Cloud Range Named Winner of CISO Choice Awards as Leading Security & Education Training Solution
Notable CISO Board of Judges Select Cloud Range Based on Real-world Experience
NASHVILLE, Nov. 18, 2020 / -- Cloud Range announced today that it has been named the winners of the CISO Choice Award for the Security and Education Category by Security Current, a first of its kind vendor recognition by a Board of Judges, a group of leading CISOs across industries who selected winning solutions and providers based on their real-world experience.
This award underscores the fact that Cloud Range is solving one of the greatest challenges the world faces today: the cyber skills shortage. Cloud Range’s unique approach has been helping companies around the globe accelerate the effectiveness and experience levels of cybersecurity professionals using a comprehensive simulation-based cyber training program. Cybersecurity professionals have the opportunity to be immersed in real world attacks in a safe virtual environment, while being exposed to a multitude of threat vectors that allow them to develop the skills and muscle memory necessary to effectively defend against forthcoming attacks.
We also help companies assess cybersecurity job candidates using our proprietary simulation-based assessment tool, ultimately reducing turnover and ensuring that cyber defenders have the actual ability to perform the job.
"I enjoyed being a CISO Choice Awards judge. What I found most interesting were the new approaches to solving those age-old security issues that we as security executives continue to face while also seeing innovative solutions focused on new and emerging risks" said Christine Vanderpool, Florida Crystals CISO. "I hope the time spent by my fellow CISO judges in reviewing the submissions and the feedback provided will serve as a great guide to our peers when they are selecting the right technologies for their programs."
The CISO Choice Awards Board of Judges spanned verticals. The board of luminaries included:
Canadian National Railway CISO Vaughn Hazen
Dollar Tree Stores CISO Kevin McKenzie
Ellie Mae SVP and CISO Selim Aissi
Florida Crystals CTO Christine Vanderpool
Global Private Equity Firm CISO Matt Hollcraft
LMC Vice President, Information Security Margarita Rivera
Markel Corporation CISO & Privacy Officer Patricia Titus
NFL CISO Tomás Maldonado
OneMain Financial VP/SMD Technology Tunde Oni-Daniel
Premise Health CISO Joey Johnson
RWJBarnabas Health CISO Hussein Syed
William Blair CISO Ralston Simmons
Also, on the Board of Judges is author and analyst Richard Stiennon who wrote the Security Yearbook 2020, which includes a directory of 2,336 companies.
Tomás Maldonado, CISO of the NFL, said: "It was a very competitive playing field which, as a CISO, is encouraging as solution providers are working and investing to provide us solutions to help safeguard our organizations."
"I am honored to be on the Board of Judges with my peers from virtually every industry," said Kevin McKenzie, CISO of Dollar Tree Stores. "As security executives who are in the trenches daily, sharing our experiences to provide real value is what makes the CISO Choice Awards so exciting and beneficial."
Honoring security vendors of all types, sizes and maturity levels, the CISO Choice Awards recognizes differentiated solutions valuable to the CISO and enterprise from security solution providers worldwide.
About Cloud Range
Cloud Range is a pioneer in cybersecurity simulation training, providing the first Cyber Attack Simulation Training Platform as a Service (CASTaaS), available to customers exclusively through cybersecurity Technology Manufacturers, Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs), Value-Added Resellers (VARs), and Technology Distributors. The Cloud Range training platform can be utilized on-premises at a customer’s site or virtually, led by Cloud Range’s professional instructors. The platform can emulate each customer’s specific network environment, using industry leading cybersecurity technologies that are built into the platform. Customers can train security teams, assess candidates, onboard new hires, and improve cybersecurity team skills within a customizable, virtual network environment that mirrors their own. Cloud Range training enables security professionals the ability to “Prepare from Anywhere”™.
About Security Current
Security Current improves the way security, privacy and risk executives collaborate to protect their organizations and their information. Its CISO-driven proprietary content and events provide insight, actionable advice and analysis giving executives the latest information to make knowledgeable decisions.
Its invitation-only CISOs Connect community https://cisosconnect.com allows for CISOs to communicate with each other and share knowledge and expertise with their peers with its proprietary research, group discussion, online and in person exclusive events.