NewYorkCISO Honors Leading Security Executives
The 2026 ORBIE Awards recognized chief information security officers across seven categories at a ceremony in New York.
Updated on Nov. 13, 2026 in Cybersecurity
NewYorkCISO presented the 2026 ORBIE Awards to chief information security officers at the Ziegfeld Ballroom on November 12, 2026. Winners were drawn from companies including Bristol Myers Squibb, Crum & Forster, CVS Health, RWJBarnabas Health, J.Crew, and Vista Equity Partners.
Why it matters
The awards recognize executive leadership in enterprise security across the Greater New York region, a market where large companies depend on CISOs to protect business operations. Selection was based on peer adjudication, which gives the honors weight within the security executive community.
The awards used seven categories with revenue thresholds from up to $700 million to over $14 billion, and more than 250 guests attended the ceremony. The stub does not report how many nominees competed in each category.
The players
NewYorkCISO
A New York-based organization that runs the ORBIE Awards and convenes security executives in the region.
Phil Venables
A partner at Ballistic Ventures and a former chief information security officer at Google Cloud, who received the Leadership ORBIE.
Sydney Klein
The senior vice president, chief information security officer and head of enterprise IT at Bristol Myers Squibb, who received the Super Global ORBIE.
Alan Rosa
The senior vice president of infrastructure and operations and chief information security officer at CVS Health, who received the Large Enterprise ORBIE.
Hussein Syed
The senior vice president and chief information security officer at RWJBarnabas Health, who received the Enterprise ORBIE.
The details
Finalists and winners were chosen through an independent process led by prior ORBIE recipients. Criteria included leadership and management effectiveness, the business protection created by enterprise security, and engagement in industry and community work.
Timeline
November 12, 2026: ORBIE Awards ceremony held at the Ziegfeld Ballroom.
Since 1998: ORBIE Awards have recognized executive leadership excellence.
Context
The ORBIE Awards have recognized executive security leadership since 1998 through a peer-adjudicated process led by prior winners. The 2026 ceremony extends that record to a new group of CISOs across regulated and large enterprise sectors.
For professionals, the awards signal which security leadership practices peers consider effective, offering a reference point for hiring and team structure. Readers working in New York enterprises can use these recognized approaches to benchmark their own security programs.
The takeaway
Peer-led recognition of CISOs highlights leadership practices that protect business operations. Security teams can compare their own governance and engagement against the criteria the awards use.
Further reading
For more on how security leaders are shaping enterprise defenses, explore Cybersecurity coverage.
Source note: This article includes information reported by The Manila times.
