Cyber Security Awards

Rewarding excellence and
innovation
in Cyber Security

Hall of
Fame

Year

2025

Individuals Awards

Cyber Woman of the Year

Ailia Naqvi

Anmol Agarwal

Connie McIntosh

Dalal Alaqidi

Elina Sharifi

Erin Rogers

Frances Saunders

Genie Sugene Gan

Harsh Kaur

Hazel McPherson

Kavitha Srinivasulu

Kelly Onu

Madhuri Nandi

Nicole Collins

Onur Korucu

Pooja Srivastava

Priyanka Agarwal

Priyanka Jayakumar

Raluca Saceanu

Rebecca Taylor

Saja Aljulaud

Sayali Paseband

Shaheela Banu Abdul Majeed

Shannon Culp

Sherri Thomas

Siân John

Stela Simeonova

Theresa Lanowitz

Yana Lev

Cyber Personality of the Year

Abbas Kudrati

Adam Cornelissen

Akshay Sekar Chandrasekaran

Amelia Hewitt

Anmol Agarwal

Anton Zimarov

Babar Khan Akhunzada

Bethan Jenkins

Dr. Clement Arul

Dr. Mohamed Al Kuwaiti

Dr. Wendy Hayes

Erik Huffman

Farhan Sahito

Farzia Khan

Fene Osakwe

Franck Courbon

Gary Hibberd

Genie Sugene Gan

James Bore

KK Mookhey

Martin Kilungu

Michael Daniel

Ming-Chang Wu

Muhammad Khizer Javed

Pavan Lakshiminarayana Shetty

Srija Reddy Allam

Cyber Newcomer of the Year

Bhanuprakash Madupati

Faizan Wani

Karthik Ratnam

Kritika

Madusha Dalugama

Mukesh Chanambatla

Murat Guvenc

Nicholas Currie

Rosie Anderson

Stela Simeonova

Cyber Security Influencer of the Year

Abbas Kudrati

Jim McGann

Franck Courbon

Genie Sugene Gan

Hazel McPherson

Jake Bernardes

Michael Daniel

Ming-Chang Wu

Shaheela Banu Abdul Majeed

Vipul Dabhi

Yemurai Rabvukwa

Cyber Security Entrepreneur of the Year

Aaron Ardiri

Andy James

Dr. Clement Arul

Friedhelm Becker

Jason Thomas

Muhammad Shahmeer

Nigel Bridges

Shantanu Bhattacharya

Stewart Boutcher

CISO of the Year

David Batho

Firudin Davudzada

Hazel McPherson

Hossam Barakat

Marius Poskus

Martin Astley

Matt Crockford

Mohamed Al Kuwaiti

Polly Cameron

Seenee Permal

Suresh Sankaran Srinivasan

Cyber Educator of the Year

Chaitanya Rahalkar

Dr. Peter Garraghan

Jim West

Karthik Ratnam

Kelly Onu

Marco Galli

Mayur Rele

Prabh Nair

Rob Pocock

Sarah-Eliessa Badaoui

Smit Chandrakant Nayak

Stephen Mann

Tom Kirkham

Company Awards

Best AI Solution of the Year

BlackFog 

DSPM with AI Mesh, Forcepoint

CyberSense, Index Engines

Best Cloud Security Solution of the Year

MyCompliance, MetaCompliance

BigID’s Hybrid Scanning Solution, BigID

Best Cyber Security Service Provider of the Year

MetaCompliance

Socura

DigitalXRAID

CovertSwarm

Bridewell

LevelBlue

Smarttech247

Performanta

Best Cyber Start-up of the Year

Heeler

Upfort

Mindgard

Push Security

CyXcel

Best Email Security Solution of the Year

Inbox Defender, Upfort

Barracuda Email Protection, Barracuda Networks

Best Emerging Technology of the Year

GreyNoise for Vulnerability Prioritization, GreyNoise Intelligence

Upfort Shield, Upfort

RADAR™, MazeBolt

Best IOT/IIOT Security Solution of the Year

CPS/OT Security Platform, Radiflow

Asimily

AVX ONE, AppViewX

Best Professional Training or Certification Programme of the Year

Cyber Workforce Resilience Platform, Immersive Labs

Layer 8 Champions®, Layer 8

ISC2 One Million Certified in Cybersecurity programme, ISC2

Best Security Company of the Year

Beyond Blue

Obrela

MetaCompliance

Blancco

SimSpace

NCC Group

Yubico

Best Security Product of the Year

SimSpace Cyber Range Platform, SimSpace

ThreatAware

Optery for Business, Optery

Safe XDR, Performanta

Cyber Risk Insights, KPMG

Best Threat Detection Product of the Year

Compass by Blackbird.AI, Blackbird.AI

Netacea Bot Protection, Netacea

LevelBlue Labs Open Threat Exchange, LevelBlue

Cyble Vision, Cyble

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