teissAwards2025

Thursday, 27 Feb 2025

18:00 - 21:00

etc.venues 155 Bishopsgate, London

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Judging Information

There are two Judging Rounds.

Judging Round 1 will take place in December 2024. At least two judges will review and score the Submission for all shortlisted entries.

Judging Round 2 will take place in the week commencing 20th January 2025. Each shortlisted entry will be scheduled to deliver a 5 minute "Dragon's Den" style online pitch to at least two judges. A further 2 minutes are allowed for questions from the judges. Each judge will score the pitch and answers immediately afterwards.

The winners and runners up will be the entries with the highest combined score from both Judging Rounds.

For more information about the teissAwards2025, please get in touch with us on awards@teiss.co.uk

Key Dates

Here are all the key dates you need to know for the teissAwards2025!

1st July 2024 - Submissions open

August 2024 - Table Sales open

17th November 2024 - Submissions close

25th November 2024 - Shortlist announced

31st December 2024 - Judging Round 1 completed

24th January 2025 - Judging round 2 completed

27th February 2025 - teissAwards2025 winners announced!

Categories

The teissAwards2025 has 22 categories that celebrate the achievement of cyber security vendors over the last 12 months.

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Awards Categories

Select a category to learn more about it, and find instructions on how to enter.

Best Cloud Security Solution
Best Email Security Solution
Best Incident Response Solution
Best Endpoint Protection Solution
Best Mobile Security Solution
Best AI and ML Security Solution
Best Threat Intelligence Technology
Best Vulnerability Management Solution
Best Cyber Security Training and Awareness Product or Service
Best Penetration Testing Product or Service
Best IoT Security Solution

Best Security Compliance Product
Cyber-Security New Launch Product of the Year
Cyber Start-up Company of the Year
Cyber-security Evangelist of the Year
Best Ransomware Protection Solution
Best Network Security Solution
Best Zero Trust Security Solution
Best Security Operations Automation Solution
Cyber-Security Company of the Year (Enterprise)
Cyber-Security Company of the Year (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises)
Cyber-Security Marketing Team of the Year

Best Cloud Security Solution

The entrant must be an organisation that offers a cloud security solution that mitigates risks associated with the protection of information and applications in the cloud environment.

Best Email Security Solution

The entrant must be an email security vendor who offers a solution that safeguards the privacy of email messages by filtering against spam, malware and other malicious emails, while providing integrated protection against sophisticated email attacks.

Best Incident Response Solution

The entrant must be an incident response provider with a service or software that provides users with the tools to identify and respond to security breaches, as well as reporting and analysing incident data.

Best Endpoint Protection Solution

The entrant must be a provider whose solution continuously analyses endpoints to detect and respond to potential threats in real time.

Best Mobile Security Solution

The entrant must be an organisation that offers a mobile security solution that mitigates cyber-risk and threats associated with the protection of corporate data and applications on mobile devices.

Best AI and ML Security Solution

The entrant must have an existing or new AI- and ML-driven solution aimed at detecting, preventing or resolving current cyber-threats.

Best Threat Intelligence Technology

The entrant must be a threat intelligence technology supplier whose solution or product provides organisations with timely intelligence on the latest cyber-threats affecting their IT infrastructure, as well as techniques to combat these threats. .

Best Vulnerability Management Solution

The entrant must be a vulnerability management provider whose solution helps organisations identify and manage vulnerabilities associated with system configurations, patches and other information security challenges.

Best Cyber-Security Training and Awareness Product or Service

The entrant must be a security awareness training specialist offering ready-to-use security training and awareness campaigns to better equip organisations against real-world cyber-threats.

Best Penetration Testing Product or Service

The entrant must be a penetration testing services provider or software vendor that helps organisations detect exploitable vulnerabilities within their IT systems, networks and applications through simulated cyber-attacks.

Best IoT Security Solution

The entrant must be an organisation that offers an IoT security solution which protects IoT devices from unwanted access, manipulations and vulnerabilities resulting in data loss, software corruption or commands override.

Best Security Compliance Product

The entrant must be a security compliance vendor whose product enables organisations to manage their security processes, systems and policies to identify areas of compliance and non-compliance.

Cyber-Security New Launch Product of the Year

The entrant must be a security vendor with a new product or service focused on protecting organisations’ networks, systems and applications from threats. The product or service must have been launched after 1 July 2023.

Cyber Start-up Company of the Year

A company less than three years old who wishes to gain credibility, build industry connections, and establish itself as a rising star.

Cyber-Security Evangelist of the Year

The entrant must be a security evangelist recognised by their peers and industry practitioners as facilitating change and transformation through storytelling that enable growth and evolution.

Best Ransomware Protection Solution

The entrant must be an organisation which offers a ransomware protection that assesses and mitigates ransomware risks while aiding enterprises’ understanding of their ransomware response capabilities.

Best Network Security Solution

The entrant must be an organisation which offers a network security solution that defends all forms of information from cyber-attacks, unauthorised access and data loss.

Best Zero Trust Security Solution

The entrant must be an organisation who leverages Zero Trust principles to help enterprises reduce their attack surface.

Best Security Operations Automation Solution

The entrant must be an organisation who leverages a programmatic security automation solution to detect threats, analyse, group and prioritise alerts to accelerate investigation, and enforces pre-defined actions to contain and remediate issues.

Cyber-Security Company of the Year (Enterprise)

Entrant must be a cyber-security company with a demonstrable history of offering enterprise-level innovative and comprehensive cyber-security solutions with a significant growth in adoption, client base or product/service effectiveness over the past 12 months

Cyber-Security Company of the Year (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises)

Entrant must be a cyber-security company with a demonstrable history of offering innovative and comprehensive cyber-security solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with a significant growth in adoption, client base or product/service effectiveness over 12 months

Cyber-Security Marketing Team of the Year

The entrant must be a cyber-security marketing team who sells cyber-security products and services directly or through channel partners to drive business growth and revenue.

Judges

Our judges are industry-renowned experts in their field. Each brings their expertise to bear to judge the teissAwards2025.

Judges

Thom Langford

Founder, (TL)2 Security

Thom is an industry engaged and sought after information security subject matter expert, speaker, and award-winning security blogger. He is the sole founder of Host Unknown, a loose collective of three infosec luminaries combined to make security education and infotainment films.

Lisa Ventura

Editor & Founder, Cyber Security Unity

Lisa is a keynote speaker, moderator and panellist, and has taken part in numerous conferences and events, both in-person and virtual. She is often asked to write articles, blogs and press features about cyber security, neurodiversity, mental health issues and more.

Danny Dresner

Professor of Cyber Security, University of Manchester

Danny is a respectable Professor of Cyber Security at the University of Manchester and a Fellow of the Institute of Information Security Professionals. Whilst at the NCSC, he created the core of SANS' training for BS 7799, edited national security breaches surveys, and wrote the first standards for source code escrow. He has contributed to books, conferences, and appeared on numerous TV channels including the BBC.

Steve Furnell

Professor of Cyber Security, University of Nottingham

Steven is a Professor of Cyber Security at the University of Nottingham. His main research interests are broadly linked to the intersection of human, technological and organisational aspects of cyber security, and has authored over 330 papers in refereed international journals and conference proceedings, as well as various books, chapters, and professional articles.

Edd Hardy

SVP Cyber Security, AlixPartners

Edd is a highly experienced consultant assisting organisations, investors and C-suite to manage cyber risk and foster growth. Some of his previous roles include a pentester, ISO27001 Auditor, QSA, Risk Analyst, and advisor.

Andrea Cullen

CEO & Co-Founder, CAPSLOCK

Andrea has years of industrial experience as a computer programmer and systems analyst working on projects throughout the UK where she has been responsible for the development and implementation of many software systems. She co-authored, developed, and delivered the GCHQ-certified Cyber Security Master’s degree at the University of Bradford, and is also the Co-founder and Head of Research & Development at CAPSLOCK.

Paul Watts

Distinguished Analyst, Information Security Forum

Paul is a senior Information Security and Technology professional with over twenty-six years’ experience covering vertical markets including Transportation, Banking and Finance, Manufacturing, Retail and Telecommunications both in Europe and the UK. He was named as one of the top 100 global CISOs in the HotTopics.ht “CISO 100 2017” in 2017 and 2020.

David Cartwright

CISO, Santander International

Dave has been based in Jersey since 2009, and is presently head of IT security for an international bank. He is the co-founder and chairman of the Jersey Charitable Skills Pool; deputy chairman of the Channel Islands Information Security Forum; a committee member of the Jersey branch of the BCS; and the Digital Committee of the Jersey Chamber of Commerce.

Ed Tucker

CyberSecurity CTO, Telefonica Tech

Ed is a recognised expert, with a rich history of creating high performance teams, world class capabilities, driving business resilience and confidence. He is a pragmatic, yet passionate individual with a demonstrable record of defining and executing transformational change into businesses of varying maturities.

Keil Hubert

Associate Principal, Security Human Risk Management, OCC

Keil Hubert is the head of Security Training and Awareness for OCC, the world’s largest equity derivatives clearing organization, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Prior to joining OCC, Keil has been a U.S. Army medical IT officer, a U.S.A.F. Cyberspace Operations officer, a small businessman, an author, and several different variations of commercial sector IT consultant. Keil deconstructed a cybersecurity breach in his presentation at TEISS 2014, and has served as Business Reporter’s resident U.S. ‘blogger since 2012. His books on applied leadership, business culture, and talent management are available on Amazon.com. Keil is based out of Dallas, Texas.

Daniela Almeida Lourenço

Chief Information Security Officer, Tinka

Daniela Lourenço is currently the Business Information Security Officer for CarNext. In this role, she bridges the gap between business needs and security requirements, by translating the security roadmap to an organization-wide project.

Daniela holds a Master’s Degree in Communication & Cultural Studies and an Executive Master’s Degree in Cybersecurity. With multinational experience in Compliance and Information Security, her ultimate objective is to embed Information Security in the organisation’s model and culture as an inherent feature, understood by everyone throughout a supply chain.

Jonathan Craven

Global Privacy Operations Lead, iRhythm Technologies Ltd

After first training as a psychologist, Jonathan has spent most of his career working in the ‘Holy Trinity’ of public sector employers – local authority, NHS and the police service – in privacy, data protection and information governance. Throughout that time, he has led organisational change to raise awareness, improve training, and promote better governance and security processes and behaviours. He is currently the Privacy and Compliance Lead for the UK for iRhythm Technologies Ltd, a US-based healthcare tech company, leading on privacy strategy and compliance process implementation, as well as championing the “Digital First” approach.

Paul Holland

Head of Information Security Research, Information Security Forum (ISF)

Paul has around 15 years security experience and 23 years in IT with security always a key feature. He has worked with companies of all sizes and sectors helping with IT security, network security, cyber and information security issues.

Paul has a drive and passion around awareness, training, security behaviours and security culture; and enjoys evangelising security at all levels.

Tiago Rosado

Chief Information Security Officer, Asite

Tiago is a seasoned strategic thinker and tactical implementer with more than 25 years of experience in Information/Cyber Security in EMEA, APAC and the Americas with a positive and motivational posture.

He has a holistic perspective on security, always as vendor-agnostic as possible aiming to achieve a highly secure environment that would be, by default, compliant with any known standard and/or frameworks - NIST, PCI-DSS, ISO 27001, HIPAA, UK Cyber Essentials, OWASP, Cloud Security Alliance, CIS, MITRE ATT&CK and others.

Dom Lucas

Head of Security, British International Investment

Dom is a security leader with over 25 years professional experience, working across a range of public and private sector organisations, leading others to success. He has worked for numerous large firms including, Barclays, Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance and also Financial Conduct Authority in the field of Information and Cyber Security. He is currently Head of Security at British International Investment. Dom is passionate as to the discipline and has been a a leading participant in the development of information sharing across the domain. Outside of work, Dom is a keen supported of non-professional Theatre, having performed in, stage managed and directed seven theatrical shows over the past 15 months.

Cameron Brown

Director, Cyber Security, Deloitte UK

Cam is a cyber defense advisor and information security strategist who has worked for the United Nations, governments and law enforcement agencies, as well as leading multinational corporations. He has collaborated on multi-taskforce investigations and factfinding missions on a global scale. Cam practices in the area of Risk Advisory in Europe with focus on Information Security, Cyber Governance, Security Intelligence, Adversary Profiling, Active Defense, Vulnerability Identification, Data Protection & Privacy (GDPR, Data Transfers and Controls, LEDP, ePrivacy, Standard Contractual Clauses, Data Protection Act) and Countermeasures to Insider Threats. Cam is also an author and contributor to books and articles on many aspects of cybercrime, data risk and information security, as well as a regular speaker on the subject at international conferences and seminars. He has led commentary on cybersecurity and cyberwarfare in the Financial Times, Forbes Special Reports, The Telegraph, Raconteur Reports, SC Magazine, IDG Connect, CSO Online, Computer Business Review, International Business Times, amongst others.

Stuart Frost

Head of Enterprise Security and Risk Management Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

Stuart Frost, BEM, is head of Enterprise Security and Risk Management within the UK Government. A vastly experienced, highly certified Security and Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) professional with extensive sector knowledge and significant experience of delivering successful risk-based security programmes, across large scale, multi-disciplined and geographically dispersed organisations. He is also a leading voice on managing risks faced by the burgeoning use of interconnected supply chains. An accomplished speaker, he has taken part in events across the UK, Europe, USA and Asia.

Stuart has won multiple industry global awards for his work in the GRC space and is adept at integrating all security disciplines to enable a holistic approach in support of business objectives. He was named as one of the UK’s top 50 Tech Leaders and a top 30 Transformational Change Leader in May 2024 for his role in driving innovation and change across the security sector.

He was awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) in 2017 for his services to the local community and in 2023 was also the proud recipient of the Coronation medal in recognition of his security input to the Coronation of King Charles III.

Don Baham

Chief Information Security Officer, Germantown Technologies

Don is a business-focused Chief Information Security Officer and Security Technologist with 20+ years of experience in enterprise technology, with over 12 of those years in information security. He is highly skilled in the planning and development of information cybersecurity strategy and best practices in support of the information technology architecture. In his current role as Chief Information Security Officer at Germantown Technologies, Don oversees Information Security and IT Risk & Compliance for the Rubicon Founders portfolio of companies, prioritizing investments that strengthen defenses, achieve compliance, increase cybersecurity maturity, and reduce risk.

Don has earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Western Governors University and several industry certifications including Digital Directors Network Qualified Technology Expert (QTE), EC-Council Certified Chief Information Security Officer (CCISO), ISC2 Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), and ISACA Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA).

Garrett Smiley

Vice President of Digital Infrastructure and Technology Strategy / Chief of Staff to CDIO, Maximus

Accomplished and recognized global executive with 26 years of operational, technical, educational, and managerial experience in federal, military, and private industries, with 12+ years as leader at the MD/VP level at 4 different Fortune 100 to 1000 companies and 18+ years of international experience.

Organizational leader with expertise in developing and leading highly engaged teams across the U.S., Canada, U.K., EMEA, and ASPAC. Effective collaborator, adept in establishing and cultivating rapport, confidence, and trust with Board members, senior executives, business units, customers, vendors, and colleagues.

Serves as an industry thought leader, well-connected across public and private sectors, and offering insights through publications, presentations, and programs of instruction to the community. Client-facing strategist, expertly skilled in pursuing, implementing, and integrating leading-edge technologies and solutions to proactively position ironclad global protection programs against criminal activity.

Chuck Brooks

Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University

Chuck Brooks serves as President of Brooks Consulting International. He also serves as an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University, teaching graduate courses on risk management, and cybersecurity.

Chuck was named “Top 5 Tech Person to Follow" by LinkedIn” where he has almost 118,000 followers on his profile.he also owns and manages 10 LinkedIn security oriented groups.As a thought leader, blogger, and event speaker, he has briefed the G20 on energy cybersecurity, the US Embassy to the Holy See and Vatican on global cybersecurity cooperation. He has served on two National Academy of Science Advisory groups, including one on digitalizing the USAF, and another on securing BioTech. He has also addressed USTRANSCOM on cybersecurity and serves on an industry/government Working group for CISA focused on security space systems.

Chuck's is also a contributor to Forbes, The Washington Post, Dark Reading, Homeland Security Today, Security Information Skytop Media, GovCon, Barrons, The Hill, and Federal Times on cybersecurity and emerging technology topics. He has 57,000 subscribers to his newsletter "Security and Tech Insights." He is also the author of two books on cybersecurity and tech coming out this year.

Chuck has received presidential appointments for executive service by two U.S. Presidents, and served in executive leadership roles at public companies General Dynamics, Xerox, and Rapiscan.

He has an MA from the University of Chicago, a BA from DePauw University, and a certificate in International Law from The Hague Academy of International Law.

Matt Hardy

SVP Cyber Security, AlixPartners

Matt is a results driven IS/Cyber Security Executive with 20+ years of experience in security, compliance and technology roles in a variety of sectors such as Telecommunications, healthcare, Fast Moving goods, Bank and finance , including more than eight years in the capacity as CISO. Working with the mantra of building security in by design, ensure security is business benefit with a good Return on investment.

Adept at managing Governance, Risk, and Controls, orchestrating all facets of Resilience & Third-party risk management, and managing Cyber Security risks in all levels of the business functions.

I am only as good as the teams I lead, so I take time to train, coach, and mentor each person for career growth and success, As a result, can create an environment of cohesion with optimal performance.

Edewede Oriwoh

Group IT Information and Cyber Security Manager, Zigup Plc

Edewede has worked in various areas of Information and Cyber Security including in Data, Identity and Access Management, Asset, Cloud, Vulnerability Management, Cyberphysical, Security Awareness, Threat Hunting and Threat Intelligence, Incident Management and Disaster Recovery, among others. She has a keen interest in Proactive, Continuous, Responsive and Reactive Security.

She encourages the support of end users with security awareness guidance, well-configured and managed tools as well as clear Policies, Processes and Procedures so they can play their part as an essential link in any organisation's Cyber Security chain.

She also promotes the importance of remembering the fundamentals such as making security a habit and, more broadly, remembering that, "If it does not exist, there's nothing to secure".

Ceremony & Tables

teissAwards2025 will take place on the evening of the 27^th of February 2025, immediately after teissLondon2025 | The European Information Security Summit.

Both the summit during the day and the awards in the evening will be held at ETC Venues, 155 Bishopsgate, Liverpool Street, London, EC2M 3YD.

Our table sales programme is now open, and for a limited period we are offering early bird table discounts at 10% reduction. For all enquiries please email n.riza@teiss.co.uk

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Our Host

teissAwards is delighted to confirm that our Host this year will be Harry Stachini.

Harry Stachini’s stand up and crowd work clips have amassed millions of views across his social media. He's established a reputation as an exciting young comedian with an impressive easy-going style. His warm and friendly stage presence comfortably leads us through hilarious and skilful storytelling which is beyond his years. He regularly performs at the UK’s finest comedy clubs and festivals and has also performed overseas in both Asia and Europe.

FAQ

Find a list of our most frequently asked questions below. Got a question that isn’t on this list? Drop us a line at awards@teiss.co.uk and we’ll get right back to you.

How are the awards organised?

There are 22 Categories within the teissAwards2025, all focused on recognising excellence amongst the information security vendor market.

Who is eligible?

The teissAwards2025 are open to all information security product, service and training providers. Each Category has defined eligibility criteria and guidance on who should apply.

How can we enter?

For each Category, there are a set of questions you must answer in order to make your submission. Your organisation is allowed to enter as many categories as are applicable to you.

Where do we enter?

You can email your completed submission form and supporting documents to awards@teiss.co.uk

Who decides if we’ve won?

A select panel of industry experts make up our judging panel. Their details can be seen on the following pages. They will score all submitted entries that are shortlisted.

How much does it cost to enter?

Entry is free.

What are the deadlines for entry?

1st July 2024 - Submissions open

August 2024 - Table Sales open

17th November 2024 - Submissions close

25th November 2024 - Shortlist announced

31st December 2024 - Judging Round 1 completed

24th January 2025 - Judging round 2 completed

27th February 2025 - teissAwards2025 winners announced!

Contact

To find out more about teissAwards2025, please contact:

Submissions Manager:

Joseph Yiadom | awards@teiss.co.uk

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Marc Morrow | T: +44 (0)20 8349 6453 | M: +44 (0)7977 926736

E: m.morrow@teiss.co.uk

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Grant Scheffer | T: +44 (0)20 8349 6478 | M: +44 (0)7811010102

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Sponsorship Sales Manager:

Jean-Philippe Le Coq | T: +44 (0)20 8349 5592 | M: +44(0)7494 705170