2025 Winners & Finalists

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CISO of the Year

Benjamin Britton, Britton Maritime Systems
Brendan Fazel, Exigo Tech
Craig Ford, Cyber Unicorns
Faizal Janif, Oreta
Rahul Ramdas, ETHAN GLOBAL
Lee Roebig, Sekuro
Fred Thiele, Interactive
Derek Winter, University of New South Wales
Leron Zinatullin, Linkly

Cyber Security Champion of the Year - Internal

Natasha Abbott, Willyama Services
Benjamin Britton, Britton Maritime Systems
Louis Cremen, Lumify Work
Emily Major-Goldsmith, RAC WA (formally Kinatico)
Neha Makkar, C-Res
Joseph Ninio, Raytheon Australia
Pamela Philip, Tenable
Nadene Serman, InfoTrack
Dinesh (Dino) Velusamy, Wurth Australia
Jamie Wiggins, Scyne Advisory (formally Healthscope)

Cyber Security Consultant of the Year - Enterprise

Mohammed Abuwala, Clyde & Co
Tasnia Ahmed, CyberCX
Saba Bagheri, Bupa
Nick Jackson, DXC Technology
Faizal Janif, Oreta
Abbas Kudrati, Silverfort (formally Microsoft)
Deepika Mahankali, Microsoft
Caity Randall, Sustainabil.IT
Lana Remedi, Colin Biggers & Paisley
Wouter Veugelen, FTI Consulting

Cyber Security Consultant of the Year - SME

James Sanderson, Willyama Services
Dirk Hodgson, Cognitio Digital
Daniel Johns, MyCISO
Chirag Joshi, 7 Rules Cyber
Sarah McAvoy, CyberUnlocked
Chris McDonald, Stealth Cyber
Taminda Pollé, DNX Solutions (formally Cyber IS)
Tony Vizza, Novera
Jeremy Watkinson, De Stefano & Co # Defence and Security Experts
Chris Watson, Cyber Collab

Cyber Security Graduate of the Year

Victor Babin, FTI Consulting
Mariya Kagdi, Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation
Paola Palomo, Orro
Yuvraj Sharma, Revio Cyber Security
Subi Shrestha, Revio Cyber Security

Cyber Security Lawyer of the Year

Ben Allen, Dentons Australia
Sophie Bradshaw, Hamilton Locke
Mel Cheng, Darktrace
Katherine Jones, Colin Biggers & Paisley
Paul Kallenbach, MinterEllison
Phillip Magness, Johnson Winter Slattery
Sonia Sharma, Maddocks
Mina Shoukry, Tenable
Jason Symons, Mills Oakley
Eden Winokur, Hall & Wilcox

Cyber Security Professional of the Year - FMCG, Retail and Hospitality

Craig Ford, Cyber Unicorns
Louay Ghashash, Spartans Security
Dinesh (Dino) Velusamy, Wurth Australia

Cyber Security Professional of the Year - Government and Defence

Saba Bagheri, Bupa
Adis Bilanovic, NSW Department of Communities & Justice
Rohit Borekar, Solution Tech Group
Tania Ezra, Microsoft
Andrew James, Fortinet
Dr Kiran Kewalramani, Cyber Ethos
Deepika Mahankali, Microsoft
Joseph Ninio, Raytheon Australia
Shantanu Pal, Deakin University
Maryam Shoraka, NSW Department of Communities and Justice

Cyber Security Professional of the Year - Industries, Logistics and Critical Infrastructure

Puneeta Chellaramani, Capgemini
Adam Pointon, Knocknoc
Damien Pope, Schneider Electric
Luke Smith, Secure State

Cyber Security Professional of the Year - Professional and Financial Services

Puneeta Chellaramani, Capgemini
Dan Elliott, Zurich Resilience Solutions Australia
Fraser Jack, The Cyber Collective
Jacob Kiel, Digital Resilience
Mohit Makhija, Nextgen
Madhuri Nandi, Nuvei
Rahul Ramdas, ETHAN GLOBAL
Lana Remedi, Colin Biggers & Paisley
Jane Ridder, Infocus St Leonards
Karen Stephens, BCyber

Cyber Security Professional of the Year - Technology, Media, and Telecommunications

Mohammed Abuwala, Clyde & Co
Anmol Agarwal, Nokia
Alexander Antal, InfoTrack (Securexchange)
Craig Ford, Cyber Unicorns
Shane Lilley, Interactive
Ji Zhang, University of Southern Queensland

Cyber Security Rising Star - Enterprise

Mohammed Abuwala, Clyde & Co
Anmol Agarwal, Nokia
Elly Krambias, Pinsent Masons
Emily McAlister, Elastic
Lachlan McGrath, CyberCX
Shantanu Pal, Deakin University
Dinesh (Dino) Velusamy, Wurth Australia
Jessica Yazbek, Colin Biggers & Paisley
Talia Zidar, Leidos Australia

Cyber Security Rising Star - SME

Bec Caldwell, Phriendly Phishing
Tahlia Castles, RightSec
Jeremy Daly, Lumify Work
Josh Dominguez, Macquarie Cloud Services
Shayal Kumar, Bastion Technology Services
Brianna Marlow, Sekuro
Alexander Selman, Secure State
Subi Shrestha, Revio Cyber Security
Vanessa Sunassee, MyCISO
Kyle Waters, Cyber Unicorns

Female Cyber Security Leader of the Year - Enterprise

Lana Remedi, Colin Biggers & Paisley
Elena Sitnikova, Flinders University
Philippa Cogswell, Palo Alto Networks
Melissa Tan, Lander & Rogers
Ganna Pogrebna, Artificial Intelligence and Cyber Futures Institute
Sophia Barbour, Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation
Tania Ezra, Microsoft
Mandy Stanbridge, Fortinet
Faiza Khawar, ISACA Perth Chapter & Rio Tinto
Puneeta Chellaramani, Capgemini

Female Cyber Security Leader of the Year - SME

Michelle Bower, Gateway Network Governance Body
Sarah Dewan, Secure Agility
Laura Flynn, Infotrust
Brooke Hall-Carney, LK Law
Sita Khiani, Sekuro
Emily Major-Goldsmith, Kinatico
Sarah McAvoy, CyberUnlocked
Sarah Morrison, Morrisec
Amy Ormrod, Cygence
Nikki Peever, Council of Australasian University Directors of Information Technology (CAUDIT)

Indigenous Cyber Security Leader of the Year

Adjunct Professor Kieran Hynes, Willyama Services
Steve Cranage, GOTAFE
Jack Reis, Baidam
Gohar Rind, Yira Yarkiny

Cloud Service Provider of the Year

Atturra
AUCyber
Exigo Tech
Fuse Technology
Plex IT
Tenable
Varonis
Wasabi Technologies
Zoho Corporation

Cyber Security Consulting Business of the Year - Enterprise

Baidam
BlueVoyant
FTI Consulting
Orro
Virtual IT Group

Cyber Security Consulting Business of the Year - SME

Bremmar
CorCyber
Cyber Matters
Cygence
De Stefano & Co # Defence and Security Experts
Emerging IT
Gridware Cybersecurity
Phriendly Phishing
Siege Cyber
x-RD

Cyber Security Training Business of the Year

Cybermate
IT Masters
Lumify Group

Data/Server Security Business of the Year

Atturra
Kaine Mathrick Tech
Knocknoc

Endpoint Security Provider of the Year

AUCyber
CrowdStrike
ESET
SentinelOne

GRC Provider of the Year

BCyber
Cyber Matters
Digital Resilience
MyCISO
Secure Code Warrior
Sekuro
Virtual IT Group

In-house Cyber Security Response Team of the Year

Abacus Group
Crypto.com
Wurth Australia

Indigenous Cyber Security Business of the Year

Kirra Services
Origin Digital Consultants
Willyama Services
Yira Yarkiny

Network Cyber Security Business of the Year

Atturra
Claroty
Cloudflare
Darktrace
Extreme Networks
Knocknoc
Plex IT
Red Piranha

Ransomware Protection Business of the Year

AUCyber
CrowdStrike
Darktrace
ESET
Semperis
Varonis

Research Institution of the Year

Artificial Intelligence and Cyber Futures Institute
AUCyber
Swinburne University of Technology

SIEM Provider of the Year

CrowdStrike
Exabeam
Gridware Cybersecurity
Red Piranha
Sekuro

SOC Provider of the Year

Arctic Wolf Networks Australia
AUCyber
Exabeam
Infotrust
Red Piranha
RightSec
Sekuro
StickmanCyber
Tecala
Triskele Labs

Threat Detection Business of the Year

Auraya
BlueVoyant
Claroty
CrowdStrike
Darktrace
Exabeam
Red Piranha
Sekuro
Varonis
Vectra AI