I’ve been lucky enough to win some awards, which I will now brag about:
- 2023 – Winner: Best Cybersecurity podcast at EU Security Blogger Awards
- 2023 – Winner: Most Entertaining Cybersecurity podcast at EU Security Blogger Awards
- 2022 – Winner: Most Entertaining Cybersecurity podcast at EU Security Blogger Awards
- 2020 – Nominated: The Legends of Cybersecurity – Grand Prix for Best Overall Security Blog at EU Security Blogger Awards
- 2020 – Nominated: Best Tweeter at EU Security Blogger Awards
- 2020 – Nominated: Most Entertaining Blog at EU Security Blogger Awards
- 2020 – Nominated: Most Educational Blog for User Awareness at EU Security Blogger Awards
- 2020 – Nominated: Best Personal Security Blog at EU Security Blogger Awards
- 2020 – Nominated: Best Cybersecurity Podcast at EU Security Blogger Awards
- 2020 – Nominated: Best New Cybersecurity Podcast at EU Security Blogger Awards
- 2019 – Winner: The Legends of CyberSecurity – Grand Prix for best overall security blog at EU Security Blogger Awards
- 2019 – Winner: Best Cybersecurity podcast at EU Security Blogger Awards
- 2019 – Nominated: The Best Tweeter at EU Security Blogger Awards
- 2019 – Nominated: The Most Entertaining Blog at EU Security Blogger Awards
- 2019 – Nominated: The Most Educational Blog for user awareness at EU Security Blogger Awards
- 2019 – Nominated: Most Entertaining Security Blog at RSA Security Blogger Awards
- 2019 – Winner: Cyber Security Blog of the Year at 4D Awards
- 2018 – Winner: Best Security Podcast at EU Security Blogger Awards
- 2018 – Nominated: Best Personal Security Blog at EU Security Blogger Awards
- 2018 – Nominated: Best European Personal Security Blog at EU Security Blogger Awards
- 2018 – Nominated: Most Entertaining Blog at EU Security Blogger Awards
- 2018 – Nominated: Most Educational Blog at EU Security Blogger Awards
- 2018 – Nominated: Best EU Security Tweeter at EU Security Blogger Awards
- 2018 – Nominated: Grand Prix Prize: Best Overall Security Blog at EU Security Blogger Awards
- 2018 – Nominated: Best European Security Podcast at EU Security Blogger Awards
- 2018 – Nominated: Most Entertaining Security Blog at RSA Security Blogger Awards
- 2018 – Top Ten Information Security Thought Leaders at Infosec Institute.
- 2017 – Winner: Best IT Security Blog at SysAdmin Blog Awards
- 2017 – Winner: Most Entertaining Security Blog at RSA Security Blogger Awards
- 2016 – Winner: Best Security Video Blog at EU Security Blogger Awards
- 2016 – Nominated: Best Corporate Security Blog at EU Security Blogger Awards
- 2016 – Nominated: Best European Corporate Security Blog at EU Security Blogger Awards
- 2016 – Nominated: Most Entertaining Blog at EU Security Blogger Awards
- 2016 – Nominated: Most Educational Blog at EU Security Blogger Awards
- 2016 – Nominated: Best EU Security Tweeter at EU Security Blogger Awards
- 2016 – Nominated: Grand Prix Prize for the Best Overall Security Blog at EU Security Blogger Awards
- 2016 – Top 10 CyberSecurity Twitter profiles by Dark Reading.
- 2016 – Winner: EMEA Cybersecurity Educator of the Year at the Cybersecurity Excellence Awards
- 2016 – Winner: Most Entertaining Security Blog at RSA Security Blogger Awards
- 2016 – Nominated: Most Educational Security Blog at RSA Security Blogger Awards
- 2016 – The World’s Top IT Security Influencers by CISO Platform
- 2015 – Winner: Tech Blogger of the year at the Bloggers’ Lounge Awards
- 2015 – Winner: Best Security Blog at the Bytes that Rock Awards
- 2015 – Winner: Most Educational Blog at EU Security Blogger Awards
- 2015 – Nominated: Best European Corporate Security Blog at EU Security Blogger Awards
- 2015 – Nominated: Grand Prix Prize for the Best Overall Security Blog at EU Security Blogger Awards
- 2015 – Winner: Most Entertaining Security Blog at RSA Security Blogger Awards
- 2015 – Top 25 Influencers in Security by Tripwire
- 2014 – Winner: Best Speaker at AVAR 2014, Sydney, Australia
- 2014 – Winner: Best New Security Blog at EU Security Blogger Awards
- 2014 – Nominated: Best Corporate Security Blog at EU Security Blogger Awards
- 2014 – Nominated: Best Personal Security Blog at EU Security Blogger Awards
- 2014 – Nominated: Most Entertaining Blog at EU Security Blogger Awards
- 2014 – Nominated: Most Educational Blog at EU Security Blogger Awards
- 2014 – Nominated: Best EU Security Tweeter at EU Security Blogger Awards
- 2014 – Nominated: Grand Prize for Best Overall Security Blog at EU Security Blogger Awards
- 2014 – Nominated: Most Educational Security Blog at RSA Security Blogger Awards
- 2013 – Winner: Best Overall Security Blog at EU Security Blogger Awards
- 2013 – Winner: Best Corporate Security Blog at EU Security Blogger Awards
- 2013 – Winner: Best Corporate Security Blog at RSA Security Blogger Awards
- 2012 – Winner: Best Corporate Security Blog at RSA Security Blogger Awards
- 2012 – Winner: Hermes Platinum Award for Sophos Naked Security publicity campaign
- 2011 – Top 25 Influencers in Security by Tripwire
- 2011 – Ranked 7th Most Powerful Voice in Security by Sys-Con Media
- 2011 – Winner: Most Educational Security Blog at RSA Security Blogger Awards
- 2011 – Winner: Best Security Blogger, SC Magazine Awards, San Francisco
- 2011 – Inducted into the InfoSecurity Europe Hall of Fame
- 2010 – Winner: Best IT Security Blog at Computer Weekly/IBM Blog Awards
- 2010 – Runner-up: Best Security Blogger, SC Magazine Awards, San Francisco
- 2010 – Winner: Twitter User of the Year, Computer Weekly/IBM Blog Awards
- 2009 – Winner: Best of the Best Blogs, Computer Weekly/IBM Blog Awards
- 2009 – Winner: Twitter User of the Year, Computer Weekly/IBM Blog Awards
- 2009 – Winner: IT Security Blogger of the Year, Computer Weekly/IBM Blog Awards
- 2009 – Honorary Mention: “Top 10 Greatest Britons in IT history”
And here are some nice things people have said about me.