-- 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