This year's honorees will be recognized at the CSO50 Conference + Awards at We-Ko-Pa Casino Resort in Fort McDowell, Arizona, from October 21-23, 2024. Credit: CSO / Atakan / Getty Images Now entering its fifth year, the CSO Hall of Fame spotlights outstanding leaders who have significantly contributed to the practice of information risk management and security. This year marks a big change for the Hall of Fame: CSO is accepting nominations for the first time. Previously selected by the editors of CSO, its advisers, and executives, inductees can now be nominated by their peers, colleagues, or others familiar with their work, or nominate themselves. Qualified nominees will receive a full application to detail their major accomplishments in the field. The CSO Hall of Fame honors executives who have spent at least 10 years in a CSO, CISO or other C-level security position, advancing the CSO role while demonstrating sustained business success. The individuals bestowed with this award exemplify excellence in security leadership. Their work has advanced the CSO/CISO role, secured business, and inspired others in the industry. Honorees will be recognized at the CSO50 Conference + Awards at We-Ko-Pa Casino Resort in Fort McDowell, Arizona, from October 21-23, 2024. Over the course of the event, attendees will have the opportunity to connect with hundreds of peers, industry leaders, and security executives who will showcase demonstrable business value in their projects from AI to application security to zero trust. Learn more about the event – including how to nominate a project for a CSO award – on the conference website. Class of 2023 Rich Agostino, SVP & CISO, Target Ed Amoroso, Founder & CEO, TAG InfoSphere Devon Bryan, Global CIO, Carnival Corporation Nicole Darden Ford, Global VP & CISO, Rockwell Automation Keith Gordon, EVP & CSO, CIBC Ben Miron, VP of Infrastructure & Cybersecurity, NextEra Energy, Inc. Gary Owen, CISO & Chief Risk Officer, Capital Holly Ridgeway, EVP & CSO, Citizens Financial Group, Inc. Class of 2022 Marene Allison, CISO, Johnson & Johnson, Inc. Bret Arsenault, CISO, Microsoft James Beeson, SVP & Global CISO, Cigna Derek Benz, CISO, Coca-Cola Mark Connelly, CISO, Boston Consulting Group John McClurg, SVP & CISO, BlackBerry Tim McKnight, EVP & CSO, SAP Chandra McMahon, SVP & CISO, CVS Health Gary Warzala, Leadership Partner – Security & Risk Management, Gartner Deborah Wheeler, SVP & CISO, Delta Air Lines, Inc. Class of 2021 Roland Cloutier, Global CSO, TikTok Deneen DeFiore, VP & CISO, United Airlines Andy Ellis, Operating Partner, YL Ventures Bobby Ford, SVP/CSO, HPE Renee Guttmann, CISO, Campbell Soup Company Meredith Harper, VP/CISO, Eli Lilly and Company Mike Towers, CISO, Takeda Mark Weatherford, CISO, AlertEnterprise Jason Witty, Global CISO, J.P. Morgan Chase Class of 2020 Tim Callahan, SVP, Global CISO, Aflac Dave Estlick, CISO, Chipotle Mexican Grill Jamil Farshchi, CISO, Equifax Emily Heath, Chief Trust & Security Officer, DocuSign Brad Maiorino, CISO, Raytheon Technologies Kathy Orner, VP, Chief Risk Officer, CWT Jim Routh, Head of Enterprise Information Risk Management, MassMutual Gregory Wood, SVP, Technology Risk Management & Security, The Walt Disney Company Timothy Youngblood, Corporate VP, CISO, McDonald’s In addition to the honorees listed above, CSO inducted Michael Assante posthumously for his work with the SANS Institute and Center for Strategic and International Studies. *Editor’s note: The job titles and company affiliations listed here reflect the positions held by these individuals at the time they were inducted into the Hall of Fame. Related content news analysis Thousands of servers hacked due to insecurely deployed Ray AI framework Ray deployments are not intended to connect to the internet, but AI developers are doing so anyway and leaving their servers vulnerable. By Lucian Constantin Mar 28, 2024 4 mins Vulnerabilities news Cisco: Security teams are ‘overconfident’ about handling next-gen threats Tooling complexity and generative AI may harm many companies’ security posture. By Jon Gold Mar 28, 2024 3 mins Security brandpost Sponsored by Microsoft Security Iran’s evolving influence operations and cyberattacks support Hamas Understanding how Iranian and Iran-affiliated threats traverse 3 distinct phases may help identify vulnerabilities and attack vectors. By Microsoft Security Mar 28, 2024 5 mins Security news Report suggests cybersecurity investment, board involvement linked to better shareholder returns The study by Diligent and Bitsight points to advanced security and strong risk or audit committees as good predictors of an enterprise’s financial success. By sascha _brodsky Mar 28, 2024 4 mins CSO and CISO Business Business IT Alignment PODCASTS VIDEOS RESOURCES EVENTS SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe