| Mr | Mashel | Gonyora | University of Strathclyde | South Africa | Incident Response and Digital Forensics | Human and Organisational Factors | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Manoj | Kumar | University of Wollongong in Dubai | United Arab Emirates | Incident Response and Digital Forensics | Cyber Security | Excellence in Research |
| Prof | Ahmad | Juma'h | University of Illinois Springfield | United States | Incident Response and Digital Forensics | Blockchain in accounting and auditing | Top Researcher Award |
| Dr | Abdullah | Ayub Khan | Benazir Bhutto Shaheed University Lyari, Karachi | Pakistan | Incident Response and Digital Forensics | Multimedia Forensics | Young Scientist Award |
| Dr | SANKARALINGAM | L | Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science | India | Incident Response and Digital Forensics | Estimation Algorithms for UAVs | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Tariku | Bedasa | Adama Science and Technology University | Ethiopia | Incident Response and Digital Forensics | chemistry | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Muhammad | Nawaz | National University of Singapore | Singapore | Incident Response and Digital Forensics | Assessing community resilience | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Abid | Hussain | Institute of Strategic Studie Islamabad | Pakistan | Information Hiding and Steganography | Information management | Excellence in Research |
| Ms | Sharmila | Ghosh | National Institute of Technology Agartala | India | Information Hiding and Steganography | Cybersecurity/ Image Steganography | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Sourabh | Debnath | National Institute of Technology Rourkela | India | Information Hiding and Steganography | Coverless Steganography | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Mohammed | Anbar | Universiti Sains Malaysia | Malaysia | Intrusion Detection and Prevention | IoT Security | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | LENIN | NARENGBAM | NIT Nagaland | India | Intrusion Detection and Prevention | WiFi Intrusion Detection | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Mustapha | Lawal | Tafawa Balewa University bauchi | Nigeria | Intrusion Detection and Prevention | Machine Learning Method For Cyber Intrusion Detection | Best Paper Award |
| Prof | Zhijie | Fan | The Third Research Institute of Ministry of Public Security | China | Intrusion Detection and Prevention | Network Intrusion Detection | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Jasmeen | Chahal | Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab,India | India | Intrusion Detection and Prevention | Detection of DDoS attacks in SDN (Software-defined Networking) | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Amir | Ali | University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences (UVAS), Lahore, Pakistan | Pakistan | Intrusion Detection and Prevention | Computer Science | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Himanshu | Patel | Indian Institute of Information and technology - Surat | India | Intrusion Detection and Prevention | 6LoWPAN based Internet of Things | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | YERRISWAMY | T | REVA UNIVERSITY | India | Intrusion Detection and Prevention | Network Security | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Rahul | Adhao | Entrepreneur | India | Intrusion Detection and Prevention | Flow Based Intrusion Detection System | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Mohammed Sayeeduddin | Habeeb | Acharya Nagarjuna University | India | Intrusion Detection and Prevention | Network Intrusion detection AI approches | Best Paper Award |