BeyondTrust names 2026 Australian partners of the year

BeyondTrust has named the winners of its 2026 Australian Partner of the Year Awards, recognising firms and individuals across four categories for their work delivering the vendor's identity security portfolio to enterprise customers.

Melbourne-headquartered Perfekt took out the top prize - Australian Partner of the Year - for its close collaboration with BeyondTrust across every aspect of the relationship, combining the vendor's technology with its own understanding of customer priorities.

Sydney-based cybersecurity firm 3Columns was awarded ANZ Customer Success Partner of the Year for its customer-first approach, focus on long-term outcomes and customer satisfaction record.

Canberra-based Modern 42 claimed the Technical Partner of the Year award on the strength of its implementation expertise and ongoing engagement with BeyondTrust's Phantom Labs research team, where the company has contributed feedback to product development.

Damith Jayasinghe, business manager at Westcon-Comstor Australia in Sydney, was named Most Valuable Partner for his support of the broader BeyondTrust partner ecosystem.

Ingram Spencer, business development manager at Perfekt in Melbourne, received the Account Executive of the Year award for his approach to target accounts and joint-opportunity collaboration.

"Great partnerships are the primary difference between security 'tools' and security 'outcomes'," said Brendon Thwaites, director of partner ecosystems, APAC, at BeyondTrust.

"The partners we are recognising today consistently go beyond selling a single product by helping their customers reduce overall privilege risk, close gaps across silos, and move toward a unified approach to identity security."

The awards were announced at BeyondTrust's PartnerTrust conference in Sydney, which the company said focused on upskilling partners around its privilege-centric identity security strategy and strengthening technical and go-to-market enablement.