Synagro CISO Norman Whitelaw Wins 2026 Top Global CISOs Award
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Baltimore – October 29, 2026 -- Norman Whitelaw, Chief Information and Security Officer at Synagro Technologies, has won a 2026 Top Global CISOs award from Cyber Defense Magazine after competing against thousands of candidates.
Judges weighed breach prevention, board communication and compliance
The award, now in its 14th year on the Cyber Defense Awards platform, evaluates candidates on four criteria. They are innovation, success in communicating with boards and senior executives, detecting and stopping breaches and data loss, and building risk-reduction programs that meet regulatory requirements.
The judging panel includes Gary Miliefsky of CDMG, Katie Gray of In-Q-Tel, Robert R. Ackerman Jr. of Allegis Cyber, Ron Gula of Gula Tech Adventures and Dino Boukouris of AltitudeCyber, among others.