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 Manage risk
 with confidence

The awards management platform trusted by organisations worldwide to deliver fair judging, defensible results and accountable program management.

Running an awards program carries real responsibility.
Award Force is built to support it.

Security, privacy, reliability and governance are embedded throughout the platform, helping organisers run credible programs and maintain the trust that awards depend on.

Secure

Security without compromise

Protecting credibility requires strong security. Award Force protects submissions, data and decisions through disciplined security practices.

Security practices you can rely on

Awards programs handle sensitive submissions, personal information and confidential judging decisions. Award Force safeguards this data through secure infrastructure, strict access controls and disciplined security practices designed to prevent unauthorised access. Continuous monitoring and proactive threat protection help keep programs protected, ensuring entries, judging processes and results remain secure from submission through to award.

  • Cyber Essentials certified
  • ISO/IEC 27001 certified
  • PCI-DSS compliant
  • SOC 2 Type II compliant

Private

Manage sensitive data with confidence

Awards programs rely on trust. Award Force is designed to protect it.

Privacy built into every program

Award Force helps organisations manage the responsibility of collecting personal information, confidential submissions and sensitive judging decisions. A choice of supported data residency locations, role-based access permissions and strong encryption protections ensure program data is handled appropriately. Audit trails, responsible AI practices and much more support privacy, accountability and regulatory compliance throughout the lifecycle of your awards program.

  • AAP compliant
  • CCPA compliant
  • GDPR EU and UK compliant
  • HIPAA compliant
  • Data residency options

Consistent performance

Flawless when it matters most

Awards programs run on tight schedules with fixed deadlines. There is no room for operational fragility.

  • 99.96% service availability since 2016
  • Performs automated backups
  • Monitors reliability continuously on resilient infrastructure
  • Operate with defined recovery objectives

Trusted outcomes

Protect your program credibility

Award Force helps organisations run awards programs with fair, transparent and defensible outcomes.

Audit trail

Key actions across your program are recorded, including user activity, submission changes, judging outcomes, payment activity and system integrations.

Defensible decisions

Access is controlled by role, workflows guide entries through the program and safeguards prevent conflicts of interest or unauthorised changes.

Clear program visibility

Real-time reporting provides the oversight organisers need to ensure their awards program remains consistent and results can stand up to scrutiny.

Frequently asked questions

How does Award Force support formal audits or internal reviews?
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Award Force is independently certified and audited, including SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001:2022 certification, with documentation available to support formal vendor evaluation and internal review.
Key actions across your program are recorded, and incident logs are retained and reviewed. This enables organisations to reconstruct decisions, verify how processes were applied, and demonstrate consistent and accountable program management.

Can we restrict access across regions, teams or programs?
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Yes. Access permissions ensure individuals see only the information relevant to their role.
Managers access the programs they oversee; judges view only assigned submissions; entrants manage their submissions through a dedicated portal and financial data is appropriately restricted.

How does the platform help protect judging integrity?
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Award Force provides structured decision control. With more than 30 permission sets, you can precisely assign roles and control who can create, view, edit or delete elements across your program. You can configure workflows, lock entries at critical stages, and require information before progression.

Judges can declare conflicts of interest and abstain from scoring where required. Judging activity is recorded, enabling consistent and accountable program management.

Can Award Force support multi-region or global awards programs?
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Yes. Organisations running multi-region programs can select one of the six available data hosting regions and apply consistent governance controls across all programs. Central oversight can be maintained while allowing local program managers to operate within defined permissions and workflows.

How are financial processes tracked within an awards program?
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Payment and order activity are recorded as part of your program’s activity history. The dashboard provides visibility into fee collection, including charts showing issued invoices by currency with downloadable CSV and PNG exports, as well as the estimated total value of in-progress entry fees in your default currency.
Comprehensive exports across payments and users support transparent reporting, and financial data access is restricted appropriately.

What happens if a dispute arises about a result or decision?
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Because key actions, scoring activity and configuration changes are recorded, organisations can review the full history of an entry or judging round. This supports objective review, helps clarify how outcomes were determined and protects the program credibility.

How does Award Force support board-level or sponsor reporting?
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Dashboards, structured and custom exports and filtered reporting views allow organisations to present clear, evidence-based summaries of participation, judging progress, financial performance and outcomes. As a result, governance oversight can be achieved without manual data consolidation.

Can governance controls evolve as my program grows?
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Yes. Workflows, permissions, review stages and structural controls can be adjusted as programs expand in volume, geography or complexity. This allows governance frameworks to mature alongside program growth rather than requiring system replacement.

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