| Prof Dr | Mohammad | Eyadat | California States University, Dominguez Hills | United States | Cybersecurity Education and Training | Cybersecurity Models / Higher Education | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Borka | Jerman Blazic | Jozef Stefan Institute, International post graduate school, Ljubljana, Slovenia | Slovenia | Cybersecurity Education and Training | Forensic, Privacy, eID, Secure Cross-Border data transfer | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | Rajesh | Natarajan | University of Technology and Applied Sciences-Shinas | Oman | Cybersecurity and Cryptography Policies and Regulations | Face Sketch Synthesis | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Yohannes | Gelaye | Debre Markos University | Ethiopia | Others | Agriculture | Women Researcher Award |
| Prof | Vera | Rusinova | National Research University Higher School of Economics | Russia | Cybersecurity Policies and Regulations | International law | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Frédéric | Ouellet | Université de Montréal | Canada | Others | Criminology, criminal career, criminal achievement, desistance | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | DEBASHRITA | DEY | Indian Institute of Technology | India | Human Factors in Cybersecurity and Cryptography. | Feminist Ageing Studies | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Miral Sabry | AlAshry | The American University in Cairo | Egypt | Others | Cybersecurity and Cryptography | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Leonora | Angeles | UBC SCARP-GRSJ | Canada | Human Factors in Cybersecurity and Cryptography. | human and labour conditions | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Mohammad | Alauthman | Information Security Department, University of Petra | Jordan | Intrusion Detection and Prevention | Network Security/cyber-security, cyber forensics, and advanced machine learning application/ services encompass academic teaching and research, with a focus on applying machine learning to cyber-security and forensics | Excellence in Research |
| Prof Dr | Fairouz | Tchier | King Saud University | Saudi Arabia | Public Key Infrastructure and Key Management | Cryptography | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Ammar | Almomani | Research and Innovation Department, Skyline University College, | United Arab Emirates | Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure and Industrial Control Systems | Real time Network Security ,(Botnets/Worms/viruses) ,Cloud Computing Security ,Internet of Things (IoT) security ,Cryptography | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Jingquan | Li | Hofstra University | United States | Cybersecurity Risk Management and Governance | Privacy Preserving Electronic Health Records | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Innocent | Chiluwa | Covenant Universit | Nigeria | Incident Response and Digital Forensics | Linguistic analysis of phishing and spam emails | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Felipe | Araya Quintanilla | Universidad San Sebastian | Chile | Others | Health Research/Metanalyses | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Faisal | Ahmed | Ibb University | Yemen | Others | Nomination for the award is currently open, and we encourage you to submit your research profile for consideration. | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Xinxin | Wang | Guangzhou University | China | Human Factors in Cybersecurity and Cryptography. | Parental Co-Parenting | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Nagaraj | Nandihalli | Ames National Laboratory, Ames, IA, USA | United States | Authentication and Digital Signatures | Photodetectors/detector array | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Amanda | Bezzina | Institute for Education | Malta | Others | Education and Holistic Education | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Guillaume | VALLET | Univeristy Grenoble Alpes, CREG | France | Public Key Infrastructure and Key Management | Money, Gender, Progressive Era, Switzerland | Best Researcher Award |