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The Security Institute Award Categories


The Institute encourages and recognises excellence as a part of its commitment to professional development and raising awareness of what good security looks like.

To honour this recognition The Institute has launched an annual Awards Gala Dinner where individuals and companies going the extra mile are recognised by their peers for their achievements.

The Institute presents 11 different awards:

  1. The Security Institute Award In Memory of ‘Odette Hallowes SOE WWII’
    This award will recognise an individual or team who have contributed significantly to the security of others: this maybe a posthumous award or for a living individual/team.
  2. Outstanding Contribution to Security Award’ in memory of George van Schalkwyk
    This award will recognise a Security Institute member who has demonstrated an outstanding contribution to the security profession.
  3. Institute Learner of the Year Award’ in memory of John Aplin
    This award is given to a Security Institute member who has recently (from January 2022 to date) finished their Security Institute Certificate, Diploma or Advanced Diploma qualification in Security Management and demonstrated that they have put their learnings into effective practice.
  4. Academic Achiever of the Year Award’ in memory of Wilf Knight
    The winning nominee will be recognised for outstanding research on a security topic and will be awarded to a university student producing the most innovative and significant dissertation. Nominations are invited from universities which may submit one nomination per department per year. Self-nomination in this category is not permitted.
  5. President’s Award for an Outstanding Young Professional
    An award that celebrates the next generation of security leaders and will recognise a Security Institute member under the age of 35 who has personally had a positive impact on their organisation or the wider security sector.
  6. International Achiever of the Year Award
    This recognises a Security Institute member who has made a significant contribution to security outside the UK.
  7. Volunteer of the Year Award
    This award recognises an Institute member who has made a significant voluntary contribution to the Institute, for example through the Membership Management Advisory Group, Validation Board, special interest groups, Young Members Group, helping out at exhibitions, and other volunteer roles within the SyI.
  8. The EDI Initiative of the Year Award
    An award in recognition of the best contribution or initiative to promote and support the ED and I community in the security sector
  9. Security Innovation or Product of the Year Award
    This award is presented to a security organisation, team or individual that has designed, created or launched training programme, app or initiative to improve security.
  10. #NextGen Star Award
    To recognise the achievements of a young person who has participated in the #NextGen initiative, and demonstrated personal commitment to learning about security and developing skills for a potential security career. Nominations in this category are closed and will be made by the organisers of the #NextGen initiative.
  11. Lifetime Achievement Award
    An award celebrating the Lifetime Achievement of a professional in our industry, who has demonstrated an outstanding contribution and lifetime achievement in the security profession.

 

 

Next Gen Star Award

Previous Winners


2019 – Polin Angelova

2021 – Aiza Uddin

2023 – Ben Teasdale

‘Institute Learner of the Year Award’ in memory of John Aplin

Previous Winners


2008 – Emma Thomas

2009 – Peter Brown

2013 – Lee Trumper

2015 – Beatrice Orgles

2018 – Stephen Mangan

2019 – David McManus (Diploma) and Martin Strong (Certificate)

2021 – Tom Colman

2023 – David Shaw MSyI

‘Outstanding Contribution to Security Award’ in memory of George van Schalkwyk

Previous Winners


2006 – Stewart Kidd

2007 – John Allan

2008 – Bill Wyllie

2009 – Ken Livingstone

2012 – David Gill

2013 – Mike Bluestone

2014 – Di Thomas

2015 – Emma Shaw

2018 – Andrew Nicholls

2019 – Rollo Davies

2021 – Kate Bright

2023 – Mike Gillespie MSyI

‘Academic Achiever of the Year Award’ in memory of Wilf Knight

Previous Winners


2009 – Danie Adendorff

2010 – Angus Darroch-Warren

2011 – Leonie Darbon and Matt Mackmin

2012 – Ian Middleton

2013 – Adam Jones

2014 – Andy Bowers

2015 – James Eaton

2016 – Tahia Zaidi

2018 – Ashton Kingdon

2019 – Puck van der Laan

2021 – Adrian Bleese

2023 – Tomas Goridkov MSyI

International Achiever of the Year

Previous Winners


2019 – Simon Whitehouse

2021 – Adil Abdel-Hadi

2023 – Garry Bergin CSyP FSyI

Volunteer of the Year

Previous Winners


2019 – James Walker

2021 – Mike Lees

2023 – Julia McClelland CSyP FSyI

‘President’s Award for an Outstanding Young Professional’

Previous Winners


2018 – Dan Elstone

2019 – Ben Whittard

2021 – Thomas Tahany

2023 – Daniel Pike MSyI

‘EDI Initiative of the Year’ Award

Previous Winners


2023 – Corps Together

‘Security Innovation or Product of the Year’ Award

Previous Winners


2023 – SelectaDNA, Personal Defence Spray

‘Life Time Achievement Award’

Previous Winners


2023 – Mike Bluestone CSyP FSyI

The Security Institute Award In Memory of ‘Odette Hallowes SOE WWII'

Previous Winners


2023 – Nick Aldworth and Brendan Cox for their Outstanding Contribution to UK Protect Duty

2023 – ‘M’

Award Sponsorship


If you are interested in sponsoring one of The Security Institute Award Categories we would like to hear from you.

Sponsorship can be between one and five years.

Please contact: angela@security-institute.org. to find out more

 

 

Sponsors


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