ISACA Awards Recognize Outstanding Tech Professionals for Their Contributions

Award winners and Hall of Fame inductees will be celebrated at ISACA’s 2024 North America Conference in Phoenix

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Each year ISACA members and technology professionals worldwide serve their organizations, industries and communities with remarkable achievements and valuable contributions to advancing technology. ISACA is recognizing exceptional technology professionals in the areas of IT audit, risk, governance, privacy and cybersecurity with ISACA’s 2024 Global Achievement Awards and Hall of Fame induction for their accomplishments and contributions that advance the professional community and exemplify ISACA’s purpose: helping individuals and organizations realize the positive potential of technology and build a more trustworthy digital world.

The recipients of the 2024 Global Achievement Awards, Chapter Awards, Certification Exam Top Scores, and the 2024 class of the Hall of Fame will be recognized at the ISACA Awards Celebration in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, on Thursday, 9 May, during ISACA’s 2024 North America Conference.

Global Achievement Award Winners
The following recipients of the 2024 ISACA Global Achievement Awards will be recognized at the celebration:

ISACA Technology for Humanity Award: Sushila Nair, VP, North America Cybersecurity Practice Lead, Capgemini, USA
“For leadership in creating and supporting programs that advance the next generation of cybersecurity professionals, women and underrepresented populations.”

ISACA Educational Excellence Award: Oleksii Baranovskyi, Senior Lecturer, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Ukraine
“For contributions to cybersecurity education in Ukraine and worldwide.”

ISACA Inspirational Leadership Award: Vladlena Benson, Professor, Cyber Security Innovation Centre, Ashton University, UK
“For contributions to cybersecurity education and inspiring the next generation of women leaders in technology.”

ISACA Innovative Solutions Award: RiskOptics, USA
“For enabling organizations to have a unified, real-time view of risk and compliance to allow for risk-based, strategic decision making.”

Hall of Fame Inductees

The 2024 class of the Hall of Fame—members honored for showing exemplary dedication to advancing ISACA’s purpose through volunteer service and/or member engagement activities—are member-nominated inductees:

• Garry Barnes, CISA, CRISC, CISM, CGEIT, CDPSE (Australia)
• Ramsés Gallego, CISM, CGEIT (Spain)
• Hironori Goto, CGEIT, CISM, CISA, CRISC, CDPSE, ABCP (Japan)
• Debbie Lew, CISA, CRISC (USA)
• Mark Thomas, CRISC, CGEIT, CDPSE (USA)

“Year after year, the ISACA community continues to make a meaningful difference locally and globally, and these individuals are shining examples of that,” says Julia Kanouse, ISACA Chief Membership Officer. “We are delighted to honor the incredible impact these professionals have made in our global community and industry.”

ISACA members may vote for a 2024 Hall of Fame inductee to receive the ISACA Eugene Frank Founders Award, the highest recognition bestowed upon an ISACA member. To vote, visit https://isaca.secure-platform.com/a/gallery?roundId=122. Voting closes 15 February.

Nominations for the 2025 Global Achievement Awards, Chapter Awards and the Hall of Fame will open 1 May. To learn more about the ISACA Awards Program, including the Certification Exam Top Score and Chapter Award recipients, visit www.isaca.org/awards.

About ISACA

ISACA^® (www.isaca.org) is a global professional association and learning organization that leverages the expertise of its 170,000 members who work in digital trust fields such as information security, governance, assurance, risk, privacy and quality. It has a presence in 188 countries, including 225 chapters worldwide. Through its foundation One In Tech, ISACA supports IT education and career pathways for underresourced and underrepresented populations.