2025 Winners & Finalists

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

William Ott, 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, Atmos group (formally 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, Formally 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, Implicit OT (formally 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, Atmos group (formally 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, Atmos group (formally 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, RAC WA (formally 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