Security Champion of the Month
Not yet granted
Recognizes someone who actively promotes security awareness, reports suspicious activity, or supports secure practices in the organization.
Award catalog
Every way to say thank you
29 monthly awards across three categories, plus 9 quarterly podium awards with Gold, Silver and Bronze tiers.
Monthly Awards
Recognize specific behaviors. Each monthly award is worth 1 leaderboard point.
Information Security
Spotting threats, speaking up, and making secure the default. · 11 awards
Phishing Defender
Granted 1 time
Awarded to the employee who most effectively identifies and reports phishing or suspicious emails.
Exterminator
Granted 1 time
For team members who report valid issues or anomalies that relate to system bugs, access misconfigurations, software glitches, or odd technical behavior that could lead to a larger problem if ignored.
Compliance Guardian
Granted 1 time
Given to someone who demonstrates excellence in following and upholding compliance controls, policies, or audit readiness activities (e.g., ISO 27001, SOC 2).
Secure Code Advocate
Granted 1 time
Celebrates developers or engineers who lead secure development efforts, remediate SAST/DAST findings quickly, or contribute to secure coding standards.
Risk Whisperer
Not yet granted
Awarded for identifying and articulating a risk before it materialized — especially if they prevented an incident.
Least Privilege Legend
Not yet granted
Recognizes someone who advocates or implements strong IAM principles — like pruning excessive access or implementing just-in-time (JIT) permissions.
Security Sentinel
Not yet granted
Recognizes someone who consistently follows security best practices (e.g., strong passwords, secure file sharing, locking screens).
Human Firewall Award
Granted 1 time
Celebrates an individual who helped prevent a security issue by speaking up, reporting something odd, or asking before taking risky action.
Policy Pro
Not yet granted
Given to someone who demonstrates strong understanding and application of company policies (e.g., acceptable use, data handling, remote access).
Secure Collaborator
Granted 1 time
For users who use collaboration tools (e.g., Slack, Teams, SharePoint) securely and appropriately, protecting data while staying productive.
Quarterly Podium Awards
Gold, Silver and Bronze for the quarter’s top advocates. Points: 5 · 3 · 2
Security & IT Operational Excellence
Incident response, uptime, policy, projects, and vulnerability defense. · 5 awards
Incident Response MVP
Granted 2 times
For playing a critical role in managing, escalating, or preventing a security or IT incident.
- 🥇Gold5 pts
Coordinated or led incident response with speed, clarity, and accountability. Prevented larger impact through decisive action.
- 🥈Silver3 pts
Responded quickly to escalate a threat or outage. Provided essential logs, context, or access.
- 🥉Bronze2 pts
Participated in incident recovery or containment with a positive, collaborative attitude.
Operational Excellence Award
Granted 1 time
For maintaining high uptime, performance, and support standards.
- 🥇Gold5 pts
Zero critical incidents + 100% SLA compliance across systems or support requests.
- 🥈Silver3 pts
Minimal degradation or ticket escalations. Helped optimize systems or support processes.
- 🥉Bronze2 pts
Consistently met performance targets and reduced tech debt or recurring issues.
Policy Pioneer
Not yet granted
For helping draft, refine, or champion a policy or standard.
- 🥇Gold5 pts
Authored or led implementation of a new IT/Security policy or standard that's now in use company-wide.
- 🥈Silver3 pts
Contributed heavily to a policy revision or awareness effort that improved adoption.
- 🥉Bronze2 pts
Shared meaningful feedback or use cases that helped improve how a policy is written or enforced.
Project Defender
Granted 1 time
For driving or securing a major IT/Security initiative that benefited the business.
- 🥇Gold5 pts
Led or executed a mission-critical IT/security project on time, with impact and visibility.
- 🥈Silver3 pts
Played a core role in implementation or rollout of a technical or compliance-related initiative.
- 🥉Bronze2 pts
Provided key support or behind-the-scenes contributions that made the project successful.
Zero Day Defender
Granted 3 times
For spotting, escalating, or patching a high-risk vulnerability before it was exploited.
- 🥇Gold5 pts
Detected or resolved a critical vulnerability (zero-day or severe config issue) before it could be abused.
- 🥈Silver3 pts
Flagged a high-risk item through routine review or hygiene check and followed up until resolved.
- 🥉Bronze2 pts
Collaborated to test or verify patch/fix rollout or helped validate system security.
Digital Responsibility & Technology Culture
Responsible technology use, remote security, compliance, and access hygiene. · 4 awards
Digital Citizenship Award
Not yet granted
For showing excellence in using technology and data responsibly.
- 🥇Gold5 pts
Clean security and compliance record. Advocates for responsible use of tech and helps others improve their habits.
- 🥈Silver3 pts
Follows policies, never misses a training, and practices consistent digital hygiene.
- 🥉Bronze2 pts
No issues or warnings, demonstrates positive behavior in day-to-day digital interactions.
Remote Work Role Model
Granted 1 time
For demonstrating secure and efficient behavior in remote/hybrid settings.
- 🥇Gold5 pts
Uses VPN, secure networks, appropriate tools, and maintains productivity + data security while remote.
- 🥈Silver3 pts
Completes security training early, protects devices, and avoids risky behavior while working remotely.
- 🥉Bronze2 pts
Follows remote work policy, flags access issues, and promotes smart work-from-anywhere habits.
Compliance Contributor
Granted 3 times
For supporting audits, risk reviews, or department-wide compliance alignment.
- 🥇Gold5 pts
Provided critical evidence, support, or documentation that helped us pass a compliance checkpoint or audit.
- 🥈Silver3 pts
Helped team or department complete controls on time, contributed feedback, or resolved gaps.
- 🥉Bronze2 pts
Participated in awareness sessions or helped others meet training/compliance expectations.
Access Hygiene Hero
Granted 1 time
For cleaning up outdated accounts, permissions, or shared access within their team or department.
- 🥇Gold5 pts
Audited and removed stale access across tools or shared drives, reducing unnecessary risk.
- 🥈Silver3 pts
Flagged overprovisioned roles or permissions and worked with IST to right-size them.
- 🥉Bronze2 pts
Took initiative to review access and ensure the principle of least privilege is followed.