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REDWOOD CITY, Calif., June 24, 2021 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

-- Synack's 2021 Guardians of Trust Awards honor the hard work and dedication

of cybersecurity professionals from leading organizations worldwide

As cyber attackers have rocked consumers' trust over the past few months and

led senior U.S. administration officials and corporate leaders to call the

recent scourge of ransomware "a national security threat,'' cybersecurity

professionals are fighting every day behind the scenes to keep organizations

safe.

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Their work is often unrecognized and even unseen, but it keeps the digital

infrastructure and systems that we all rely on daily from succumbing to

attacks. The Guardians of Trust Awards recognize outstanding individuals and

teams that are leading the industry in proactively pursuing excellence not just

in security, but in trust. In today's digital world, gaining hard-won trust is

an incredibly difficult challenge and the work that goes into maintaining it is

all too often under-appreciated.

Synack (

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) launched these crowdsourced awards in 2019 to recognize those unsung

professionals that go above and beyond to protect consumers, stakeholders and

brands. Nominations were sourced from our most respected community members and

trusted security teams across all industries. Winners were chosen by Synack's

Guardians of Trust Awards Committee with comprehensive expertise in leading

security organizations and building trusted brands.

This year's winners have demonstrated that they protect their customers first,

display innovation in cybersecurity practices, represent excellence in the

protection of their brands and never settle for the status quo.

The 2021 Guardians of Trust Award Winners include:

    - Most Trusted CISO: Betsy Wille, Abbott  

    - Most Trusted CISO: Mike Baker, GDIT

    - Most Trusted Pioneer CISO: Jason Lewkowicz, Cognizant

    - Most Trusted Pioneer CISO: Daniel Hooper, Varo Money

    - Most Trusted Security Team North America: Domino's

    - Most Trusted Security Team North America: Abacus Insights

    - Most Trusted Security Team, EMEA: bp

    - Most Trusted Security Team, EMEA: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

    - Most Trusted Security Team, EMEA: RSA Insurance Group  

    - Most Trusted Solution Partner: Azure Security Modernization, Microsoft

    - Most Trust Partner, EMEA:  Ignition Technology

    - Most Trust Partner, North America: Trace3

    - Most Trusted Federal Consulting Partner: Accenture Federal Services

    - Most Trusted Hacker: Özgür Alp, Synack Red Team

For all of the winners, trust is an essential tenet in their roles as security

professionals. It's ingrained in how they do their jobs and also how they

communicate the importance of security across their organizations.

"Trust is a central ethos for GDIT; in fact it is one of our four core values

along with transparency, honesty, and alignment. Building trust across our

customers, our employees, and our cyber teams is vital to my role as CISO,"

said Michael Baker, Chief Information Security Officer for General Dynamics

Information Technology.

Synack, the premier crowdsourced platform for on-demand security expertise,

works closely with security leaders and teams across all sectors to help them

maintain the trust from their customers, employees, executives and board

members. Overall, Synack saw CISOs rise to the challenge throughout the past 16

months and navigate uncharted territory by staying focused on enabling business

operations while reducing risk to malicious attack.

In the 2021 Trust Report (

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), which is based on data from Synack's patented Attacker Resistance Score

(ARS) Metric, Synack charted an increase in organizations' overall resilience

against attacks since the beginning of the pandemic. The Trust Report is an

essential tool for CISOs and other security leaders when it comes to

prioritizing security efforts and understanding the broader landscape of

threats and vulnerabilities.

The full Synack 2021 Trust Report explores the ARS metric for all global

sectors. Visit www.synack.com to download the report for free and learn how the

most trusted brands in the world measure their risk.

About Synack:

Synack is the premier crowdsourced platform for on-demand security expertise.

The Synack platform delivers 24/7 penetration testing, vulnerability

management, and vulnerability assessment from a global network of trusted

researchers, enabled by smart technology, to accelerate global organizations'

critical cybersecurity missions. Headquartered in Silicon Valley with regional

teams around the world, Synack protects leading global banks, federal agencies,

DoD classified assets, and more than $6 trillion in Fortune 500 and Global 2000

revenue. A 4-time CNBC Disruptor 50 company, Synack was founded in 2013 by

former NSA security experts Jay Kaplan, CEO, and Dr. Mark Kuhr, CTO.

For more information, please visit www.synack.com.

SOURCE: Synack

CONTACT: Mike Farrell, mfarrell@synack.com