By Godson Umejiego, Senior Correspondent, US

An exclusive membership-only community of Security Current™, CISOs Connect™, has announced the CISOs Top 100 CISOs (C100) Awards Ceremony recognizing the 2022 winners, the consummate security leaders across North America, will be held on June 29.

The C100 recognition honors the top 100 North American CISOs across industries who are experienced, proven leaders who share their expertise with others and continue to give back to the industry to further secure and protect organizations in North America and worldwide.

CISOs Top 100 CISOs

CISOs Top 100 CISOs

CISOs Top 100 CISOs (C100) Esteemed CISO Board and Partners

CISOs Top 100 CISOs (C100) Esteemed CISO Board and Partners

The C100 Ceremony will be held virtually on June 29 at 5pm Eastern. Register to request to attend here to honor the winners and meet the CISO Board of Judges: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nyXq9nV6RmKgyv6sTXl9Xg

The Distinguished CISO Board includes:

Rockwell Automation VP, Global Security and CISO Nicole Darden Ford

Dollar Tree Stores EVP & CISO Kevin McKenzie

Florida Crystals VP & CISO Christine Vanderpool

Freddie Mac SVP & CISO Betty Elliott

Kraft Heinz CISO Ricardo Lafosse

Markel Corporation CISO & Chief Privacy Officer Patricia Titus

NFL CISO Tomás Maldonado

Otis Elevator Co. CISO Mario Memmo

Truist CISO Howard Whyte

University of Chicago Medicine CISO Les McCollum ll

ServiceTitan Sr. Director & CISO Cassio Goldschmidt

World Fuel Services VP & CISO Shawn Bowen

Key criteria, amongst others considered, included:

A CISO (or equivalent) and at an end-user enterprise or organization for at least five years

Involvement and leadership roles in professional organizations

Volunteering and activism

Mentoring, teaching and educating future cybersecurity professionals across business and technical functions

There is no fee or financial requirement at any point associated with the C100 awards.

As a fundamental part of their mission to support and recognize the CISOs’ unceasing efforts to safeguard their enterprises and organizations globally, CISOs Connect™ partnered with the following organizations to make the C100 possible:

Black Kite

Zero Networks

Morgan Franklin Consulting

Aqua Security

Horizon3.ai

Mayfield

Lynx Technology Partners

Stellar Cyber