CISO of the Year

Award for Chief Information Security Officer of the Year

The winners for 2023 have been announced! Click here for an overview of this years' contestants (German).

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WHY? Your benefits!

MAKE YOUR MOST SUCCESSFUL PROJECT VISIBLE AND BECOME CISO OF THE YEAR 2023!

Share your success with a large community and use this opportunity for personal development.

At the CIS Summit, those Chief Information Security Officers (CISO) who have made it to the finals will be invited on stage and given the opportunity to present their successful project in an impulse statement. Furthermore, we will include the CISO of the Year in all our communication measures and, in addition to the award, will present the winner or their team with a € 2,000 CIS training voucher.

WHO? Criteria

  • You have successfully completed the realization of an information security management system under challenging conditions, further developed or
  • realized the special integration of different management systems, or
  • implemented a successful, innovative security project.

HOW? Application procedure

It's simple:

1.

Complete the online application form

2.

An independent jury of experts makes a preliminary selection and invites the candidates to an interview with the jury.

3.

The finalists will present their successful projects in an impulse statement at the CIS Compliance Summit.

4.

The winner will be formally announced at the next CIS Summit.

The winners at a glance

 

Finalists 2023


picture (from left to right): Simon Tjoa, jury member;
Thomas Schober (Allianz Gruppe), Bettina Thurnher (Gebrüder Weiss) and Marcel Lehner (MM Group) – both CISO of the Year 2023, Harald Erkinger (CEO CIS) at the CIS Compliance Summit 2023 © Anna Rauchenberger

Finalists 2022


picture (from left to right): Simon Tjoa, jury member; finalist Thomas Pfeiffer; Peter Gerdenitsch, CISO of the Year 2022; finalist Sascha Czech; Klaus Veselko, CEO CIS - Certification & Information Security Services GmbH at CIS Compliance Summit 2022
© Anna Rauchenberger

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