Blackpanda Wins Frost & Sullivan APAC Incident Response Company of the Year for Third Straight Year
The 2026 recognition cites IR-1's pairing of guaranteed incident response with embedded cyber insurance — a model Frost & Sullivan describes as highly distinctive in a fragmented regional market.SINGAPORE , Aug. 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Frost & Sullivan has named Blackpanda its 2026 Asia-Pacific Company of the Year for incident response, the third consecutive year the firm has taken the analyst house's top honour in the category. The recognition follows a 12-month evaluation of nominees against ten criteria spanning visionary innovation and customer impact.At the centre of the recognition is IR-1, Blackpanda's incident response subscription, which replaces reactive, project-priced engagements with fixed-cost response that activates immediately, without procurement friction. Frost & Sullivan singles out the model's furthest extension in Japan: IR-1 bundled with cyber insurance coverage of up to ¥10 million (approximately US$70,000) in partnership with MS&AD Insurance Group , distributed through SB C&S's network of roughly 15,000 partners.READ THE FULL FROST & SULLIVAN REPORT"We set upon a mission that seemed impossible: make cyber emergency response work the way any emergency service should. One call, immediate help, no negotiation over cost while the building burns," said Gene Yu, Founder and CEO of Blackpanda . "This third consecutive Frost & Sullivan recognition tells us the model works. It belongs to our responders across Asia Pacific, the ones who answer that call every single day."The 2026 report highlights:
