| Dr | Hossein | Ahmadzadeh | Ferdowsi University of Mashhad | Iran | Others | Cybersecurity and Cryptography | Best 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 |
| Assist Prof Dr | Shahin | Salarvand | Lorestan university of medical sciences | Iran | Human Factors in Cybersecurity and Cryptography. | Health care | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Abdollahi | Mahdi | Tarbiat Modares University | Iran | Cybersecurity and Cryptography Policies and Regulations | Cybersecurity and Cryptography on Materials science and Engineering | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Mohamamdhadi | Alaeiyan | K. N. Toosi University of Technology | Iran | Malware Analysis and Detection | Hidden Behavior | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | Gabaikanngwe Ethel | Mambo | BA ISAGO University | Botswana | Cybersecurity Policies and Regulations | Cyber protection | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Siddhartha | Roy | NIT Silchar | India | Cryptographic Algorithms and Techniques | Symmetric Key Encryption | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Heng | Wang | Le Moyne College | United States | Cybersecurity Risk Management and Governance | informed trading taking advantage of cyber breaches | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Hui | Cui | Monash University | Australia | Cryptography for Cloud Computing and IoT | Cybersecurity | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Jehangir | Arshad | COMSATS University Islamabad | Pakistan | Cyber Threat Intelligence and Analysis | Artificial Intelligence and Cyber Security | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Karthick | Sathyamangalam Arumugam | NATIONAL TSING-HUA UNIVERSITY | Taiwan | Others | Robust Control | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Sagarkumar | patel | Pfizer Inc through EG Life Sciences | United States | Cloud Security and Virtualization | Healthcare | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Orestis | Schinas | HSBA | Germany | Cybersecurity and Cryptography Policies and Regulations | Maritime Law - Cyberseaworthiness | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Mohamed | El Tokhy | EAEA | Egypt | Digital Signatures and Authentication | Industrial and Medical Image Processing | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | onur | polat | Gazi University | Turkey | Intrusion Detection and Prevention | DDoS/Detection/SD-VANET | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Farouk | ZOUARI | Laboratoire de Recherche en Automatique (LARA), École Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Tunis (ENIT) Université de Tunis El Manar | Tunisia | Others | fractional-order systems, neural control theory, nonlinear control, and intelligent adaptive control. | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Omerah | Yousuf | Central University of Kashmir | India | Intrusion Detection and Prevention | Software Defined Networking | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | Foroozan | Ghosairi Darbandeh | University of Otago | Iran | Authentication and Digital Signatures | Authentication protocols for WSN | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Liang | Zheng | School of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Central South University | China | Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure and Industrial Control Systems | Management and Control of Intelligent Transportation Systems; Simulation and Optimization of Traffic Systems | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Saadoon | AL-SUMAIDAEE | Mustansiriyh University | Iraq | Others | Facial Expression Recognition/ Pattern recognition | Best Researcher Award |