2026 Finalists

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CISO of the Year

Graham Fairley, PEXA
Brendan Fazel, Exigo Tech
Craig Ford, Cyber Unicorns
Dominic Grunden, Power and Water Corporation
James Healy, Stake
Matt Miller, Insicon Cyber
Marie Patane, NSW Department of Customer Service
Volker Rath, Cloudflare

Cyber Security Champion of the Year - Internal

Alexander Antal, Securexchange (InfoTrack)
Bader Badr, Infotrust
Louis Cremen, Lumify Work
Jeremy Daly, Lumify Work
James Healy, Stake
Andrew Mullan, Calleo
Neha Makkar, C-Res
Subhash Paudel, Spartans Security
Yuvraj Sharma, Revio Cyber Security
Dinesh Velusamy, Wurth Australia

Cyber Consultant of the Year - Enterprise

Mohammed Abuwala, Atmos
Stephanie Crabtree, Cyconsol
Matt Dobinson, The Missing Link
Dan Goldberg, Omnicom
Nick Jackson, DXC Technology
Jacob Kiel, Digital Resilience
Phil Tinetti, Infotrust
Wouter Veugelen, FTI Consulting
Jakub Zverina, CyberCX

Cyber Consultant of the Year - SME

Phil Aldridge, Fuse Technology
Christopher Beggs, SIS
Rohit Borekar, Solution Tech Group
Gayle Griffiths, Murray Consulting Solutions
Luke Irwin, Aegis Cybersecurity
Jacob Kiel, Digital Resilience
John Reeman, Cyooda Security
Subi Shrestha, Revio Cyber Security
Peter Stewart, Siege Cyber
Tony Vizza, Novera

Cyber Security Graduate of the Year

Malees Ahmed, WhiteRook Cyber
Chaahat Baghla, Influencing
Tahiatul Jannath Bhuiyan, Ark Solutions
Dylan Meyer, WhiteRook Cyber
Raffi Tchamkertenian, Infotrust
Shiwen Xu, Avertro
Jennifer Yang, Avertro
Pranay Yara, DXC Technology

Cyber Lawyer of the Year

Ben Allen, Dentons
Benjamin Di Marco, Willis Towers Watson Australia
Katherine Jones, Colin Biggers & Paisley
Paul Kallenbach, MinterEllison
Nitesh Patel, Gilchrist Connell
Lana Remedi, Wotton Kearney
Veronica Scott, Pinsent Masons
Jason Symons, Mills Oakley
Melissa Tan, Lander & Rogers
Eden Winokur, Hall & Wilcox

Cyber Professional of the Year - Healthcare

Vishaak Gangasandra, East Coast Cardiology
Nicole Neil, Fresh Clinics
Joseph Ninio, Comunet
Andrew Watson, Halo Labs

Cyber Professional of the Year - Defence

Rohit Borekar, Solution Tech Group
Joseph Ninio, Comunet
Aaron Pollard, The Defence Advisory
Luke Smith, Secure State
Jeremy Watkinson, De Stefano & Co

Cyber Professional of the Year - Government

Tas Ahmed, eSafety Commissioner
Ruchit Deshpande, The Missing Link
Shyvone Forster, Department of Home Affairs
Peter Gigengack, WA Department of the Premier and Cabinet
Mark Hiles, Australian Taxation Office
Jacki Muir, ID Support NSW
Joseph Ninio, Comunet
Roma Singh, Department of Transport
Jason Spectre, Ghost Academy
Jeremy Ungar, Embassy of Israel in Australia

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

Christopher Beggs, SIS
Biljana Roksandic, Synergy (Electricity Generation and Retail Corporation)
Elena Sitnikova, Flinders University

Cyber Professional of the Year - Financial Services

Michelle Bower, GNGB
Lucas Bressanutti, Crawford & Company
Ellen Brookes, Canopius Group
Jin Foo, Prospa
James Healy, Stake
Jacob Kiel, Digital Resilience
Madhuri Nandi, Nuvei
Rob Neely, Securely Holdings
Rakesh Sharma, ANZ
Gordon Yau, My Finance Network

Cyber Professional of the Year - Professional Services

Graham Chee, BCyber
Craig Ford, Cyber Unicorns
Jessica Jones, Grant Thornton Australia
Chris McDonald, Stealth Cyber
Subhash Paudel, Spartans Security
Aaron Pollard, The Defence Advisory
Lana Remedi, Wotton Kearney
Anjali Varghese, Grant Thornton Australia
Kyle Waters, Cyber Unicorns

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

Craig Ford, Cyber Unicorns
Dan Goldberg, Omnicom
Chris Grisdale, hipages Group
Aparna Roy, Elastic
Mark Thomas, Arctic Wolf
Matthew Thomson, Slipstream Cyber
Ji Zhang, University of Southern Queensland

Cyber Rising Star - End User

Victor Babin, FTI Consulting
Ellen Brookes, Canopius Group
Georgie Hobill, Willis Towers Watson Australia
Karlo Medallo, Quickli
Biljana Roksandic, Synergy (Electricity Generation and Retail Corporation)
Yasaman Samadi, RMIT University
Oliver Sheldrick, Seymour Whyte Constructions
Dinesh Velusamy, Wurth Australia
Andrew Watson, Halo Labs / Rockpool Residential Aged Care / Loop IQ
Navid Yazdanjue, University of Technology Sydney

Female Cyber Leader of the Year - End User

Tas Ahmed, eSafety Commissioner
Angela An, Deakin University
Shyvone Forster, Department of Home Affairs
Madhuri Nandi, Nuvei
Natasha Passley, FTI Consulting
Marie Patane, NSW Department of Customer Service
Nikki Peever, CAUDIT
Roma Singh, Department of Transport and Planning
Elena Sitnikova, Flinders University
Sharin Yeoh, Systematic

Female Cyber Leader of the Year - Cyber Services

Michelle Bower, GNGB
Stephanie Crabtree, Cyconsol
Jasmin Ilic, CYBR
Jessica Jones, Grant Thornton
Sarah McAvoy, CyberUnlocked
Greta Menzies, My Databoss
Chantelle Ralevska, Psyber
Payal Shah, Cyber Forte
Taylor Shera, Fujitsu
Sheena Shrivastava, Infotrust

Cyber Thought Leader of the Year

Hani Arab, Seymour Whyte
Caleb Bateman, Infotrust
Adrian Cosman-Jones, Sentry Cyber
James Healy, Stake
Devesh Maheshwari, Lendi Group
Chris McDonald, Stealth Cyber
Vidur Rattan, Optus
Graham Regan, HLB Mann Judd Sydney
Amir Shareghi, Quickli
Andrew Watson, Rockpool Residential Aged Care

Cloud & Data Security Provider of the Year

Aristotle Metadata
Atturra
Cloudflare
CrowdStrike
Fuse Technology
Proofpoint
Vault Cloud
Wasabi Technologies
Wiz
Zoho Corporation

Cyber Consulting Business of the Year - Enterprise

Emerging IT
FTI Consulting
Infotrust
Willis Towers Watson Australia

Cyber Consulting Business of the Year - SME

Bremmar
Cyber Forte
Cyooda Security
De Stefano & Co
de.iterate
Emerging IT
Insicon Cyber
Mercury Information Security Services
Otto IT
Tecala

Cyber Training Business of the Year

Cyber Unicorns
Cybermate
IT Masters
Lumify Group
Red Education
Secolve
Stealth Cyber

GRC Provider of the Year

BCyber
CyberHeed
de.iterate
My Databoss
MyCISO
MyRISK Management
Red Piranha
Siege Cyber
SIS
Spartans Security

Cyber Security Response Team of the Year

Solis Security
Claroty
CyberCX
Gridware
hipages Group
Red Piranha
Stealth Cyber
Uniting

Security Operations & Threat Detection Provider of the Year

Anomali
Arctic Wolf
BlueVoyant
CrowdStrike
Exabeam
Fujitsu
Proofpoint
Rapid7
Red Piranha
TrendAI