Nominations are open for the eighth annual Safety Critical Unsung Heroes Awards to be held in London and run by Eskenzi PR.
The awards are all about celebrating the UK’s cybersecurity professionals, academics, lecturers, leaders and people working to make the trade not solely safer, but additionally extra numerous and more healthy for workers.
Whether or not educating the following technology of cyber expertise or the general public, combating cybercrime on the frontlines or mentoring a peer, the Safety Critical Unsung Heroes Awards acknowledge the individuals who go above and past to maintain us protected on-line. As well as, the awards acknowledge the people who promote larger range and inclusion (Range Champion), in addition to take care of the well-being of colleagues/friends (Cybersecurity Wellbeing Advocate).
Entries are actually open, which incorporates filling in a brief type detailing why the individual deserves the award. Nominations will stay open till 5pm on the 8th of September 2023, earlier than closing for evaluate by an esteemed panel of judges.
To appoint, go to: https://varieties.gle/uUfSTPp3pUpiYpsXA
Judges embody writer and world-renowned folks hacker, Jenny Radcliffe; CISO at DocPlanner Group, Shan Lee; Holly Foxcroft, head of neurodiversity in cyber analysis and consulting at Stott & Might Consulting; lead organizer and director of Eskenzi PR, Yvonne Eskenzi; Javvad Malik, lead safety consciousness advocate at KnowBe4; and Alan Jenkins, managing companion at Decipher Cyber.
“In a 12 months that’s been marked by extra ransomware assaults, rampant phishing campaigns focusing on peoples’ charitable nature in addition to the gaining tempo of AI, it’s a welcome reprieve to rejoice the efforts made to maintain the UK a safer place to do enterprise,” mentioned Javvad Malik, lead safety consciousness advocate at KnowBe4.
Nominees and their visitors are then invited to a celebratory night hosted on the 18th of October 2023 at St Barts Brewery in London to coincide with Cybersecurity Consciousness Month.
With due to the sponsors, KnowBe4 and Decipher Cyber, in addition to Bora and the Zensory, the Safety Critical Unsung Heroes Awards are free to enter and to attend, setting it other than different trade awards.
Classes this 12 months embody:
- Cyber Author (Sponsored by Bora)
- Godparent of Safety
- Information Guardian
- CISO Supremo
- Safety Avengers – Greatest Crew
- Greatest Educator
- Greatest Moral Hacker/Pentester
- Rising Star
- Safety Mentor
- Greatest Safety Consciousness Marketing campaign (sponsored by KnowBe4)
- Range Champion
- Cybersecurity Wellbeing Advocate (sponsored by The Zensory)
For extra info, go to: https://www.securityserious.com/unsung-heroes/
To appoint, go to: https://varieties.gle/uUfSTPp3pUpiYpsXA
