teissAwards2024
The teissAwards2024 recognised excellence in cyber and information security, with a particular focus on the contributions of vendors and technologies in relation to the use, development, and deployment of information security in the past 12 months.
The categories within the teissAwards2024 were assessed by an independent panel of distinguished judges, and the winners were announced at the teissAwards2024 gala dinner, held on the 22nd February 2024.
The teissAwards2024 are part of a broader portfolio of information security events, which have taken place over the last decade, and represents the largest and most comprehensive cyber security gathering of experts in Europe.
Winners
We are proud to announce our teissAwards2024 winners. Each winner, runner-up and shortlisted organisation has made a valuable contribution in moving the Information Security industry forward and we congratulate them all.
Winners
The teissAwards2024 had 14 categories that celebrate the achievement of cyber security vendors over the last 12 months. We are delighted to announce the winners of the awards below.
Awards Categories
Select a category to learn more about it, and find instructions on how to enter.
Categories
Any organisation that offers an innovative cloud security product or service aimed at protecting information and infrastructure associated with cloud computing.
Eligibility criteria
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.
Winners
- Wiz (Winner)
- comforte AG (Runner-up)
Shortlisted
- Adaptive Shield
- Barracuda Networks
- Cato Networks
- Censornet
- Dazz
- Exabeam
- Rubrik
- Tanium
- Tresorit
Best Email Security Solution
Any email security vendor whose solution prevents data loss by detecting and blocking malicious emails and phishing scams, as well as increasing endpoint security against malware and other web-based threats.
Eligibility criteria
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.
Winners
- Censornet (Winner)
- Cofense (Runner up)
Shortlist
- Barracuda Networks
- Proofpoint
- Red Sift
- Trustwave
- Vipre Security Group
- Zivver
Best Incident Response Solution
Any organisation whose product or service helps organisations respond to and recover from security incidents and cyber-attacks.
Eligibility criteria
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.
Winners
- Exabeam (Winner)
Shortlist
- Adarma
- DigitalXRAID
- Logpoint
- LogRhythm
- SecurityHQ
- Semperis
Best Endpoint Protection Solution
Any organisation that offers a solution aimed at monitoring end-user devices to detect and respond to sophisticated and advanced cyber security threats.
Eligibility criteria
The entrant must be a provider whose solution continuously analyses endpoints to detect and respond to potential threats in real-time.
Winners
- ThreatLocker (Winner)
- WithSecure (Runner-up)
- NinjaOne (Runner-up)
Shortlist
- Fortra
- Proofpoint
- SecurityHQ
- Vipre Security Group
Best Third-Party Risk Management Solution
Any organisation whose risk management solution effectively identifies, assesses and mitigates cyber risk from organisations’ key third parties.
Eligibility criteria
The entrant must market a cyber security risk management solution provider aimed at helping organisations to better control and mitigate all forms of cyber risk from key and critical third parties.
Winners
- Panorays (Winner)
Best AI and ML Security Solution
Any organisation that markets an AI- and ML-embedded product, or a service with AI and ML at its core, in detecting and preventing or resolving cyber threats.
Eligibility criteria
The entrant must have an existing or new AI- and ML-driven solution aimed at detecting, preventing or resolving current cyber threats.
Winners
- Exabeam (Winner)
- Fortra (Runner-up)
Shortlist
- Checkmarx
- Escape
- Heimdal Security
- Proofpoint
Best Threat Intelligence Technology
Any organisation who markets a cyber threat intelligence service that helps organisations better protect their crown jewels and critical assets from existing and emerging threats.
Eligibility criteria
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.
Winners
- BlackFog (Winner)
Shortlist
- Proofpoint
- ThreatConnect
- Trustwave
- Vipre Security Group
Best Vulnerability Management Solution
Any vulnerability management provider whose tools help organisations identify and manage vulnerabilities across their network, endpoints and cloud infrastructure.
Eligibility criteria
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.
Winners
- Runecast Solutions Ltd. (Winner)
- Heimdal Security (Runner-up)
Shortlist
- Armis
- Fortra
- Hackuity
- Ivanti
- SecurityHQ
Best Cyber Security Training and Awareness Product or Service
Any organisation that provides companies with security training and awareness campaigns to assess and improve their staff’s security awareness and readiness.
Eligibility criteria
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.
Winners
- Think Cyber Security Ltd. (Winner)
- CultureAI (Runner-up)
- Knowbe4 (Runner-up)
- MetaCompliance (Runner-up)
Shortlist
- Fortra
- Immersive Labs
Best Penetration Testing Product or Service
Any penetration testing service providers or software vendors that help organisations to perform penetration testing of their applications and networks to expose vulnerabilities.
Eligibility criteria
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.
Winners
- LRQA Nettitude (Winner)
- Pentest People (Runner-up)
Shortlist
- DigitalXRAID
- Fortra
- Picus Security
- Scytale
Best Security Compliance Product
Any security compliance vendor whose product assists organisations in managing and documenting their compliance with cyber security regulatory frameworks and internal controls.
Eligibility criteria
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.
Winners
- Runecast Solutions Ltd (Winner)
- CyberSmart (Runner-up)
Shortlist
- DigitalXRAID
- Scytale
- Tanium
Cyber Security New Launch Product of the Year
Any cyber security company with a new product or service on the market aimed at helping organisations secure their people, processes and technology and increase their resilience to cyber threats.
Eligibility criteria
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 2022.
Winners
- Keeper Security (Winner)
- Yubico (Runner-up)
Shortlist
- Apricorn
- Heimdal Security
- KPMG Cyber Risk Insights
- LogRhythm
Cyber Security Company of the Year
Any cyber security company with a demonstrable history of offering solutions or services aimed at protecting against a wide variety of threats based on their innovation, customer ratings, product/service features and benefits, analyst reports or independent security tests.
Eligibility criteria
Entrant must be a cyber security company with a demonstrable history of offering innovative and comprehensive cyber security solutions with significant growth in adoption, client base or product/service effectiveness since 1 July 2022.
Winners
- Immersive Labs (Winner)
- NormCyber (Runner-up)
- Kyndryl (Runner-up)
Shortlist
- Abnormal Security
- Adarma
- Armis
- Censornet
- Cequence Security
- Checkmarx
- Dazz
- DigitalXRAID
- Heimdal Security
- Keeper Security
- LogRhythm
- Pentest People
- Rubrik
- Salt Security
- Wiz
Cyber Security Vendors’ Personality of the Year
A trailblazer who has shown leadership, passion, and expertise. A strong public speaker who has influenced the lives of clients by inspiring and educating over the past 12 months.
Eligibility criteria
The entrant must work for a cyber security vendor and be considered a thought leader by their peers and competitors, whose passion has inspired and educated organisations and people through posts, presentations and podcasts on different issues affecting the cyber security industry.
Winners
- Exabeam (Winner)
Judges
Our judges are industry-renowned experts in their field. Each brings their expertise to bear to judge the teissAwards2024.
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
Senior Specialist, Qualitest
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.
Victoria van Roosmalen
CISO & DPO, Coosto
Victoria is passionate about the intersection between IT, security, and privacy. She holds prestigious industry certifications, educates students in her areas of expertise, and helps forge (new) industry standards and materials. In 2019, she was first recognised for making “significant contributions to the security and privacy sectors”.
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.
Steve Brown
VP Cyber Security & Resilience, Mastercard
Steve is the European lead for Cyber Security with responsibility for the implementation and integration of Mastercard’s Cyber Security Framework including data breach detection and cyber risk assessment technologies and capabilities across all related stakeholders.
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.
Nick Harris
Head of Cyber Security and DCISO, Holland & Barratt
Nick heads the cyber and information security team at Holland & Barrett. He has extensive cyber security experience across the public sector, consultancy and SMEs, including 12 years in IT and security in the Royal Air Force in the UK and overseas, working with clients on their security operations, and risk and compliance while at Deloitte, and as the Information Security and Data Privacy Manager at the Oxford University Press.
Kevin Fielder
CISO, Natwest Boxed
Kevin is an innovative and dynamic security professional, with a passion for driving change by successfully engaging with all levels of the business. A team builder and driver of change, he focuses on the benefits of supporting and enabling great people to deliver their best because technology will follow if the right processes are in place. He is a Board advisor to multiple start-ups and presently, the CISO at NatWest Boxed.
Alison Wakefield
Co-Director, University of West London Cybersecurity and Criminology Centre
Alison is a renowned academic, author, and Co-Director of the Cybersecurity and Criminology Centre at the University of West London. Her recent honours include being a finalist as a 'best educator' in the Security Serious Unsung Heroes Awards 2022; featuring in SC Media UK’s Women of Influence in Cyber Security 2019, 2021 and 2022 and IT Security Guru’s 25 Most Inspiring Women in Cyber 2020; ranking third in the thought leadership category of IFSEC Global’s Top Influencers in Security and Fire for 2020; winning an Emerald Outstanding Paper 2018 award and many others.
Ceremony & Tables
The teissAwards2024 evening will begin at 6.30pm and commence with a drinks reception, include a three course meal with wine, and be accompanied by a celebrity MC and entertainment. Over 250 attendees will convene for an evening of celebration, as the information security vendors gathers to celebrate the very best in the industry.
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Our Host
We are delighted that Keith Farnan will host the teissAwards2024!
Having appeared on BBC’s Michael Mcintyre Comedy Roadshow as well as adapting his own comedy documentary for RTE, Money, Money, Money: Keith Farnan versus the Economy, Keith has just topped an outstanding eighteen months by appearing at the Montreal Just For Laughs All Access show for the Canadian Comedy Network and Hollands highest rating comedy show, The Comedy Factory. In America, Showtime has Keith has appeared on their new standup show, Live From Amsterdam, which brings together the best American and European comedians working today.
He has performed as a stand-up worldwide, from Montreal to Amsterdam to Hong Kong. His four Edinburgh Festival shows have proved a powerful mix of the personal and the political. They have sold out their runs at the major comedy festivals in the UK and the Soho Theatre and Royal Festival Hall in London.
Other TV credits include the Comedy Channel’s Live at the Comedy Store, RTE’s The Social, BBC 3’s Most Annoying People, BBCNI’s One Night Stand and BBC 3’s Olympics Greatest Moments. Radio appearances include BBC Radio 4’s Loose Ends and BBC Scotland’s The Guessing Game with Clive Anderson as well as Colin Murphy’s Great Unanswered Questions for BBCNI. He has written for RTE’s Satirical panel show “That’s All We’ve Got Time For”. He was a recent winner of the Irish Times/Fishamble Tiny Plays contest and has been commissioned to write a play, The Last Stevedore as well as film treatments for various projects. He has also written for Time Out London, Hot Press and The Irish Post.
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 15 Categories within the teissAwards2024, all focused on recognising excellence amongst the information security vendor market.
Who is eligible?
The teissAwards2024 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.
Contact
To find out more about teissAwards2024, please contact:
Submissions Manager:
Joseph Yiadom | awards@teiss.co.uk
Sponsorship Sales Manager:
Marc Morrow | T: +44 (0)20 8349 6453 | M: +44 (0)7977 926736
Sponsorship Sales Manager:
Grant Scheffer | T: +44 (0)20 8349 6478 | M: +44 (0)7811010102