SANS Institute, the global leader in cyber security training, today announced that the call for nominations for the sixth annual SANS Difference Makers Awards is now open. Individuals, teams, and groups from within the cybersecurity community are invited to submit nominations detailing their successful implementation of security processes or technology in 2018 that resulted in meaningful and measurable advances in security.
According to John Pescatore, SANS Director of Emerging Security Trends, "Last year's nomination submissions showcased some interesting trends in cyber security and some remarkable achievements. Included among the achievements recognized were more innovative methods to increase the cyber security talent pool and creative, lower cost ways of finding and fixing vulnerabilities. We can't wait to see what remarkable developments were achieved this year."
The SANS Difference Makers Awards were created to honor security professional that are quietly succeeding and making breakthroughs in advancing security. By raising awareness of what works, SANS hopes to help others achieve similar cyber security success.
Applications will be accepted now through October 16, 2018. Nominations will be evaluated by a team from SANS, security industry analysts and thought leaders. The award categories include, but are not limited to, the following.
- Enhancing the Security Workforce
- Implementing the Critical Security Controls
- Meaningful Security Metrics
- Mitigating Advanced Threats
- Securing the Human
- Vertical Industry Difference Makers: ICS, Healthcare, Government, etc.
Winners will be honored at the SANS Cyber Defense Initiative 2018 training event in Washington D.C. in December. For additional details on the SANS Difference Makers Awards, including the nomination criteria and how to submit nominations, please visit:
https://www.sans.org/cyber-innovation-awards
About SANS Institute The SANS Institute was established in 1989 as a cooperative research and education organization. SANS is the most trusted and, by far, the largest provider of cyber security training and certification to professionals at governments and commercial institutions world-wide. Renowned SANS instructors teach over 60 different courses at more than 200 live cyber security training events as well as online. GIAC, an affiliate of the SANS Institute, validates a practitioner's qualifications via over 30 hands-on, technical certifications in cyber security. The SANS Technology Institute, a regionally accredited independent subsidiary, offers master's degrees in cyber security. SANS offers a myriad of free resources to the InfoSec community including consensus projects, research reports, and newsletters; it also operates the Internet's early warning system--the Internet Storm Center. At the heart of SANS are the many security practitioners, representing varied global organizations from corporations to universities, working together to help the entire information security community. (www.SANS.org)
