2020 Australian Women in Security Award Finalists

The 2020 Australian Women in Security Awards finalists

Best Place for Women to Work in Security

• IAG
• nbn Security Group
• Penten
• WA Police Force

Best Student Security Leader

• Annette Peploe -Box Hill Tafe
• Taman Shergill -Telstra
• Skye Wu -Telstra

Best Mentors of Protective Security/Resilience

• Christina Keing – Deloitte
• Jen Johanson – RSM
• Nicole Stephensen – GroundUp Consulting
• Shazin Sohani – Westpac
• Siddiqua Shaheen – KPMG AU

Security Champions

• Annie Haggar – Accenture
• Elaine Muir – IAG
• Laura Jones – Transdev Australasia
• Shanna Daly – ParaFlare
• Shelly Mills – The University of Queensland
• Tara Dharnikota – Telstra

Best Female Secure Coders

• Cecile Bourguignon – IAG
• Chen Yu – IAG
• Rania Bilal – Australian Cyber Security Centre

IT Security Barrier Breakers

• Erin Howell – Trend Micro
• Jacqui Kernot – EY
• Melissa Misuraca – Kroll
• Shelly Mills – The University of Queensland
• Skye Wu – Telstra

Best Champion of Women in Protective Security/Resilience

• Amy Roberts – Assistant Director, Careers, Pathways and Inclusion
• Craig Walsh – Crown Melbourne
• Jodie Vlassis – Atlassian
• Rebecca Winfield – IAG
• Shey Dimon – Penten

AWSN Award 2020

• Daniella Traino – Pinecone Technology Strategies
• Heidi Winter – Kids SecuriDay
• Jo Stewart-Rattray – BRM Holdich
• Lesley Seebeck – ANU
• Michelle Price – AustCyber
• Project Friedmann

Male Champions of Change

• Darren Kane – nbn Australia
• Shane Moffitt – Department of Premier & Cabinet (VIC)
• Hai Tran – Australian Cyber Collaboration Centre
• John Paitaridis – CyberCX
• Matthew Wilson – Penten

Best Higher Education Program for Young Ladies in Security

• ECU- High Schools program for Cyber Security, Counter-Terrorism and Security and Intelligence
• Girls Programming Network – GPN
• Kids SecuriDay
• OxCC
• Schools Cyber Security Challenges
• UQ – Girls Do Cyber

Best Volunteer of Not-For-Profit Organisation

• Gladys Rouissi – ISACA Sydney Chapter
• Meidi Zhou van der Lee – Edith Cowan University
• Shamane Tan – Cyber Risk Meetups & Privasec

Most Outstanding Career Contributor in Protective Security/Resilience

• Christina Rose – SNP Security
• Kylie McDevitt – Australian Signals Directorate
• Tracey Hughes – Q1 Professional Services

The One to Watch

• Daisy Wong – Department of Premier and Cabinet
• Eshaal Ali – Student
• Hannah O’Neill – CyberCX
• Helen Sultana – Australia Post
• Jacynta Grigson – Edith Cowan University
• Melissa Crossman – Cryptoloc Technology
• Shamane Tan – Privasec

Best Security Certification Provider

• UNSW Canberra Cyber
• ISACA
• (ISC)2

Unsung Hero

Australia’s Most Outstanding Woman in IT Security

• Jacqui Nelson – Dekko Secure
• Jennifer Stockwell – Telstra
• Melissa Crossman – Cryptoloc Technology
• Minerva Livanidis – nbn
• Natasha Passley – IAG
• Victoria Krol – CyberCX

Australia’s Most Outstanding Woman in Protective Security/Resilience

• Heshani Haputhanthri – WA Police Force
• Bec Wilken – Zerorisk International
• Saira Buksh – Sydney Opera House
• Ash Fradley – nbn Co.
• Georgina Crundell – Ernst & Young
• Christina Rose – SNP Security
• Petrina Olds – Telstra

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