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NIST Wins Multiple CyberScoop 50 Awards
The CyberScoop 50 Awards annually commend the foremost leaders in cybersecurity, celebrating their ingenuity and impact. The awards highlight exceptional contributions in several categories, each designed to showcase advancements and leadership in protecting our digital landscape.
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NIST’s Cherilyn Pascoe and the Post Quantum Cryptography Standards project team have been selected as winners of the 2024 CyberScoop 50 Awards. The winners were chosen in recognition of their important work in protecting vital networks, critical infrastructure, and information.
Cherilyn Pascoe was given awards in the ‘Government Leadership’ category, which honors ‘transformational cybersecurity leaders who implement new strategies, technologies and programs to help all levels of government function in smarter ways.’ NIST’s Post Quantum Cryptography Standards project received an ‘Innovation of the Year’ award, which ‘spotlights initiatives, new technologies or novel approaches that promise to improve how governments, industries, or the public at large approach cybersecurity.’