A global panel of Cyber Security professionals have reviewed a record number of Cyber OSPA nominations from around the world, and the list of finalists have been announced.
The Cyber OSPAs were launched in 2021 to recognise and reward companies, teams, individuals, products and initiatives across the cyber security sector globally.
The Cyber OSPAs are designed to be both independent and inclusive, providing an opportunity for outstanding performers, whether buyers or suppliers, to be recognised and their success to be celebrated.
This year saw the most entries ever received and the independent judging panel had no easy task in selecting the finalists.
The 2024 finalists are:
Outstanding Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
- H.E. Dr. Mohamed Al Kuwaiti – Cyber Security Council for the UAE Government
- Stéphane Nappo – CyberSleuths
- Oluwakayode Oluwasegun Olatunji – Digital Encode
- Dr Ahmed Alketbi – Dubai Electricity and Water Authority
- John Hammes – Intelligent Waves
- Neil Peacock – Next Generation Security
- Stuart Seymour – Virgin Media O2
Outstanding Cyber Security Professional
- Tarnveer Singh – Cyber Wisdom
- Chahak Mittal – Consumers Energy
- Obadare Oluwafemi Johnson – Digital Encode
- Fene Osakwe – Fene Osakwe Foundation
- Dr. Ilia Kolochenko – ImmuniWeb
- Joseph Ford – Littlefish
- Adel Abdel Moneim (ITU-ARCC) – Raya Corp
- Joe Boyle – Salt Communications
- Jane Furness – Zurich Insurance
Outstanding Cyber Security Team
- Global User Awareness – Allianz Group
- CYFOR Secure
- Dubai Electricity and Water Authority
- Holland and Barrett
- Dr. Swantje Westpfahl – Institute for Security and Safety GmbH
- Littlefish
- Cyber Security Operations Centre – Lloyds Banking Group
- SecuriGroup
- Visma
Outstanding Cyber Security Consultant
- DigitalXRAID
- Sampath Talluri – Guidepoint
- Abbas Shahid Baqir – Student Shelter in Computers
- Rex Uche Ndubisi-Nwankwo – Talentz Integrated Services LLC
- Outstanding Customer Service Initiative
- Elevating Customer Experiences – British Telecom
- Project Clarity Cyber Cockpit – Bupa
- POSSE App – Cyber Guardian
Outstanding Cyber Security Training/Awareness Initiative
- CenterPoint Energy
- CultureAI
- Culture Gem
- Dubai Electricity and Water Authority
- Gallagher Security
- Security Operations Internship Programme – Lloyds Banking Group
- Cyber PATH – National Cyber Resilience Centre Group
- Cybercrime Awareness Clinic – University of Portsmouth
- Mark Nutter – Virgin Media O2
Outstanding Cyber Security Partnership
- Academia and the CyberQ Group
- National Cyber Resilience Centre Group
- Office for Nuclear Regulation and Accenture
- Police CyberAlarm
Outstanding Police/Law Enforcement Initiative
- Securing Education: The NEBRC-Durham PCC Alliance for School Cybersecurity
- Police Scotland Cybercrime Harm Prevention Team
- The Student Online Safety Guide – Police Scotland Cybercrime Harm Prevention Team
Outstanding Young Cyber Security Professional
- Milind Purswani – Amazon Inc
- Sampath Talluri – Guidepoint
- Jess Burden – IASME
- Sayandeep Dutta – KrishiSarthi
- Sam Mulholland – Lloyds Banking Group
- Cosmin Bianu – NEBRC
- Jack Gooday – North East Business Resilience Centre
- Rushabh Pinesh Mehta – Rubrik India Private Limited
- Ayman Charkaui – Virgin Media O2
Outstanding New Cyber Security Product
- POSSE App – Cyber Guardian
- FACT24 ENS+ Hybrid by F24
- Gallagher Security
- Incogni
- Nx Platform – NVISIONx
- Sophos Intercept X
- Sophos Managed Detection and Response
- SYSGO
- UTS Vault
Lifetime Achievement To be announced on the day.
Finalists now go forward to the next phase of the competition, and winners will be revealed at the Big SASIG conference dinner taking place on Tuesday 23rd April in Central London
