The 2016 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards honor individuals and companies that demonstrate excellence, innovation and leadership in information security. Based on the content of their nomination and the popular vote by the Information Security Community (both ratings and comments), we are announcing the following winners and finalists for the 2016 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards in the category Cybersecurity Professional.
Cybersecurity Consultant of the Year
WINNER:
Luciano Moreira da Cruz (Baufest)
FINALISTS:
Jaspreet Singh (Ernst and Young LLP)
Robert Meyers (Managed Solution)
Cybersecurity Educator of the Year – US
WINNER:
James Broad (Cyber-Recon, Concordia University, Saint Paul)
FINALISTS:
Wm. Arthur Conklin, PhD (College of Technology, University of Houston)
Ibrahim (Abe) Baggili, Ph.D. (University of New Haven Cyber Forensics Research and Education Group)
Prof. Kevin Henson (Cyber Defense Labs / North Central Texas College)
Leo Dregier III (The Security Matrix, LLC)
Michael Redman (PEO Missles and Space)
Steve Hailey (Edmonds Community College)
Steve Mallard (TCAT Shelbyville)
Tony Anscombe (AVG Technologies)
Dr. Victor Berlin (Mission Critical Institute)
Cybersecurity Educator of the Year – LATAM
WINNER:
Jeimy J. Cano M. (Universidad de los Andes)
FINALIST:
Julio Cesar Balderrama (FSA LATINOAMERICA)
Cybersecurity Educator of the Year – EMEA
WINNER:
Graham Cluley (grahamcluley.com) – WINNER
Cybersecurity Educator of the Year – APAC
WINNER:
Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo (University of South Australia)
FINALISTS:
Dr. K. Jaishankar (Manonmaniam Sundaranar University)
V.P. Prabhakaran (koenig solutions)
Cybersecurity Marketer of the Year
WINNER:
Chuck Brooks (Sutherland Government Solutions) – WINNER
FINALIST:
Dan Chmielewski (Madison Alexander PR)
Cybersecurity Professional of the Year – US
WINNER:
Casey Fleming (BLACKOPS Partners Corporation)
FINALISTS:
Celia M Alcantara (DarkNet BlackOps Intelligence)
Ed Alcantara (DarkNet BlackOps Intelligence)
Michael Collins, PhD (RedJack LLC)
Pat Clawson (Blancco Technology Group)
Cybersecurity Professional of the Year – EMEA
WINNER:
Wim Remes (Rapid 7)
FINALISTS:
Bennett Arron (www.bennettarron.com)
Cybersecurity Professional of the Year – APAC
WINNER:
Prashant Mali (Cyber Law Consulting(Advocates&Attorneys))
FINALIST:
Danny Ha (Academy of Professional Certification Ltd (NGO))
Cybersecurity Project of the Year
WINNER:
Federal Professional Services team at Lumeta Corporation (Lumeta Corporation)
Cybersecurity Recruiter of the Year
WINNER:
David Stromberg (ZeroFOX)
Cybersecurity Team of the Year
WINNER:
Active Response Centre (ARC) Team (GoSecure)
FINALISTS:
Baufest IT Infrastructure & Information Security Practice Unit (Baufest)
DDoS protection team (Orange Jordan)
Rapid7 Information Security Team (Rapid7)
SoftServe Security Team (SoftServe)
Congratulations to all winners and finalists of the Cybersecurity Excellence Awards in the category Cybersecurity Professional!