Announcing the 2025 CSO Conference Award Winners

Announcing the 2025 CSO Conference Award Winners

This prestigious honor is reserved for security leaders with at least 10 years at the CSO or CISO level who have demonstrated exceptional vision, leadership, and influence throughout their careers. Inductees have not only shaped their organizations’ security strategies but have also contributed to the broader industry through service, mentorship, innovation, and thought leadership. The nomination period closed on February 26, 2025.

The CSO Awards recognizes organizations annually for their exceptional security projects and initiatives that showcase substantial business value and innovative thought leadership. The nomination period closed on April 17, 2025.

2025 CSO Award Winners

A+E Global Media
Accenture
Adobe
Aflac
Ally Financial
AmeriHealth Caritas
Amtrak
Arizona Department of Child Safety
Augusta University
Avanade
Avery Dennison
Avnet, Inc.
Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation
Brunswick Corporation
Carvana
Casey’s
Cloud Security Alliance
CWT
Edifecs, a Cotiviti company
Enpro
Florida State University
Gainesville Regional Utilities/City of Gainesville
Gates Corporation
Genpact
HGS
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
InComm Payments
Intel Corporation

Main Line Health
Marine Corps Community Services
Marvell
Mastercard
Munich Re
National Cybersecurity Alliance
Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Northern Nevada HOPES
NRC Health
OHLA USA
Penn Medicine
Precisely
Prime Therapeutics, LLC
Principal Financial Group
PROS
Qualcomm Incorporated
Resilience
ReSource Pro
SAP SE
Sitecore
The Friedkin Group
TIAA
Topgolf Callaway Brands
United Airlines, Inc.
Walmart, Inc.
Wellstar Health System
Wesco
Zuora

2025 CSO Hall of Fame Inductees

Meg Anderson, VP & CISO (retired), Principal Financial Group
Bob Bruns, CISO, Avanade
Jonathan Chow, CISO, Genesys
Mignona Cote, CISO, Infor
Laura Deaner, Managing Director, CISO, The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC)
George Finney, CISO, University of Texas System
Michael Gordon, SVP & CISO, McDonald’s
Ron Green, Cybersecurity Fellow/Former CSO, Mastercard
Shawn Henry, CSO, CrowdStrike
Todd Lukens, SVP, Security & Infrastructure, Nationwide
Rishi Tripathi, SVP, CISO & CTO, Mount Sinai Health System
Marnie Wilking, CSO, Booking.com