ACM Special Interest Group on Security, Audit and Control (SIGSAC) SIGSAC Awards CALL FOR NOMINATIONS The SIGSAC Awards Committee is now open to receiving nominations for the awards. The awards will be presented at the 32^nd ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communication Security (CCS), Oct. 13-17, 2025, Taipei, Taiwan. DEADLINE FOR AWARD NOMINATIONS: The deadline for receiving nomination is midnight AOE, July 14th, 2025. Note that nominees and nominators are NOT required to be ACM or SIGSAC members. Nominations should be submitted via e-mail to the chair of this year's SIGSAC Awards Committee: Dr. James Joshi (jjoshi@pitt.edu). Award Overview ACM SIGSAC offers two annual Awards: SIGSAC Outstanding Innovation Award and SIGSAC Outstanding Contributions Award. For more information on previous recipients, please visit the ACM SIGSAC Awards page. Award Criteria o SIGSAC Outstanding Innovation Award: This award is given for outstanding and innovative technical contributions to the field of cybersecurity, privacy, trust and resilience that have had lasting impact in furthering or understanding the theory or development of secure, privacy-preserving and/or trustworthy systems. o SIGSAC Outstanding Contributions Award: This award is given for significant contributions to the field of cybersecurity, privacy, trust and resilience by fostering research and development activities, educating students, or providing professional services such as the running of professional societies and conferences. SIGSAC Awards Committee o James Joshi, Chair (University of Pittsburgh, USA) o Gail-Joon Ahn (Arizona State University, USA) o Yingying Chen (Rutgers University, USA) o Ramesh Karri (New York University, USA) o Surya Nepal (CSIRO/Data61, Australia) o Kobbi Nissim (Georgetown University, USA) o Haya Schulmann (Goethe-Universit�t Frankfurt, Germany) o Bhavani Thuraisingham (University of Texas at Dallas, USA) o Min Yang (Fudan University, China) o Danfeng (Daphne) Yao, Viriginia Tech, USA o Jianying Zhou (Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore) Nomination Process Each nomination should be co-sponsored by at least 3 people, including the nominator. Each nomination must include: 1. Proposed citation, up to 25 words 2. Names of at least 3 sponsors (including the nominator) 3. Succinct (100-250 words) description of the innovation/contribution, 4. Statement justifying the nomination, and 5. Curriculum vitae of the nominee. There is no nomination form as such. NOTE: items (3) and (4) above should fit on one printable page (single column, at least 10pt type). Nominations should be submitted via e-mail (with subject "SIGSAC Innovation/Contributions Award nomination") to the chair of the 2024 SIGSAC Awards Committee: Dr. James Joshi (jjoshi@pitt.edu). The winners will receive the Awards at the 2025 ACM CCS conference. Self-nomination is not accepted. A nominator can submit at most 3 nominations. For sponsors, there is no limit to the number of nominees that one can sponsor. DEADLINE FOR AWARD NOMINATIONS: The deadline for receiving nomination is midnight AOE, July 14th, 2025 (No Exceptions or Extensions). Note that nominees and nominators are not required to be members of ACM or SIGSAC. Exclusions The committee will adhere to the ACM Awards Committee Conflict of Interest (COI) guidelines. Particularly, the SIGSAC award committee members and chair are not eligible to be nominated for either award, and are not allowed to nominate and endorse candidates. 2024 Award Recipients o SIGSAC Innovation Award: Giovanni Vigna (University of California, Santa Barbara) o SIGSAC Contribution Award: Gail-Joon Ahn (Arizona State University) Prior Award Recipients 2023 o SIGSAC Outstanding Innovation Award: Gene Tsudik, University of California, Irvine Citation: For seminal research contributions to Security and Privacy of: the Internet, anonymous and censorship-resistant communication, mobile networking, cloud computing and storage, databases, and the Internet-of-Things. o SIGSAC Outstanding Contributions Award: Paul van Oorschot, Carleton University Citation: For outstanding scientific contributions in applied cryptography, and authentication; and for co-authoring Handbook of Applied Cryptography, one of the most referenced books in cryptography. 2022 o SIGSAC Outstanding Innovation Award: Dan Boneh, Stanford University Citation: For innovative research in applied cryptography, secure software systems, and blockchain technology, and for an emphasis on cryptography education o SIGSAC Outstanding Innovation Award: Radia Perlman, Dell Technologies Citation: For fundamental contributions to network security and reliability o SIGSAC Outstanding Contributions Award: Ninghui Li, Purdue University Citation: For outstanding leadership in the SIGSAC community and seminal research contributions to data security and privacy. 2021 o SIGSAC Outstanding Innovation Award: Patrick McDaniel, Pennsylvania State University Citation: For innovative research in mobile device security, trustworthiness of machine learning, and systems security o SIGSAC Outstanding Innovation Award: Srinivas Devadas, MIT Citation: For fundamental contributions to the development of secure microprocessors, circuits, and systems o SIGSAC Outstanding Contributions Award: Elena Ferrari, University of Insubria Citation: For seminal research contributions and outstanding leadership to data security and privacy for the past 25 years. 2020 o SIGSAC Outstanding Innovation Award: Dawn Song, University of California, Berkeley, Citation: For contributions to systems and software security, in particular, dynamic taint analysis for vulnerability discovery and malware detection. o SIGSAC Outstanding Contributions Award: Trent Jaeger, The Pennsylvania State University, Citation: For leadership in the ACM SIGSAC community and exemplary contributions to security research and education, including the book "Operating Systems Security" and advances in software analysis and trusted computing bases. 2019 o SIGSAC Outstanding Innovation Award: Wenke Lee, Georgia Tech, Citation: For pioneering contributions to network and systems security. o SIGSAC Outstanding Contributions Award: Jonathan Katz, George Mason University, Citation: For exemplary commitment to education in cryptography, through teaching and research, and for dedication to the advancement and increased influence of cryptography research. 2018 o SIGSAC Outstanding Innovation Award: N. Asokan, Aalto University, Citation: For pioneering research on fair-exchange protocols, trusted device pairing and mobile trusted execution environments that has had widespread impact and led to large-scale deployment. o SIGSAC Outstanding Contributions Award: Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi, Technische Universit�t Darmstadt, Citation: For dedicated research, education, and management leadership in the security community and for pioneering contributions in content protection, mobile security and hardware-assisted security. 2017 o SIGSAC Outstanding Innovation Award: Shai Halevi, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Citation: For outstanding innovations in theoretical and applied cryptography, bringing cutting-edge cryptographic capabilities closer to practice o SIGSAC Outstanding Contributions Award: Gene Tsudik, UC Irvine, Citation: For leadership in security and privacy research 2016 o SIGSAC Outstanding Innovation Award: David A. Wagner, University of California, Berkeley, Citation: For innovative research in systems security, software security, and cryptography that has inspired research in sandboxing, static analysis for security, and cryptanalysis o SIGSAC Outstanding Contributions Award: Michael K. Reiter, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Citation: For pioneering research contributions and leadership in computer and information security 2015 o SIGSAC Outstanding Innovation Award: Dr. Ross J. Anderson, University of Cambridge Citation: For his innovative research in the areas of API security, banking security, security economics, and security engineering o SIGSAC Outstanding Contributions Award: Dr. Steven B. Lipner, Microsoft Corporation Citation: For major contributions to the security profession spanned over four decades in the areas of security standards, commercial operating system security, and security development lifecycle 2014 o SIGSAC Outstanding Innovation Award: Dr. Moti Yung, Google and Columbia University Citation: For fundamental, seminal, and outstanding innovations in theoretical and applied cryptography and in its employment in industrial security systems o SIGSAC Outstanding Contributions Award: Prof. Elisa Bertino, Purdue University Citation: For her seminal research contributions and outstanding leadership to Data Security and Privacy for the past 25 years 2013 o SIGSAC Outstanding Innovation Award: Awardee: Prof. Adrian Perrig, Carnegie Mellon University Citation: For Outstanding Innovations in Secure Sensor and Ad-Hoc Networks, Secure Broadcast Authentication and Trustworthy Computing o SIGSAC Outstanding Contributions Award: Awardee: Prof. Karl Levitt, UC Davis Citation: For Outstanding Research Contributions in Formal Security Models and Service to the Cyber Security Community 2012 o SIGSAC Outstanding Innovation Award: Awardee: Prof. Ravi Sandhu, University of Texas at San Antonio Citation: For seminal and highly innovative research contributions to the theory and practice of role and usage-based access control. o SIGSAC Outstanding Contributions Award: Awardee: Dr. Robert Herklotz, Air Force Office of Scientific Research Citation: For pioneering contributions to Air Force information systems security and for directing outstanding research programs in cyber security. 2011 o SIGSAC Outstanding Innovation Award: Prof. Virgil Gligor, Carnegie Mellon University Citation: For outstanding and pioneering innovations in Secure Operating Systems, Covert Channel Analysis, Intrusion Detection, Secure Wireless Sensor Networks, and Access Control Mechanisms. o SIGSAC Outstanding Contributions Award:Prof. Ravishankar K. Iyer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Citation: For his fundamental and far-reaching contributions and outstanding leadership in the assessment and design of secure and dependable computing systems. 2010 o SIGSAC Outstanding Innovation Award: Dr. Jan Camenisch, IBM Research-Zurich Citation: For outstanding theoretical work on privacy-enhancing cryptographic protocols and his leadership in their practical realization. o SIGSAC Outstanding Contributions Award: Prof. Bhavani Thuraisingham, Univeristy of Texas, Dallas Citation: For her seminal research contributions and outstanding leadership to Data and Applications Security for the past 25 years. 2009 o SIGSAC Outstanding Innovation Award: Dr. Jonathan Millen, The MITRE Corporation o SIGSAC Outstanding Contributions Award: Dr. Carl Landwehr, University of Maryland 2008 o SIGSAC Outstanding Innovation Award: Prof. Dorothy Denning, Naval Postgraduate School o SIGSAC Outstanding Contributions Award: Prof. Ravi Sandhu, University of Texas at San Antonio 2007 o SIGSAC Outstanding Innovation Award: Prof. Martin Abadi, Microsoft Research and University of California Santa Cruz o SIGSAC Outstanding Contributions Award: Prof. Sushil Jajodia, George Mason University 2006 o SIGSAC Outstanding Innovation Award: Dr. Michael Schroeder, Assistant Director at Microsoft Research Silicon Valley Lab. o SIGSAC Outstanding Contributions Award: Prof. Eugene Spafford, Director, CERIAS at Purdue University. 2005 o SIGSAC Outstanding Innovation Award: Dr. Whitfield Diffie, Vice President, Sun Fellow, and Chief Security Officer at Sun Microsystems. o SIGSAC Outstanding Contribution Award: Dr. Peter G. Neumann, Principal Scientist at SRI's Computer Research Lab.

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