Page 46 - SyI Quarterly 9 final

Cyber Updates

First-ever Cyber OSPAs winners announced
First-ever Cyber OSPAs winners announced

The winners of the first-ever Cyber
Outstanding Security Performance
Awards (Cyber OSPAs) were announced
on Tuesday 14th December.

During a virtual awards ceremony
representatives from across the
cybersecurity sector tuned in live from
around the world to celebrate the
outstanding achievements of all this
year’s finalists and winners.

Professor Martin Gill CSyP FSyI founder
of the Cyber OSPAs hosted the awards
ceremony with assistance from judges
and sponsors.

The Security Institute has been a longtime support of the UK OSPAs, and are happy
to be a supporter of the Cyber OSPAs. The UK OSPAs will be held on Thursday,
24th February 2022.at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London. You can book to attend
here: https://uk.theospas.com/attend/
In his opening address, Gill noted surprise by the amazingly high level of response
received – especially in the first year and thanked all those who had made the
inaugural awards such huge success.
The panel of judges were nominated by the leading cyber security associations
from around the world – all of whom marked to a published ethics policy – had no
easy task in reviewing the many nominations and selecting the winners. Entries
were received from countries as diverse as Australia, Belgium, Egypt, Germany,
India, Ireland, Malaysia, Romania, USA, UAE and the UK.