| Assist Prof Dr | Samsul | Huda | Okayama University | Japan | Intrusion Detection and Prevention | IDS in IoT networks | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Indu | Radhakrishnan | PES University | India | Cryptography for Emerging Technologies (e.g., blockchain, IoT) | Cryptography for IoT | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Ramesh | GP | St.Peters institute of higher education and Research | India | Cryptography for Cloud Computing and IoT | Effective Identification and Authentication of Healthcare IoT Using Fog Computing with Hybrid Cryptographic Algorithm | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | TAKUNDA | SHABANI | MIDLANDS STATE UNIVERSITY, GWERU, ZIMBABWE | Zimbabwe | Others | GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Bronwin | Patrickson | Flinders University | Australia | Cybersecurity Risk Management and Governance | Mhealth - the importance of privacy and security for key stakeholders | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | BENOIE | MATHEW | University of Petroleum & Energy Studies, India | India | Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure and Industrial Control Systems | Smart City | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Zexiao | Liang | School of Integrated Circuits, Guangdong University of Technology | China | Others | Machine learning | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Mokhtar | Mohammadi Ghanatghestani | Islamic Azad University | Iran | Cybersecurity and Cryptography Policies and Regulations | Cybersecurity for IoT | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Kai-Chih | Chang | Center for Identity, University of Texas at Austin | United States | Others | Identity Threat and Personal Identity Privacy for the Internet of Things | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Henrique | Santos | University of Minho | Portugal | Cybersecurity Risk Management and Governance | supply chain security management | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Christian | Delgado | University of Vigo | Spain | Others | GDPR Compliance, cybersecurity, blockchain | Excellence in Research Award |
| Dr | saif | alharbi | the national research and development center for sustainable agriculture (Estidamah) | United States | Others | water use efficiency in agriculture | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Meray Medhat | Shokry Zaghary | Sohag University | Egypt | Cybersecurity and Cryptography Policies and Regulations | Cybersecurity risk assessment | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Min-Joon | Kim | Catholic University of Pusan | South Korea | Cryptographic Algorithms and Techniques | Economic; Export and Import; Finance; Marketing; Trade Balance | Excellence in Research Award |
| Dr | Oliver | Dzobo | University of Johannesburg | South Africa | Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure and Industrial Control Systems | Energy sector | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Yanqiu | Song | Central University of Finance and Economics | China | Others | Defense Economics | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | Widaryanti | Widaryanti | Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Ekonomi Pelita Nusantara | Indonesia | Others | Accounting | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Julien | Riposo | LSEG | France | Others | Blockchain and mathematics | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Kelly | Yoo | Stanford University | United States | Others | Medicine | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Tongliang | He | Anhui Normal University | China | Human Factors in Cybersecurity and Cryptography. | computational communication | Best Researcher Award |