Security Serious Unsung Heroes Awards – giving back to the cybersecurity community

Captain Compliance

This award will go to the person who has mastered legal jargon around compliance - and possibly the challenges of doing so in the Cloud - and has taken bold steps to ensure data protection, working tirelessly to comply with the vast array of regulations that affect their industry sector.

Godfather/Godmother of Security

This award will go to someone who has been around the block and back and contributed greatly to the IT Security industry for more than 25 years.

Cyber Writer

This award will go to the IT security writer who is completely on the ball and understands cyber security, demonstrating this through thought-provoking, well-written articles and interviews that help educate and inform his/her audience.

Security Avengers

Security is not a one man job so this award will recognise the best IT security team and how it averted a security disaster or persevered in the fight to keep the organisations safe from cyber threats.

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Nominations:
Eversheds Sunderland
Anomali Threat Research Team
M&S Team
Ascential
44Con
Cygenta
Threat Research Team at Alert Logic

Best Security Awareness Campaign

In order to increase education on cyber threats and digital behaviours within the workplace, Security Awareness campaigns are often a vital part of getting the message out. This award will honour the campaign and the individuals who organised the campaign.

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Nominations:
Ascential Cyber Security Team
Cyberfish
Cyber Griffin - City of London Police
Fintech
Marks & Spencer
Host Unknown

Security Leader/Mentor

The winner of this award will be someone in industry who leads a team or mentors individuals, taking the time to show them the ropes and ensure those coming through the ranks are prepared for the future.

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Nominations:
Michael Colao
Marcus Alldrick
Abhishek Kar
Ashley Brown
Colin Gillingham
Emin Caliscan
Erhan Temurkan
Lisa Ventura
Samantha Hoffman
David Pink
Steph Aldridge
Sweety Bhatia
Tim Capps
James Packer
Joe Hancock
Amar Singh
Bennett Arron
Emma Philpott MBE

Apprentice/Rising Star

Our future cyber welfare depends largely on these rising stars. Whether in formal education, under employment or doing extraordinary research of their own, the winner of this category will show great promise with his/her technical or practical ability. The winner of this award will also be automatically entered in the ISC² ISLAs for Up-and-Coming Security Professional.

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Nominations:
Ashley Brown
Hamish McGowan
Owen French
Sophia McCall
Charlie Hosier

Best Educator

This award will go to a professor, lecturer or teacher who leads by example to inspire and motivate the next generation of cyber security professionals.

Best Ethical Hacker/Pen-Tester

This award will go to the person who understands and knows how to look for weaknesses in security systems and uses the same knowledge and tools as a malicious hacker, but in a lawful and legitimate manner.

CISOs play an important role in securing all aspects of the business and implementing programmes that increase the security posture of an organisation. It’s a tough job, but someone has to do it – this award will recognise the best CISO, who falls under one of the following industries:  Retail, CNI, Manufacturing, Entertainment, Charity, Finance and Telecomms.

This award will go to the person who understands and knows how to look for weaknesses in security systems and uses the same knowledge and tools as a malicious hacker, but in a lawful and legitimate manner.