Meet the winners of the 2024 CyberScoop 50 awards – Greg Otto
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Scoop News Group is delighted to present the outstanding recipients of the 2024 CyberScoop 50 Awards. These prestigious accolades recognize the exceptional achievements of cybersecurity leaders who safeguard our essential networks, data, and infrastructure while pioneering innovation in this critical field.
This year, voters from across the nation spent three months nominating and selecting leaders who have exhibited remarkable dedication, creativity, and resourcefulness in defending against cyber threats. With over 800,000 votes cast in five distinct categories, these honorees truly represent the pinnacle of cybersecurity excellence.
From rising stars embarking on promising careers to veteran officials shaping policy and strategy, the nominees for the CyberScoop 50 Awards showcased a diverse and accomplished array of talent from the entire information security community. We celebrate these extraordinary individuals for their pivotal role in defending our digital world.
The winners, alphabetically by category, are:
Cybersecurity Visionary
Morgan Adamski, Executive Director, U.S. Cyber Command
Harry Coker, Jr., National Cyber Director, White House
Michael Daniel, President & CEO, Cyber Threat Alliance
Nathaniel Fick, U.S. Ambassador at Large for Cyberspace and Digital Policy, U.S. Department of State
Adele Merritt, Chief Information Officer, U.S. Intelligence Community
Anne Neuberger, Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Tech, National Security Council
Randy Resnick, Senior Adviser, Zero Trust Portfolio Management Office, Department of Defense
Lt. Gen. Robert Skinner, Director/Commander, DISA/JFHQ-DODIN
Solomon Wilson, OIT DIS, Cybersecurity Project Manager, Indian Health Service
Sounil Yu, CTO, Knostic
Government Leadership
Shane Barney, CISO, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services
Bailey Bickley, Chief DIB Defense, National Security Agency
James Bishop, CISO, U.S. Air Force
Paul Blahusch, CISO, Department of Labor
Stacy Bostjanick, Chief DIB Cybersecurity, Department of Defense
David Carroll, Associate Director – Mission Engineering, CISA
Jennifer Franks, Director, Information Technology and Cybersecurity, GAO
Henry Houle, COSMOS Information System Security Manager (ISSM)/Cybersecurity Lead, Naval Information Warfare Center – Pacific
Ayan Islam, Director, Cyber Workforce, Office of the National Cyber Director
Cynthia Kaiser, Deputy Assistant Director, Cyber Division, FBI
Tonya Manning, CISO, EPA
Vu Nguyen, CISO, Department of Justice
Cherilyn Pascoe, Director, NCCE, NIST
Nick Polk, Sr. Adviser to the Federal CISO, Executive Office of the President
James Saunders, CISO, OPM
Anne Marie Schumann, Principal Cyber Adviser, Department of the Navy
Dr. Michael Sulmeyer, Principal Cyber Adviser, U.S. Army
Joseph Szczerba, Section Chief for Cyber National Security Intel, FBI
Bryan Vorndran, Assistant Director for Cyber Operations, FBI
Mike Witt, CISO, NASA
La Monte Yarborough, CISO, HHS
Industry Leadership
Will Ash, Sr. Director, U.S. Public Sector Security, Cisco
Charles Carmakal, CTO, Mandiant Consulting
Kynan Carver, Cybersecurity Lead, Defense Market, Maximus
Alex Chapin, Vice President of Sales, DoD & Intelligence, Trellix
Sean Connelly, Executive Director, Global Zero Trust Strategy and Policy, ZScaler
Chris DeRusha, Director of Global Public Sector Compliance, Google Public Sector
Sandra Joyce, Vice President of Google Threat Intelligence, Google Cloud
Ryan Kazanciyan, CISO, Wiz
Katy Mann, Senior Vice President & GM, Public Sector, Okta
Paul Michaels, Chief Security Officer, Fortinet Federal
Dean Scontras, Area VP of U.S. Public Sector, Wiz
Eric Trexler, Senior Vice President of U.S. Public Sector, Palo Alto Networks
Innovation of the Year
Defender Experts for Threat Hunting; EAP for Security Copilot; Student-Led SOC / K12 Best Practice Cybersecurity Model, Gwinnett County Public Schools
Post-Quantum Cryptography Standards, NIST
PurpleAI, SentinelOne
Secure By Design program, CISA
Universal PatchinG and Remediation for Autonomous Defense (UPGRADE) program, ARPA-H
Most Inspiring Up-and-Comer
Perri Adams, Special Assistant to the Director, DARPA
Meredith Burkart, Chief of Cyber Policy, FBI
Natalia Krapiva, Senior Tech-Legal Counsel, AccessNow
Selena Larson, Senior Threat Intelligence Analyst, Proofpoint
Trevor Parks, Cyber Operations Planner, Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative, CISA
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