| Mr | Elwin | Masih | Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, England | United Kingdom | Others | Education and Training | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Mulat | Ayele | Department of Midwifery, College of Health Science, Woldia University | Ethiopia | Others | other | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Binglun | Li | Central South University | China | Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure and Industrial Control Systems | Information Security | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Omer | Tariq | KAIST | South Korea | Cryptography for Cloud Computing and IoT | Cryptographic Accelerators | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Habtamu | Kerebih | University of Gondar | Ethiopia | Others | Mental health | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Fekadu | Abera | Oda Bultum University | Ethiopia | Cybersecurity Education and Training | Msc in Adult Health Nursing | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Hayelom | Gebrye | UESTC, China | Ethiopia | Intrusion Detection and Prevention | DDoS attack detection | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Yikun | PAN | Hong Kong PolyU | Hong Kong | Others | Computer vision/ video anomaly detection | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | YIKAI | ZHANG | Nanyang Technological University | China | Others | digital economy | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Ali | Raza | The University Of Lahore | Pakistan | Intrusion Detection and Prevention | network attacks | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Sourabh | Debnath | National Institute of Technology Rourkela | India | Information Hiding and Steganography | Coverless Steganography | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Arif | Ali | Cadet College Karak, Pakistan | Pakistan | Intrusion Detection and Prevention | Plant Sciences | Excellence in Innovation |
| Mrs | Widaryanti | Widaryanti | Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Ekonomi Pelita Nusantara | Indonesia | Others | Accounting | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | Jothimani | S | Bannari amman institute of technology | India | Others | Diagonestics | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | Amber | Hayat | IIT Delhi | India | Authentication and Digital Signatures | Biometrics Security | Women Researcher Award |
| Mrs | Kenean | Tadesse | Wachemo University | Ethiopia | Others | Adult health nursing / diabetic nursing care | Women Researcher Award |
| Mrs | Fadhila | Tlili | University of technology of Troyes | France | Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure and Industrial Control Systems | Unmanned aerial vehicles security | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | Gabaikanngwe Ethel | Mambo | BA ISAGO University | Botswana | Cybersecurity Policies and Regulations | Cyber protection | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | Foroozan | Ghosairi Darbandeh | University of Otago | Iran | Authentication and Digital Signatures | Authentication protocols for WSN | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | ABIRAMI | A | Bannari Amman Institite of Technology | India | Intrusion Detection and Prevention | Forensic Model, Malware Analysis | Women Researcher Award |