In a world that’s continuously altering and difficult us, we imagine that nothing can cease us once we work collectively. That’s the spirit of collaboration we celebrated on April 24, 2023, on the fourth annual Microsoft Security Excellence Awards. These awards acknowledge excellent contributions from Microsoft Intelligent Security Association (MISA) members.
MISA is a coalition of Microsoft leaders and material specialists, impartial software program distributors (ISVs), and managed safety service suppliers (MSSPs). Together, we work to defend organizations around the globe from rising threats. Security is a broad, collaborative enterprise, and our wonderful companions proceed to point out their resilience and excellence in delivering complete safety built-in with Microsoft Security expertise.
In San Francisco, California, on the primary day of the RSA Conference (RSAC), we have been honored to convey collectively MISA members and Microsoft Security management to honor the highest finalists and announce award winners.
“It is my privilege to acknowledge this year’s Microsoft Security Excellence Awards recipients, who continually inspire us with their commitment to building a safer world for all. Their solutions, services, innovative spirit, and customer focus are integral to this goal. Security is a team sport, and we are proud to partner with our MISA community. My warmest congratulations to all the awardees.”
—Vasu Jakkal, Corporate Vice President (CVP), Microsoft Security, Compliance, Identity, and Privacy
Security for all
We imagine that inclusivity isn’t just an moral alternative, but in addition a strategic benefit. That’s why we’re proud to showcase the funding and efforts our accomplice ecosystem has made to advertise range and inclusion. This 12 months we acknowledged the primary winner of the brand new Diversity in Security award. This award honors a accomplice who has gone above and past to foster range and domesticate constructive change throughout the business, and finally enhance our means to guard clients in opposition to cyberthreats.
Security is a staff sport, one which at all times wants new gamers. So, we have been additionally proud to acknowledge the subsequent era of safety defenders. Microsoft is partnering with Last Mile Education Fund by funding scholarships for underrepresented college students to assist goal the nationwide scarcity of cybersecurity expertise whereas Shadow Hunter is our gamified expertise that immerses contestants in a simulated real-world cybersecurity situation to construct and take a look at safety expertise. Bringing the 2 collectively was pure. We invited college students from across the United States to problem themselves in our particular Last Mile Education Fund and Microsoft Security Immersion Event: Shadow Hunter four-hour digital occasions. To acknowledge these college students who achieved the highest scores amongst their friends, Bret Arsenault, CVP and Chief Information Security Officer, Microsoft, and Ruthe Farmer, Founder, Last Mile Education Fund, acknowledged the highest 10 college students—Logan Gamma, Joan Waldron, Dialla Diarra, Cristian Carrillo Mendez, Lisa Friel, Afraz Sakib, Alexandra Farina, Sean Dixon, Amanda Hite, and Angelina Zhukova—for his or her ongoing accomplishments.
2023 Security Excellence Award winners
Both expertise and persons are important for making a safe future, and we have been thrilled to acknowledge a number of the prime corporations and people within the discipline throughout 11 award classes that replicate the various and priceless contributions of MISA members. We have been impressed by the lots of of award nominations we acquired. The panel diligently reviewed every one and shortlisted 5 nominees for every class. Winners have been then determined by the votes of Microsoft and MISA members.
We are proud to announce the finalists and winners in every class:
Security Trailblazer
Partners which have delivered modern options or providers that leverage the total Microsoft vary of safety merchandise and have confirmed to be excellent leaders in accelerating clients’ efforts to mitigate cybersecurity threats.
- Ascent Solutions—Winner
- Critical Start
- D3 Security
- Quorum Systems
- Synack
Compliance and Privacy Trailblazer
Partners that ship modern options or providers and are distinguished leaders in driving holistic or end-to-end Microsoft compliance or privateness technique with clients.
- Protiviti—Winner
- archTIS
- Epiq
- Infotechtion
- Relativity
Identity Trailblazer
Partners which are leaders within the identification area and have pushed identity-related initiatives and delivered modern options or providers with Microsoft Azure Active Directory.
- EY—Winner
- HCLTech
- Squadra Technologies
- Synergy Advisors
- Thales
Zero Trust Champion
Partners which are devoted to supporting clients of their Zero Trust journey and have demonstrated very important integrations with the Microsoft Zero Trust platform.
- Silverfort—Winner
- Avanade
- Netskope
- Oxford Computer Group
- Yubico
Security Software Innovator
ISVs which have developed modern options with disruptive and transformative expertise in collaboration with Microsoft that makes work simpler for our mutual clients.
- Relativity—Winner
- 42Crunch
- Axiad
- ContraForce
- Theom
Security Services Innovator
MSSPs which are distinctive at educating the market on safety dangers and driving holistic end-to-end managed prolonged detection and response (MXDR) safety technique with clients utilizing Microsoft Security merchandise and that ship modern and transformative safety providers to clients.
- Ontinue—Winner
- Bridewell
- Difenda
- Quorum Cyber
- Wortell
Security Customer Champion
Partners that go above and past to drive buyer influence and which have a confirmed observe report of buyer obsession and success.
- Vectra—Winner
- Epiq
- F5
- Lighthouse
- Ontinue
Security Changemaker
Individuals inside accomplice organizations who’ve made a outstanding safety contribution to the corporate or the bigger safety neighborhood.
- Katie Nickels, Red Canary—Winner
- Federico Charosky, Quorum Cyber
- Jeffrey J. Engle, Conquest Cyber
- Harry Haramis, Keyfactor
- Mike Ounsworth, Entrust
Diversity in Security
Partners which have demonstrated a major dedication to enhancing range, fairness, and inclusion to raised serve safety clients and foster change within the business.
- Lighthouse—Winner
- Difenda
- KnowBe4
- Recorded Future
- Wortell
Security ISV of the Year
ISVs which are all-around powerhouses, present progress potential and have modern safety options that combine with a MISA-qualifying safety product.
- Adobe—Winner
- Cloudflare
- Delinea
- Silverfort
- Thales
Security MSSP of the Year
MSSPs which are all-around powerhouses with sturdy integration between Microsoft merchandise and ongoing managed safety providers that drive the end-to-end Microsoft Security stack to our mutual clients.
- BlueVoyant—Winner
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- PwC
- Red Canary
- Wipro
We’re prepared for what’s subsequent
This was an incredible night, bringing collectively MISA members, Microsoft executives, and future safety specialists. Many due to all who got here, and congratulations once more to all our finalists and winners. One fixed throughout the ever-changing world of cyberthreats is the way in which our neighborhood comes collectively to guard and empower clients. We sit up for seeing all the pieces you accomplish within the upcoming 12 months.
If you’re on the RSA Conference via April 27, 2023, come and go to us on the Microsoft Booth 6044 North Expo the place MISA members shall be showcasing their options at our MISA demo station and the Microsoft Theater. We’d like to see you on the following classes:
- Session 20: Build your MXDR setting utilizing the Azure Marketplace in 5 minutes (Wednesday, April 26, 2023, 10:10 AM PT to 10:30 AM PT).
- Session 21: Using breach and assault simulation throughout the Microsoft Security portfolio to optimize your SecOps (Wednesday, April 26, 2023, 10:40 AM PT to 11:00 AM PT).
- Session 22: Achieving Zero Trust utility entry with Cloudflare One and Microsoft Security (Wednesday, April 26, 2023, 11:10 AM PT to 11:30 AM PT).
- Session 23: “Power of Partnerships”—Services + Technology + Microsoft (Wednesday, April 26, 2023, 11:40 AM PT to 12:00 PM PT).
- Session 28: The new MXDR paradigm: Nonstop SecOps via real-time collaboration and AI-driven automation (Wednesday, April 26, 2023, 2:10 PM PT to 2:30 PM PT).
Figure 1. MISA member corporations will share how they work along with Microsoft to guard clients from cyberthreats. Sessions shall be introduced by the next MISA members: BUI, SafeBreach, Cloudflare, Relativity and Epiq, and Ontinue.
Figure 2. MISA and its ecosystem of ISVs and MSSPs, with options built-in with the Microsoft’s safety expertise, may have a demo station on the RSAC Microsoft sales space. Demos will happen on Monday, April 24, 2023, via Thursday, April 27, 2023, all through the convention hours. The following MISA ISV and MSSP distributors shall be giving demos: Cerby Kovrr, Elevate Security, Red Canary, Yubico, Lighthouse, Ascent Solutions, Wipro, Adobe, Forsyte, Corelight, 42Crunch, Maureen Data Systems, Datawiza, Secude, Avanade, archTIS, Difenda, Quorom Cyber, Netrix, Theom, BlueVoyant, BigID, and Synergy Advisors.
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