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The 2025 NewYorkCISO ORBIE Awards are scheduled for November 13 at The Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York City. The awards will honor outstanding Chief Information Security Officers for their leadership and contributions to cybersecurity across various companies and categories, highlighting their roles in risk management and community involvement.
New York City – The 2025 NewYorkCISO ORBIE Awards are set to take place on Thursday, November 13, at The Ziegfeld Ballroom, recognizing the outstanding leadership of Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) in the field of cybersecurity and technology. The event is scheduled to run from 8:15 AM to 11:15 AM.
These prestigious awards honor CISOs for their contributions and excellence in various aspects of cybersecurity, including risk management, the creation of business value, and involvement in the community. The nomination process for the awards involves a thorough evaluation based on these critical areas.
Finalists for the ORBIE Awards have been announced across seven categories, each recognizing different levels of enterprise revenue and multinational operations. The categories include:
- Super Global: Companies with over $40 billion in annual revenue and multinational operations.
- Global: Companies with over $5 billion in annual revenue and multinational operations.
- Large Enterprise: Companies with over $9 billion in annual revenue.
- Enterprise: Companies with over $3 billion in annual revenue.
- Large Corporate: Companies with over $1.5 billion in annual revenue.
- Corporate: Companies with up to $1.4 billion in annual revenue.
The finalists for each category showcase a diverse range of leaders from some of the most recognized companies in the world. The Super Global category includes:
- Kelly Isikoff, CISO, RBC
- Sydney Klein, SVP, CISO & Head of Enterprise IT, Bristol Myers Squibb
- Pat Opet, CISO, JPMorgan Chase
- Nasrin Rezai, CISO, Verizon
- Terry Rice, VP, IT Risk Management & CISO, Merck & Co., Inc. (former)
Competing in the Global category are:
- Davin Darnt, CISO, Louis Vuitton Americas
- Anthony Esposito, CISO, McKinsey & Company
- Chris Holden, SVP & CISO, Crum & Forster
- Alexander Schuchman, CISO, Colgate-Palmolive Company
- Bill Taub, SVP, Cybersecurity, Endeavor
In the Large Enterprise category, the following finalists have been nominated:
- Tomás Maldonado, CISO, NFL
- Rishi Tripathi, SVP, CISO & CTO, Mount Sinai Health System
- Vivin Varghese, CISO, Provident Bank
- Nick Vigier, CISO, Oscar Health
Finalists for the Enterprise category include:
- Arun Abraham, CISO, Bose Corporation
- Yonesy Núñez, Managing Director, Chief Cybersecurity Risk Officer, DTCC
- Ely Pinto, Global CISO, Simpson Thacher
- Peter Tse, Executive Director & Head of IT Security, Natixis Corporate Investment Bank Americas
Additionally, the Large Corporate category features:
- Robert Dalrymple, CISO, Maimonides Health
- Adrian Peters, CISO, Vista Equity Partners
- Peter Rosario, CISO, USI Insurance Services, LLC
- Charan Singh, CISO, Zelis
- Marina Spyrou, CIO & CISO, Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Lastly, the Corporate category has the following finalists:
- Golan Ben-Oni, Global CIO & CISO, IDT
- Sai Iyer, CISO, Ziff Davis Inc
- Josh Lane, VP of IT & CISO, Veeco Instruments
- Kevin Li, CISO, Cohen & Steers
- Parthiv Shah, SVP & CISO, Customers Bank
To find out more about the ORBIE Awards and this year’s finalists, interested individuals can visit orbie.org/newyorkciso/2025. The event highlights the significant role that CISOs play in advancing cybersecurity measures and protecting organizations in an increasingly digital world.
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- Crain’s New York: Finalists Announced for the 2025 NewYorkCISO ORBIE Awards
- Wikipedia: Cybersecurity
- GlobeNewswire: Winners of the 2025 National ORBIE Awards Announced
- Google Search: Information Security
- PRWeb: Winners of 2024 New York ORBIE Awards Announced
- Encyclopedia Britannica: Cybersecurity
- Fintech Futures: Finalists Named for the 2025 National ORBIE Awards
- Google News: CISO Awards
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