BT Information Security Journalism Awards 04 shortlist announced

DC14-540 November 05, 2014

BT Information Security Journalism Awards 2014 shortlist announced BT today announced the shortlist for the BT Information Security Journalism Awards 2014. Now in their eighth year the awards recognise and reward journalists working in the field of information and cyber security.

This year saw a record number of entries from journalists across the globe, a real testament to the growing prominence and vital role that information security plays within organisations today.

Ray Stanton, vice president, BT Advise, BT Global Services, and chairman of the judging panel, said: The sheer volume of entries this year clearly shows it has been another busy year for journalists writing about information and cyber security. As this hot topic regularly makes the headlines of national newspapers, broadcast and trade publications across the globe, we expect this trend to continue.

The outstanding quality and breadth of submissions has certainly challenged our judges. It inspired some lively and in-depth debate with these established industry experts on the judging day. Once again, we believe that this has made for an impressive shortlist we are incredibly proud of. We would like to thank all of the journalists who entered the awards for their outstanding contribution to the industry. Congratulations go to those journalists who have been shortlisted and we look forward to seeing them at the awards ceremony on November 19.

BT is committed to improving information security and recognises its importance to the UK and beyond, from people in their own homes through to multi-national organisations. Its business dedicated to serving customers in this important field, BT Security, is one of the largest security and business continuity practices in the world. Made up of industry experts and leading security minds, it has extensive experience in implementing security solutions for some of the largest global private and public sector organisations.

The BT Information Security Journalism Awards 2014 shortlist is as follows (in alphabetical order):

Information Security Journalist of the Year

Gordon Corera (BBC)

Tom Fox-Brewster (Freelance)

Hal Hodson (New Scientist)

Davey Winder (Freelance)

Best Information Security News Story of the Year

Tom Fox-Brewster for US cybercrime laws being used to target security researchers (The Guardian)

John Leyden for Notorious Mexican drug kingpin nabbed thanks to drones and spyware (The Register)

Steve Ranger for NATO updates cyber defence policy as digital attacks become a standard part of conflict (ZDNet)

Matthew Sparkes for MtGox and Bitcoin: where has £251m gone? (The Daily Telegraph)

Best Overall Information Security Feature Article of the Year

Aasha Bodhani for Securing the Sale (E&T Magazine)

Eleanor Dallaway for Let's hear it for the ladies: Women in Information Security (Infosecurity Magazine)

Wendy Grossman for The Internet of Things: The good, the bad, and everything in between (Infosecurity Magazine)

Steve Ranger for Inside the secret digital arms race: Facing the threat of a global cyberwar (TechRepublic)

Best Privacy Feature of the Year

Gordon Corera for Who is winning the crypto-war'? (BBC)

Fiona O'Cleirigh for Bill Binney, the original' NSA whistleblower, on Snowden, 9/11 and illegal surveillance (Computer Weekly)

Jenny Southan for Web of Intrigue (Business Traveller)

James Temperton for Keep everything on your PC Private (Computeractive)

Best Cybercrime Feature of the Year

Danny Bradbury for Financial Markets: A Playground for cybercriminals (Infosecurity Magazine)

Hal Hodson for Silk Road bust hints at FBI's new cybercrime powers (New Scientist)

Stewart Mitchell for When coding becomes a crime (PC Pro)

Paul Peachey for Dark reach of global child sex ring uncovered in UK had spread from US to Philippines (The Independent)

Best Investigative Feature of the Year

Ryan Gallagher for Skype under investigation in Luxembourg over link to NSA (The Guardian)

Zoe Kleinman for Car hackers use laptop to control standard car (BBC News)

Matthew Sparkes for The coming digital anarchy (The Daily Telegraph)

Davey Winder for Do the right thing for a price: The market for vulnerability data (Infosecurity Magazine)

Best International Feature/News Story of the Year

Hamish Barwick for The season of scams (Infosecurity Magazine)

Kashmir Hill for When Smart Homes' get Hacked: I haunted a complete stranger's house via the Internet (Forbes)

Hal Hodson for When the Internet dies, meet the meshnet that survives (New Scientist)

Peter Teffer for In Amsterdam, web archaeologists excavate a digital city (Christian Science Monitor)

Best Security Broadcast Feature/News Story of the Year

Gordon Corera for Crypto Wars (BBC World Service and BBC Radio 4)

Susan Watts for Hacker meets tracker (BBC Newsnight)

Geoff White and Meabh Ritchie for The Data Baby Project (Channel 4 News)

BT Enigma Award

To be announced at the awards ceremony

The winners will be announced and presented with their awards at a ceremony in central London on Wednesday, November 19, 2014.

For more information or to register for the Award ceremony, please contact BTSecurityAwards@porternovelli.co.uk.

ENDS

Notes to editors

List of judges in alphabetical order:

Dr. Robert Coles Chief Information Security Officer, GlaxoSmithKline

Ron Condon Freelance Journalist

Graham Edwards Head of Group Security, Nationwide

Professor Dr. Hannes P. Lubich University of Applied Sciences, North-Western Switzerland

Malcolm Marshall Global Leader, Information Protection Services, KPMG

Professor Fred Piper Information Security Group, Royal Holloway, University of London

Ray Stanton - vice president,

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