2023 Winners

The Chair of the Judges is delighted to announce the following finalists all of whom receive a free ticket to the awards dinner and ceremony on the 25th September 2023.

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Policing & Law Enforcement

The Cyber Policing Individual of the Year 2023

DI Steve Leach, North East Business Resillience Centre
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DS Lindsey Brants, West Yorkshire Police Cyber Crime Team
Ed Hall, Yorkshire and Humber Regional Organised Crime Unit Darkweb Team
Jay R, The National Crime Agency
PC Claire Allison, Yorkshire & Humber Regional Cyber Prevent Team

The Cyber Policing Team of the Year 2023

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EMSOU Cyber Protect Team
Operation Elvdeat - West Yorkshire Police Cyber Crime Team
Operation South Carolina - NEROCU Cyber Protect Team
Operation Tower - Yorkshire and Humber Regional Cyber Crime Unit
Yorkshire & Humber Regional Organised Crime Unit - Cyber Prevent & Protect Team

The NCA AWARD 2023

Sponsored by the National Crime Agency
Jamie Horncastle
Operation Brombenzyl
Operation Loosestrife
Operation Nightwards
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Operation Songlet

The NPCC Commissioners Choice Award 2023

Sponsored by NPCC Cybercrime Programme
Claire Allison, Yorkshire & The Humber Prevent
EMSOU, Cyber Protect Team
Louise Gibson & Tracey Coates, EMSOU & Derbyshire County Council
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Metropolitan Police Service – Pursue – Op Elaborate
Police Cyber Alarm Team

Education & Learning

The Cyber School of the Year 2023

Sponsored by The National Museum of Computing
Cleeve High School, Cheltenham
North Liverpool Academy, Liverpool
Runshaw College, Leyland
Thomas Tallis School, London
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Wheatley Park School, Oxfordshire

The Cyber University of the Year 2023

Sponsored by Accenture
Northumbria University
University of Portsmouth
University of South Wales
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University of Surrey
University of Wolverhampton

The Cyber Student of the Year 2023

Sponsored by Cheltenham Ladies' College
Adam Masters, University of South Wales
Alice Conibere, Bournemouth University
Anahitha Vijay, University of Warwick
Andrew Harding, University of South Wales
Archie Roberts, South Bank University/MASS
Ben Bradstock, University of Portsmouth
Cosmin Bianu, North East Business Resilience Centre
Demelza Luna Reaver, University College London
Hannah Watson, Reigate Grammer School
Holly Proud-Street, University of South Wales
Isaiah Rennalls, Harris Westminster Sixth Form
Josh Cooke, Burton and South Derbyshire College
Josh Heng, University of Warwick
Lottie Silverton, Royal High School, Bath
Oscar Williamson, University of Warwick
Phoebe Farrelly, Farnborough Hill School
Reva Banthiya, The University of Oxford
Rich Lee, Milton Keynes College
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Sophie Powell, University of Warwick
Tamzin Greenfield, Cyber Security Associates Limited

The CIISec Award 2023

Sponsored by the by the Chartered Institute Of Information Security
Ben Findlay, Teeside University
Beth Cummins, Durham Police
Claire Harvey, Hertfordshire Police
DCS Mark Greenhalgh - Police Digital Service / Cambridgeshire Police
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Sarah Montague, HMRC

The Cyber Book of the Year 2023

Sponsored by Global Threat Intel
Cybersecurity and Human Factors by Tarnveer Singh
GCHQ: Centenary Edition by RJ Aldrich
No More Secrets: My part in codebreaking at Bletchley Park and the Pentagon by Betty Webb
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The Art of Cyberwarfare by Jon DiMaggio
The Lazarus Heist: From Hollywood to High Finance: Inside North Korea's Global Cyber War by Geoff White

Cyber in Business

The Cyber Business of the Year 2023

Darktrace (Dark.L)
Hack The Box
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Immersive Labs
KETS Quantum Security
Mutare

The Cyber Awareness Award 2023

Sponsored by Systal
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Better Security, Better Care (BSBC)
Cyber Resilience Centre London
North West Cyber Resilience Centre: Greater Manchester ARIS-funded Cyber Awareness Programme
The Cat in the Black Hat Childrens Books
The University of Portsmouth: Cybercrime Awareness Clinic

The Not for Profit Cyber Award 2023

Cyber Resilience Centre London
North East Business Resilience Centre Ltd (NEBRC)
North West Cyber Resilience Centre
Refuge Tech Safety
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The Cyber Helpline

The Financial Services Cyber Award 2023

Sponsored by IBM
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Bank of England
The AA
Tarnveer Singh, CISO
TRM Labs

The Cyber in Law Award 2023

Sponsored by Trowers & Hamlins
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Dean Armstrong KC, Maitland Chambers
Northumbria Law School
Deloitte Digital Law Service
The Law Society
National Cyber Security Centre

The Cyber Diversity Award 2023

Sponsored by PA Consulting
Aliyu Yisa, Fezzant and Cyblack
CAPSLOCK
Clare Johnson, Women in Cyber Network
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Emma Philpott, IASME
CyberFirst (NCSC)

Public Service

The Prime Minister’s Award for Cyber 2023

Sponsored by Cabinet Office
NHS England Cyber Operations Team
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BT SMS scams (Smishing) Team
Public Private Sector Cyber Collaboration - NCA & BAE Systems Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation (CSAE)
Get Safe Online
CyberScotland

The Cyber Citizen of the Year 2023

Sponsored by BAE Systems
Clare Johnson, Women in Cyber Wales
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Pete Cooper
Rosie Anderson, Honeypot Digital
Sarah Armstrong-Smith, Microsoft
Scott Hunter, Education Scotland

The Alan Turing Award 2023

Sponsored by Abertay University
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Allstate Cyber Safety
Education Scotland Digital team
Bethan Jenkins , Gwent Police
IASME Community Projects Team
The University of Portsmouth: Cybercrime Awareness Clinic

The UK Cyber Security Council Award 2023

Sponsored by UK Cyber Security Council
Emma Philpott MBE, IASME
Martin Smith MBE, SASIG
Steven Furnell, Chartered Institute of Information Security
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Zeshan Sattar, CompTIA
Stephanie Itimi, Seidea
Sian John MBE, NCC Group

The NHS England Award 2023

Sponsored by NHS England
Better Security, Better Care National Team
Catherine Watts, Mersey Internal Audit Agency
Chris Archer, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Cyber Security Team, NHS Blood & Transplant
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Katie Thorn, Digital Social Care
Paul Baxter, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Steve Mapleston, NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board (ICB)
Thomas Magnusson , NHS Blood & Transplant

Innovation & Defence

The Innovation in Cyber Award 2023

Sponsored by BT
ANY.RUN
Arqit TradeSecureâ„¢
Cylera
Graboxy Sentinel Online by Cursor Insight
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Keyless - Zero-Knowledge BiometricsTM.

The Greencyber Award 2023

Sponsored by Fortinet
Blancco Technology Group
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Deep Green
Greenteck Global
Greencyc
World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)

The Cyber Defence Product of the Year 2023

BlockAPT Cyber Defence Platform
Dig Security (DSPM & DDR)
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Graboxy Sentinel Online by Cursor Insight
KETS Quantum Security - QKD & QRNG
Mutare Voice Traffic Filter

The MOD Cyber Award 2023

Sponsored by the Ministry Of Defence
CyDR Cyber Security Architecture Team, Defence Digital
DDSOC Detections Engineering (DE) Team, Defence Digital
FS Andrew Archer, RAF 90 Signals Unit
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Lt Col Adrian Oldfield, Defence Digital
Rachel Wilson, Army HQ
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