NOMINATION HIGHLIGHTS

Harry Maugans, Founder & CEO of Privacy Bee, is leading one of the boldest cybersecurity strategies in the world, and it’s turning the industry on its head.

While most security leaders are building taller walls, Harry asked the question no one else was asking: What if we just remove the ammunition?

Under his leadership, Privacy Bee has pioneered a strategy that doesn’t just detect or react: it prevents. By focusing on the publicly exposed personal data of employees (the fuel behind phishing, impersonation, and social engineering attacks), Harry’s approach cuts threats off at the root. It’s a radical reimagining of how modern organizations defend themselves: not by chasing the attackers, but by erasing their visibility.

This strategy wasn’t borrowed, recycled, or buzzword-driven. It’s original, it’s effective, and it’s scaling fast. Harry’s vision turns the human layer of the attack surface, long ignored by traditional ASM, into the first layer of defense. Privacy Bee continuously removes exposed PII from data brokers, people search sites, and open-source intel feeds, making it exponentially harder for attackers to target high-value individuals or staff.

It’s not just smart, it’s working. From Fortune 500s to household-name brands, security leaders are adopting Harry’s approach because it solves a problem their existing tools can’t even see.

His strategy combines relentless automation, risk-based prioritization, and analyst-driven precision, all with compliance, reporting, and executive visibility built-in. It’s made Privacy Bee the gold standard in employee privacy protection and a rising force in proactive threat disruption.

Harry Maugans isn’t just thinking differently: his genius is proving that cybersecurity doesn’t have to be reactive. It can be preemptive. Strategic. And damn effective.

That’s why Harry Maugans deserves this award.
He didn’t follow a trend. He created a new front line, and it’s already changing how the industry thinks about privacy, people, and protection.