OneRail · Information Security & Technology

Celebrating the
everyday defenders of OneRail.

Security is a people thing. The Tech & Trust Awards spotlight teammates in every department who protect our data, use technology the right way, and lead by example. Small habits, big protection.

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Awards granted

Announced to date

People recognized

Across every department

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Awards in catalog

29 monthly · 9 quarterly

Nomination window

Nominations for October 2026 close in 4 days: Monthly awards3 nominations so far
Nominations for Q4 2026 close in 65 days: Quarterly podium1 nomination so far

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September 2026 spotlight

The most recent monthly winners, announced by the IST team.

All winners

Phishing DefenderMonthly award
TB
Tyler Brooks
Account Executive · Sales
Reported three convincing invoice-fraud emails in one week, one of which targeted the CFO.
Certificate
Human Firewall AwardMonthly award
MC
Mei Chen
Product Manager · Product
Paused a vendor data export and asked IST first. The vendor's contract did not cover that data.
Certificate
Secure CollaboratorMonthly award
HG
Hannah Goldberg
Customer Success Manager · Customer Success
Moved every customer file share off personal links and onto governed SharePoint spaces.
Certificate
Automation AceMonthly award
DS
Diego Santos
DevOps Engineer · Engineering
Automated laptop compliance checks, cutting weekly manual review from four hours to zero.
Certificate
Security StorytellerMonthly award
SR
Sofia Rossi
Marketing Manager · Marketing
Her 'Phish of the Week' Slack series doubled report rates company-wide.
Certificate

Q3 2026 podium

Quarterly Gold, Silver and Bronze for the people who went furthest.

Full quarter

Zero Day Defender

For spotting, escalating, or patching a high-risk vulnerability before it was exploited.

AR
🥇
Alex Rivera
Senior Software Engineer
Caught a critical dependency CVE in the dispatch API before it hit production and shipped the patch the same day.
Gold· 1st
Gold
DS
🥈
Diego Santos
DevOps Engineer
Flagged an exposed storage bucket during a routine review and chased it to closure.
Silver· 2nd
Silver
KM
🥉
Kwame Mensah
Data Analyst
Validated patch rollout across analytics hosts and confirmed no regressions.
Bronze· 3rd
Bronze

Compliance Contributor

For supporting audits, risk reviews, or department-wide compliance alignment.

DW
🥇
Dana Whitfield
GRC Analyst
Assembled the evidence package that carried us through SOC 2 Type II with zero exceptions.
Gold· 1st
Gold
CN
🥈
Chris Nguyen
Staff Accountant
Closed every finance control on time and surfaced two gaps before the auditors did.
Silver· 2nd
Silver
OP
🥉
Olivia Park
People Ops Partner
Ran onboarding security sessions and got training completion to 100% for new hires.
Bronze· 3rd
Bronze

Access Hygiene Hero

For cleaning up outdated accounts, permissions, or shared access within their team or department.

FH
🥇
Fatima Hassan
Operations Coordinator
Audited Ops shared drives and removed access for 40+ stale accounts.
Gold· 1st
Gold
🥈
No silver awarded
Silver· 2nd
Silver
🥉
No bronze awarded
Bronze· 3rd
Bronze

Operational Excellence Award

For maintaining high uptime, performance, and support standards.

ML
🥇
Marcus Lee
IT Systems Administrator
Zero critical incidents and 100% SLA compliance across the fleet for the quarter.
Gold· 1st
Gold
🥈
No silver awarded
Silver· 2nd
Silver
🥉
No bronze awarded
Bronze· 3rd
Bronze

How it works

Three steps from a good catch to a gold medal.

1
Nominate
Anyone can nominate a coworker with a short form. Pick the award, tell the story, hit submit. Two minutes, tops.
2
IST reviews
The Information Security & Technology team reads every nomination, confirms the details, and selects winners.
3
Winners announced
Monthly winners and quarterly podiums are announced in Slack, by email, and at all-hands. Swag may follow.