Jim West
Founder and CEO, TopCyberPro.com (Houston)
The work the panel recognised
Cyber security has a shortage of people, and the path in can look closed to anyone without a network or a budget. Jim West spends his time prising that path open. TopCyberPro.com exists to coach newcomers towards the certifications that hiring managers ask for, at a price that does not gate out the people who most need the chance.
That is what the Advocate category sets out to find. Someone whose effort lands on other people's careers, measured in the practitioners who now hold a role they could not have reached alone. West has spent more than thirty years in the discipline, and he points that experience outward, at the next person trying to start.
A second recognition
The Cyber Security Awards named West Cyber Personality of the Year in 2021, after he had been shortlisted in earlier editions. The 2026 honour sits alongside that record rather than repeating it. The Advocate category rewards the teaching and mentoring specifically, and that is what this page records.
Jim West, in brief
What did Jim West win at the 2026 Cyber Security Awards?
Jim West was named Cyber Security Advocate of the Year at the 2026 Cyber Security Awards, recognising his work training and mentoring newcomers into the profession.
Has Jim West been recognised by the Cyber Security Awards before?
Yes. He was named Cyber Personality of the Year in 2021, having been shortlisted in earlier editions before that.
What is TopCyberPro.com?
TopCyberPro.com is the Houston-based company Jim West founded to coach, mentor and train people moving into cyber security, with a focus on helping them earn certifications affordably.
Can a place at the Cyber Security Awards be bought?
No. Recognition is judged on merit. A place is never bought or sold.