As Federal agencies evolve their cyber policies, strategies, risk management approaches, and priorities to guard against increasingly sophisticated adversaries and mitigate the impact of attacks, it’s time to recognize the leaders who are driving innovation and advancing our nation’s cybersecurity.

We are pleased to present the Cyber Defenders Award winners. Below is the full list of winners who are driving meaningful cyber innovation for the Federal government.

Winners will be recognized at Tech Tonic on July 18, 2024 and at Planet Word in Washington, D.C. on October 3, 2024 for an award ceremony.

The nomination period is now closed.

Government

Leonard Bailey
Department of Justice
John Bienko
Small Business Administration
James (Aaron) Bishop
Department of the Air Force
Paul Blahusch
Department of Labor
Scott Boaman
Naval Reactors
Lance Cary
Department of Energy
Amir Dastouri
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Mike Duffy
Office of Management and Budget
Robert Gaylik
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Shannon Hughes
Department of Energy
Megan Kane
Department of Homeland Security
Jonathan Mangual
Department of Homeland Security
Deloise Moore
U.S. Coast Guard
Vu Nguyen
Department of Justice
Alvin Plater
Department of the Navy
cpoland
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Anjana Rajan
Office of the National Cyber Director
Terence Rountree
General Services Administration
Daphna Shai
Department of Justice
Thomas Smith
General Services Administration
Jason Tant
Securities and Exchange Commission
Larry Tun
Department of Justice

Industry

gary-barlet
Illumio
Mischa Beckett
General Dynamics Information Technology
Nat Bongiovanni
NTT DATA Federal Services
Rick Bruno
ManTech
Kyle Dewar
Tanium
George Dilger II
Dell Technologies
Carolyn Duby
Cloudera
Neal Ferrano
Deloitte
Candice Frost
Nightwing
gregory-garret
REI Systems
Phillip George
Merlin Cyber
Steve Hoffman
Fortinet Federal, Inc.
Joyce Hunter
Mission Critical
Wayne LeRiche
Palo Alto Networks
Dave Link
ScienceLogic
Gaurav Pal
StackArmor
Egon Rinderer
Shift5
Bill Rucker
Trustwave Government Solutions
Tom Stamos
Zscaler
Laura Taylor
General Dynamics Information Technology
Sumedh Thakar
Qualys

 

Nominations
Jan 31 – Mar 29, 5pm EDT

Award Ceremony
October 3, 2024
Cyber Defenders Awards
Planet Word
925 13th St NW
Washington, DC 20005
Criteria
The awards recognize winners in the following categories:
Government
Industry
Award nominees must work in the Federal IT industry and exhibit strong leadership in cyber innovation in the field.
Questions