Scoop News Group is delighted to present the outstanding recipients of the 2024 CyberScoop 50 Awards. These prestigious accolades recognize the exceptional achievements of cybersecurity leaders who safeguard our essential networks, data, and infrastructure while pioneering innovation in this critical field.

This year, voters from across the nation spent three months nominating and selecting leaders who have exhibited remarkable dedication, creativity, and resourcefulness in defending against cyber threats. With over 800,000 votes cast in five distinct categories, these honorees truly represent the pinnacle of cybersecurity excellence.

From rising stars embarking on promising careers to veteran officials shaping policy and strategy, the nominees for the CyberScoop 50 Awards showcased a diverse and accomplished array of talent from the entire information security community. We celebrate these extraordinary individuals for their pivotal role in defending our digital world.

The winners, alphabetically by category, are:

Cybersecurity Visionary

Morgan Adamski, Executive Director, U.S. Cyber Command

Harry Coker, Jr., National Cyber Director, White House

Michael Daniel, President & CEO, Cyber Threat Alliance

Nathaniel Fick, U.S. Ambassador at Large for Cyberspace and Digital Policy, U.S. Department of State

Adele Merritt, Chief Information Officer, U.S. Intelligence Community

Anne Neuberger, Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Tech, National Security Council

Randy Resnick, Senior Adviser, Zero Trust Portfolio Management Office, Department of Defense

Lt. Gen. Robert Skinner, Director/Commander, DISA/JFHQ-DODIN

Solomon Wilson, OIT DIS, Cybersecurity Project Manager, Indian Health Service

Sounil Yu, CTO, Knostic

Government Leadership

Shane Barney, CISO,  U.S. Citizenship & Immigration ServicesÂ

Bailey Bickley, Chief DIB Defense, National Security Agency

James Bishop, CISO, U.S. Air Force

Paul Blahusch, CISO, Department of Labor

Stacy Bostjanick, Chief DIB Cybersecurity, Department of Defense

David Carroll, Associate Director – Mission Engineering, CISA

Jennifer Franks, Director, Information Technology and Cybersecurity, GAO

Henry Houle, COSMOS Information System Security Manager (ISSM)/Cybersecurity Lead, Naval Information Warfare Center – Pacific

Ayan Islam, Director, Cyber Workforce, Office of the National Cyber Director

Cynthia Kaiser, Deputy Assistant Director, Cyber Division, FBI

Tonya Manning, CISO, EPA

Vu Nguyen, CISO, Department of Justice

Cherilyn Pascoe, Director, NCCE, NIST

Nick Polk, Sr. Adviser to the Federal CISO, Executive Office of the President

James Saunders, CISO, OPM

Anne Marie Schumann, Principal Cyber Adviser, Department of the Navy

Dr. Michael Sulmeyer, Principal Cyber Adviser, U.S. Army

Joseph Szczerba, Section Chief for Cyber National Security Intel, FBI

Bryan Vorndran, Assistant Director for Cyber Operations, FBI

Mike Witt, CISO, NASA

La Monte Yarborough, CISO, HHS

Industry Leadership

Will Ash, Sr. Director, U.S. Public Sector Security, Cisco

Charles Carmakal, CTO, Mandiant Consulting

Kynan Carver, Cybersecurity Lead, Defense Market, Maximus

Alex Chapin, Vice President of Sales, DoD & Intelligence, Trellix

Sean Connelly, Executive Director, Global Zero Trust Strategy and Policy, ZScaler

Chris DeRusha, Director of Global Public Sector Compliance, Google Public Sector

Sandra Joyce, Vice President of Google Threat Intelligence, Google Cloud

Ryan Kazanciyan, CISO, Wiz

Katy Mann, Senior Vice President & GM, Public Sector, Okta

Paul Michaels, Chief Security Officer, Fortinet Federal

Dean Scontras, Area VP of U.S. Public Sector, Wiz

Eric Trexler, Senior Vice President of U.S. Public Sector, Palo Alto Networks

Innovation of the Year

Defender Experts for Threat Hunting; EAP for Security Copilot; Student-Led SOC / K12 Best Practice Cybersecurity Model, Gwinnett County Public Schools

Post-Quantum Cryptography Standards, NIST

PurpleAI, SentinelOne

Secure By Design program, CISA

Universal PatchinG and Remediation for Autonomous Defense (UPGRADE) program, ARPA-H

Most Inspiring Up-and-Comer

Perri Adams, Special Assistant to the Director, DARPA

Meredith Burkart, Chief of Cyber Policy, FBI

Natalia Krapiva, Senior Tech-Legal Counsel, AccessNow

Selena Larson, Senior Threat Intelligence Analyst, Proofpoint

Trevor Parks, Cyber Operations Planner, Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative, CISA

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