2015 Award Winners
CCISO of the Year
Neil Gaudreau
CISO of the Year
Ben Halpert
Innovative Project of the Year
Paul Medici
Most Improved Information Security Program of the Year
Bobby Malek
Award Categories
CCISO of the Year
This award, available only to EC-Council Certified CISOs (C|CISOs), recognizes an individual’s outstanding work in information security. We will be honoring one C|CISO who has contributed to the information security industry, shown tremendous professional growth and achievement, and has promoted strong, innovative security practices. When submitting your nomination package for this award, please be sure to include a summary of your work and career advancement over the last year, how you have positively impacted the information security industry. Your entry will be evaluated by a panel of highly qualified information security executives, so make sure that what you present will impress your audience.
CISO of the Year
This award, available only to Information Security Executives (VP, CISO, etc.), recognizes an individual’s outstanding work in information security. We will be honoring one executive who has contributed to the information security industry, shown tremendous professional growth and achievement, and has promoted strong, innovative security practices. When submitting your nomination package for this award, please be sure to include a summary of your work and career advancement over the last year and how you have positively impacted the information security industry. Your entry will be evaluated by a panel of highly qualified information security executives, so make sure that what you present will impress your audience.
Innovative Security Project of the Year
This award is intended to recognize the most innovative security project of the year. The nomination must include the following details:
- Brief description of the project and its goals
- How the project supported the business/organization by being:
- Cost effective
- Impactful to the business or security operations
- Creative in its use or creation of new models
- Groundbreaking
- Measurable – please include statistics on how the project impacted budget, time, or other measurable indicators.
Most Improved Information Security Program of the Year
This award is intended to recognize improvements in information security programs that have made use of innovative strategies to bring value quickly to a security program and the overall business/organization’s goals. The nomination must include the following:
- A baseline of the security program before improvements including measurable indicators
- The methods used to improve the program
- Challenges encountered and the solutions implemented to overcome them A thorough analysis of the program after improvements were implemented including measurable indicators
2015 Finalists
Categories:
CCISO of the Year

Senior Cyber Security Consultant


National Practice Lead –IAM
OpenSky Corporation

CISO,
HD Vest Financial Services

CISO at CELEC EP

Chief Information Security Operations at US Department of Homeland Security

CISO at CRH plc
CISO of the Year
Ben Halpert
Innovative Project of the Year

Senior IT CyberSecurity Consultant IT Project Manager

Director at Fidelity Investments
Most Improved Information Security Program of the Year

Senior IT CyberSecurity Consultant IT Project Manager