with sharp illuminated green accents, backlit branding, and large-format demo screens facing high-traffic areas. The design communicated "identity threat protection" without ambiguity, and the open layout created defined zones: quick conversations up front, interactive demos along the sides, custom hat creation as a hands-on experience, and semi-private sessions with Solution Architects for deeper technical conversations. The messaging made a notable choice: in a year when every other booth was leading with AI, SpyCloud deliberately held back, focusing instead on the real identity challenges security teams face today and the decade of data behind them.

Where do we even start? Dropzone AI built a 1950s retro American diner on the RSAC show floor. A fully realized, immersive environment complete with a chrome counter, red pendant lamps, black-and-white checkered floors, a scrolling LED ticker with "daily specials," staff in full period-appropriate diner uniforms (checkered shirts, red aprons, retro hats, matching red lipstick), and Wagyu sliders on the grill. You could smell the popcorn machine before you saw the booth. That's not a metaphor… attendees noted the scent on LinkedIn.

The execution ran 90+ creative inventory items deep: custom golden food trophies awarded throughout the day ("Beefed Up and Booked" for scheduling a demo, "Top Dog!" for completing one), a laminated diner menu that doubled as a product brochure (capabilities listed as Starters, Mains, Sides, Specials, and Desserts) and a robot named Droppert in a diner apron who greeted attendees by name and fielded questions about agentic SOC capabilities. Our judges were enthusiastic: awesome booth design, swag was on point, and it definitely got some buzz. Droppert was, by multiple accounts, the most photographed non-human entity at the show.

The founders leaned across the counter, talking to prospects. That tone, low-pressure combined with eye-catching "wow!" factor of the booth created the kind of extended dwell time you usually only dream about: people would grab a slider, watch a live unscripted threat hunt, and stay. Then come back the next day.

The results? Thousands of badge scans, a multitude of demos, and 20,000+ social media impressions. This from a three-person marketing team competing against 54+ vendors in the AI SOC category alone. Multiple independent "best of RSAC" roundups named the AI Diner in their top five. The tagline on the menu said it perfectly: The Agentic SOC Diner. Open 24/7. No Reservations Needed.