2022 SC Awards Finalists: Innovator of the Year

In addition to his constant communication with the ThreatModeler team and customers to help shape ThreatModeler’s research and development, Archie is an active member of the larger cybersecurity community. He has encouraged ThreatModeler to engage in active communication around ongoing threats and vulnerabilities, helping customers manage the fallout from vulnerabilities like Log4j. Archie is currently leading a ThreatModeler initiative to become involved in OWASP and hopes to significantly increase the firm’s participation in the open-source community to communicate compliance-by-design.

Beyond just the technology, Idan is customer-obsessed, which has pushed him to make products that are as easy to onboard and use as possible. This methodology is paving the way for the future of cloud security wherein the endusers have greater influence and IT organizations have more budget for purchasing security solutions. Selling and propelling this vision is a non-stop job, and he is constantly educating his peers and elevating and activating the relevant teams to support the message across Palo Alto Networks. He is a true innovator in the area of developer-friendly security, seeking solutions from both technology and culture to bridge the gap between security and engineering.

Ofer Maor has long been dedicated to not only building new services and solutions and the companies that deliver them to the market, but also to working closely with the cybersecurity community. He previously served on the global board of directors of OWASP. Risks have changed considerably over the last 25 years, and Ofer has been at the forefront of creating new products to meet the needs created by those threats. Ofer does this through public speaking, including guest webinars at other cybersecurity companies, writing blog posts about new security challenges, and writing bylines about how to address new threats in security publications.

Sherrod is a well-known public speaker on the threat landscape, threat actor psychology and advanced attack techniques. She specializes in programs and topics around advanced persistent threat and teaches organizations and executives how to best extract intelligence from existing solutions. With a following of nearly 20,000, she is very active on Twitter and uses her platform to promote Proofpoint’s leading solutions and threat research, as well as express her insights and opinions on industry trends and news. She is one of our best spokespeople and continuously looks for opportunities to help the company grow.