Every year ISSA International recognizes excellence in information security professionals, the companies they work for, and the chapters to which they belong.
Our annual awards gala is an opportunity to recognize their professional and educational achievements and their contribution to the profession.
It also gives attendees the opportunity to take part as they:
- Cheer friends and co-workers on as they receive recognition for the past year’s accomplishments
- Gain inspiration from our Senior Members, Fellow, and Distinguished Fellow inductees
- Learn from the successes of chapters around the globe
Take a moment to view the gala celebration and check out the winners for the 2023 ISSA International Awards, see who's joined the ranks of our Senior Members, Fellows, and Distinguished Fellows. Scholarship and Grant announcements were also made during the Awards Gala!
Gala Video
Award Categories
Hall of Fame
- Clément Dupuis CD (Posthumous Nomination)
– winner
- Randall Frietzsche
– winner
- Richard Greenberg
– winner
- Shawn Murray
– winner
- Troy Adam Hunt
– winner
Honor Roll
- Frank X. Gearhart
– winner
- James R. McQuiggan
- Lora Woodworth
– winner
- Mathieu Gorge
– winner
Security Professional of the Year
- Brian K. Ngac
- Dan LoPresto
- Gregory Rasner
- Paige Needling
– winner
President's Award for Public Service
- Christopher Gorog
- Lawrence D Abrams
- Sametria L. McKinney
– winner
Volunteer of the Year
- Jack Freund
– winner
- Karen Williams
- Laurence Holt
– winner
- Michelle Duquette
- Phebe C. Swope
- Rashmi Bharathan
- Richard Larkins
– winner
- Robert Kinzer
- Sarah Duncan
Chapters of the Year
Small
- Kansas City MO
- Northern Colorado
– winner
Medium
- Central Ohio Chapter
- Chicago
- Las Vegas
- Los Angeles
– winner
- Middle Tennessee Chapter
- Texas Alamo Chapter
Large
- Colorado Springs
– winner
International
- Poland
– winner
Programs
Distinguished Fellows
- John Donovan
- Clyde Gordon
- Wally Magda
- Jimmy Sanders
Fellows
- Frank Gearhart
- Robert Hansel
- Peter Hill
- Marek Kuczynski
- Srikant Mantravadi
- Edmond Momartin
- John Petrie
- Connie Reynolds
- Phebe Swope
Senior Members
- David Arra
- William Carson
- Rob Carson
- Michael Coultrap
- Michael Currie
- April Frost
- Michael Hennick
- Erick Herzberg
- Michael Hill
- Richard Kidder
- Nicholas Kovach
- Brandon Leatha
- Michael Lehman
- Ravi Monavarty
- Michael Oberlaender
- Pat Pivarnik
- TuWauna Reid
- Jon Ringler
- Richard Ross
- Lorenzo Thweatt
- Seth Wilson