| Mr | BENOIE | MATHEW | University of Petroleum & Energy Studies, India | India | Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure and Industrial Control Systems | Smart City | 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 | TAKUNDA | SHABANI | MIDLANDS STATE UNIVERSITY, GWERU, ZIMBABWE | Zimbabwe | Others | GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Indu | Radhakrishnan | PES University | India | Cryptography for Emerging Technologies (e.g., blockchain, IoT) | Cryptography for IoT | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Katarzyna | Ragin-Skorecka | Poznan University of Technology | Poland | Others | Process analysis | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Rajorshi | Biswas | Penn State Berks | United States | Intrusion Detection and Prevention | Link flooding attack | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Sabiha | Sharmin | Bangladesh University of Professionals | Bangladesh | Others | Plasmonics | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | mullangi | Vinod kumar | Chandigarh college of engineering and technology | India | Others | Engineering | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Kaan | Koçali | Istanbul Gelisim University | Turkey | Human Factors in Cybersecurity and Cryptography. | Social Policy | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Anand | Sharma | Mody University of Science and Technology, Lakshmangarh | India | Cybersecurity and Cryptography Policies and Regulations | Quantum Cryptography | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Elwin | Masih | Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, England | United Kingdom | Others | Education and Training | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | Sathiya | R | Thangavelu Engineering College | India | Intrusion Detection and Prevention | Software Testing,Cloud Computing,Computer Networks | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Mulat | Ayele | Department of Midwifery, College of Health Science, Woldia University | Ethiopia | Others | other | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Mario | Gazziro | Federal University of ABC | Brazil | Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems | RFID security | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Sharmila | Ghosh | National Institute of Technology Agartala | India | Information Hiding and Steganography | Cybersecurity/ Image Steganography | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Binglun | Li | Central South University | China | Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure and Industrial Control Systems | Information Security | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Xichun | Hu | Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center | China | Others | No | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | Sarah | Ironsi | Near East University | Nigeria | Others | Feedback/Education | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Lu | Zhao | Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications | China | Others | Higher education | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Jinguo | Zhai | School of Nursing, Southern Medical University | China | Others | maternity and infant care | Best Researcher Award |