| Dr | MOSES | ASHAWA | Glasgow Caledonian University | United Kingdom | Malware Analysis and Detection | Machine learning, cybersecurity | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Syed Aziz | Shah | Coventry University UK | United Kingdom | Cybersecurity and Cryptography Policies and Regulations | Privacy-Preserving Data Analytics | Top Researcher Award |
| Mr | Sathiyandrakumar | Srinivasan | V2 Technologies Inc | United States | Cybersecurity and Cryptography Policies and Regulations | Cybersecurity and Cryptography | Excellence in Innovation |
| Dr | Manas | Sarkar | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) | United States | Malware Analysis and Detection | Construction materials | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Mehrvash | Haghighi | Mount Sinai Hospital | United States | Cybersecurity and Cryptography Policies and Regulations | Teleconsultation | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | Rishikesh | Sahay | Oregon Institute of Technology | United States | Cybersecurity Risk Management and Governance | Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure and Industrial Control Systems | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Vincent | Ogweno | Michigan State University | United States | Human Factors in Cybersecurity and Cryptography. | Scientific Digital Security | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof. Dr | Nicolaas | Pronk | HealthPartners Institute | United States | Human Factors in Cybersecurity and Cryptography. | Track 16: Computational Social Science | 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 | Jingquan | Li | Hofstra University | United States | Cybersecurity Risk Management and Governance | Privacy Preserving Electronic Health Records | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Mohammad | Eyadat | California States University, Dominguez Hills | United States | Cybersecurity Education and Training | Cybersecurity Models / Higher Education | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Nagaraj | Nandihalli | Ames National Lab | United States | Others | Photodetectors for Biometrics | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Shereen | Ismail | University of North Dakota | United States | Intrusion Detection and Prevention | Attack detection and prevention for the security of IoT applications | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Elson | Cibaku | New Jersey Institute of Technology | United States | Malware Analysis and Detection | State Estimation of Power Systems | 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 |
| Mr | Md Abu | Taher | Florida International University | United States | Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure and Industrial Control Systems | Microgrid Distributed Control System | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Hafiz | Jamil | Home | United States | Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure and Industrial Control Systems | Cyber Threat Intelligence Analysis | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Masoud | Moradi | Texas State University | United States | Cyber Threat Intelligence and Analysis | AI adoption and privacy challenges | 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 |
| Mr | Sagarkumar | patel | Pfizer Inc through EG Life Sciences | United States | Cloud Security and Virtualization | Healthcare | Best Researcher Award |