| Prof | Dongpao | Hong | China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology | China | Cybersecurity Risk Management and Governance | system safety and resilience | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Dondapati | Rajendra Dev | Vignan's Institute of Engineering for Women | India | Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure and Industrial Control Systems | IoT | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Domenico | Desiato | University of Bari Aldo Moro | Italy | Others | Privacy Preserving Machine Learning | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Doaa | Herzallah | Universitat Oberta Catalunya and University of Granada | Spain | Others | Fashion and Marketing-Technology | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Djamel | Djenouri | UWE, Bristol | United Kingdom | Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure and Industrial Control Systems | IoT, Blockchain | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Devi | S | Coimbatore Institute of Technology | India | Others | Social Network Analysis,Data Analytics | Women Researcher Award |
| Prof | Devershi Pallavi | Bhatt | Manipal University Jaipur | India | Cybersecurity Education and Training | Cyber Security, Information Security, Wireless Networks | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | Desiree | Hamman-Fisher | University of the Western Cape | South Africa | Cybersecurity and Cryptography Policies and Regulations | Education and Industrial Psychology | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Desiree | Hamman-Fisher | University of the Western Cape | South Africa | Cybersecurity and Cryptography Policies and Regulations | Education and Industrial Psychology | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Deresse | Sinamaw | Debre Markos | Ethiopia | Cyber Threat Intelligence and Analysis | Health Sevice | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Deresse | Daka | HAWASSA UNIVERSITY | Ethiopia | Cybersecurity and Cryptography Policies and Regulations | cryptography | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Demeke | Ambaye | Bahir Dar University | Ethiopia | Cybersecurity Education and Training | Behavioral and Education analysis | Excellence in Research |
| Ms | DEBASHRITA | DEY | Indian Institute of Technology | India | Human Factors in Cybersecurity and Cryptography. | Feminist Ageing Studies | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Daya Sagar | Gupta | IIT Mandi | India | Post-Quantum Cryptography | Lattices | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Dawit Hadush | Hailu | Mekelle University | Ethiopia | Cybersecurity Education and Training | Cybersecurity and Cryptography | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Dawit | Ebissa | Bahir Dar University | Ethiopia | Others | Energy | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Davi | Rabelo | UECE | Brazil | Others | Geography | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Danna | He | The Chinese University of Hongkong, Shenzhen | China | Others | Public Opinion | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Daniel asmelash | Gebretensae | Mizan Tepi University | Ethiopia | Others | Health | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Dania Saleem | | HITEC university Taxila, Pakistan | Pakistan | Cryptographic Algorithms and Techniques | CYBERSECURITY | Best Researcher Award |