“Invaluable” conference and awards helping women support each other to do cyber “our way”
Matt Tett, (MC) and Rachael Leighton, (VicGov) announcing the Awards at Women in Security Awards 2019
Best Female Secure Coder Category Prize donated by Shearwater of two tickets to their Annual AppSec Hackathon (valued st $300).
Best Female Secure Coder - Hannah McKelvie
Best Female Secure Coder - Hannah McKelvie DevOps & Code Security Manager at Telstra, (WA).
Best Higher Education Program for Young Girls in Security Catgeory WINNER - Dr.Tanveer Zia Highly Commended - ACA Digital Curriculum Security Challenges
Best Higher Education Program for Young Girls in Security WINNER- Dr.Tanveer Zia GiCSA Associate Professor in Computing at Charles Sturt University (NSW)
Best Place to Work for Women in Security Category Highly Commended - IAG, Jeff Jacobs & the CSG team
Best Place to Work for Women in Security Highly Commended - IAG
Best Place to Work for Women in Security Category WINNER - ASD
Best Place to Work for Women in Security Category WINNER - ASD Collecting the award is Jessica Hunter – Assistant Director General Protect and Assure
Best Student Security Leader Category Highly Commended - Maeesha Lohani My CareerLab donated a fully-paid scholarship for a Cyber Analyst training course , valued at $3,000. WINNER : Jessica Williams (Not present) UNSW Canberra donated One Professional Education Cyber Security Short Course (5 days), of the winner’s choice, valued at $4,995.
Best Volunteer or Not-for-Profit category Highly Commended - Elizabeth Bonny
Best Volunteer or Not-for-Profit category WINNER - Jacqui Loustau, AWSN - Australian Women in Security Network (VIC)
Male Champion of Change Category Highly Commended - Chris Mohan, General Manager - Security Controls & Threat Research and Intelligence, Telstra (NSW)
Male Champion of Change - WINNER - Mike Burgess Collecting the award is Jessica Hunter – Assistant Director General Protect and Assure
Security Champion Category Winner - Sarah Young, Azure Security Global Black Belt at Microsoft (VIC) Highly Commended - Karissa Breen Highly Commended - Amanda-Jane Turner
The "One to Watch" Category Highly Commended - Natasha Passley, IAG, (NSW)
The "One to Watch" Category Highly Commended - Rania Bilal, ACSC - (ACT)
The "One to Watch" Category WINNER - Melanie Ninovic, Associate Consultant, Mandiant Shanna Daly collecting on Melanie's behalf
IT Security Barrier Breaker Category Highly Commended - Jacqui Loustau
IT Security Barrier Breaker Category WINNER - Kylie McDevitt Director Emerging Tech & Engineering, ACSC Co-Organiser BSides Cbr, InfoSect Director, Adj Lecturer UNSW Cbr Collecting on her behalf Silvio Cesare
AWSN's Special Recognition Award - Elizabeth Bonny
AWSN's Special Recognition Award - Elizabeth Bonny, AWSN Cadets
CSO Publishers Award Category Finalists Finalist: Amy Roberts Finalist: Jinan Budge Finalist: Bianca Wirth Finalist: Jo Stewart Rattray Finalist: Leanne Stevenson Finalist: Shamane Tan Finalist:Kylie McDevitt Finalist: Jacqui Kernot Finalist: Dr Maria Malosavljevic
CSO Publishers Award Category Highly Commended: Leanne Stevenson, Identity Solutions Specialist, GBG Plc
CSO Publishers Award Category Highly Commended: Leanne Stevenson WINNER: Amy Roberts (not present) Amy Roberts, Assistant Director, Careers, Pathways and Inclusion, ACSC