2024 Winners & Finalists

CISO of the Year

Peter Farrelly, AUCloud

Luke Jarmaine, LMG

Reza Nashvi, Orro
Morgan Storey, Sonic Healthcare
Marc Reinhardt, Icon Group
Faizal Janif, Oreta

Cyber Security Champion of the Year - Internal

Kellie Ball, Willyama Services
Colby Prior, Octopus Deploy
Jim Burger, Octopus Deploy
William Ott, Willyama Services
Mohammed Sadiq Abuwala, Clyde & Co
Pamela Philip, Tenable

Lee Bailie, InfoTrack

Dan Goldberg, Cybza

Cyber Security Consultant of the Year - Enterprise

Ben Di Marco, WTW
Deepika Mahankali, Microsoft
Jason Symons, Mills Oakley
Rahul Ramdas, RSM Australia
Asjad Athick, Elastic
George Choueifate, BDO Australia

Brendan Read, KordaMentha

Wouter Veugelen, FTI Consulting
Rahul Ramdas, RSM

Cyber Security Consultant of the Year - SME

John Stevenson, Comvision Australia
Chris McDonald, Solis Security
Thomas Mackay, Triskele Labs
Fraser Jack, The Cyber Collective

Chirag Joshi, 7 Rules Cyber

Stefan Martins, Pacific Aerospace Consulting
Chris Hows, Mercury Information Security Services
Sarah McAvoy, CyberUnlocked
Dan Goldberg, Cybza
Kamal Naouri, Sydney Cloud IT

Cyber Security Graduate of the Year

Dalia Galezo, Orro
Jackson Slender, Clyde & Co
Liam Pope, Bluerydge
Lizetta Sison, BDO
Lachlan Dowling, BDO

Liam O'Driscoll, Schneider Electric

Wei-Ning Tang, Tritium
Erik Reading, BDO

Cyber Security Lawyer of the Year

Reece Corbett-Wilkins, Clyde & Co

Joanne Gream, Verint Systems Australia (formerly from CyberCX)
Ray Marshall, Octopus Deploy
Brooke Hall-Carney, LK Law
Cameron Whittfield, Herbert Smith Freehills
Jason Symons, Mills Oakley
Hana Lee, Burch&Co
Melissa Tan, Lander & Rogers
Eden Winokur, Hall & Wilcox
Melissa Cheng, Darktrace

Cyber Security Professional of the Year - Government and Defence

Marie Patane, Sydney Metro
Richard Baker, Red Piranha

Adnan Anwar, Deakin University

David Hyland-Wood, Griffith University
Mahbubur Rahman, Downer Professional Services
Bradley Henschke, Downer Professional Services
Chirag Joshi, 7 Rules Cyber
Stefan Martins, Pacific Aerospace Consulting
Hassan Habibi Gharakheili, The University of New South Wales
Marcus Rebbettes, University of Technology Sydney

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

Jamie Wilson, Cryptoloc Data Security

Marc Reinhardt, Icon Group

Bobby Stojceski, Penske Australia

Cyber Security Professional of the Year - Professional and Financial Services

Cath Hart, Real Estate Institute of Western Australia (REIWA)
Gordon Yau, My Finance Network
Hayden Burt, Evisent
Tracey Hughes, Q1 Group
Paul Hankin, Kaesim Cybersecurity

Denny Wan, Security Express

Adnan Anwar, Deakin University
Mark Luckin, Lockton
Karen Stephens, BCyber
Craig Ford, Cyber Unicorns

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

Mohammed Sadiq Abuwala, Clyde & Co
Ben Di Marco, WTW
Nic Fren, Bespoke Media

Ben Turnbull, The University of New South Wales

Mark Hindson, Data#3 Limited
Susie Jones, Cynch Security
Dan Goldberg, Cybza
Himanshu Anand, Tabcorp
Chris Grisdale, hipages Group

Cyber Security Rising Star

Andrew Reeves, ISC Consulting Group, The University of Adelaide, and Cybermindz
Rosetta Romano, University of Canberra
Lachlan McGrath, CyberCX
Bradley Henschke, Downer Professional Services
Sush Prakash, OpSys Australia
Nicole Neil, Seer Medical

Nikki Saunders, Schneider Electric

Jordan Gueli-Quaresma, Crawford & Company Australia
Karley Donnelly, SA Power Networks
Rohit Borekar, Solution Tech

Female Cyber Security Leader of the Year

Naomi Rumble, Leidos Australia
Deanna Gibbs, Willyama Services
Cath Hart, Real Estate Institute of Western Australia (REIWA)

Marie Patane, Sydney Metro

Nicci Hodierne, Triskele Labs
Amy Ormrod, Cygence
Maleehah Lohani, Mercury Information Security Services
Nicole Bakewell, Data#3 Limited
Nadene Serman, InfoTrack
Margaret Ciobanu, Yoochooz

Indigenous Cyber Security Leader of the Year

Kieran Hynes, Willyama Services

Brad Nagle, Kirra Services

Steve Cranage, GOTAFE