Joe Ellis Wins the Title of Top Global CISO for 2024 in Cyber Defense Magazine’s 12th Annual Awards
Ryder System, Inc. (NYSE: R) is proud to announce that its Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) Joe Ellis has been named a winner in the Top Global CISOs Awards for 2024, sponsored annually by Cyber Defense Magazine.
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Ryder Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) Joe Ellis has been named a winner of the Top Global CISOs Awards for 2024, sponsored annually by Cyber Defense Magazine. (Photo: Business Wire)
To secure this top honor, Mr. Ellis competed against thousands of candidates for this prestigious award. Judges search for the most innovative candidates, with unparalleled success in communicating with their boards and senior level executives, detecting and stopping breaches and data loss, complying with regulations, and building powerful risk reduction programs for their organizations.
“We’re incredibly proud to see Joe once again recognized as an industry leader in cyber innovation and defense by Cyber Defense Magazine for the third consecutive year,” says Ryder CIO Rajeev Ravindran. “With 28 years in IT, Joe’s impressive leadership and expertise have driven substantial results, making an impact on Ryder’s cybersecurity initiatives.”
Chief information security officers are the first responders of cyberspace and deserve to be recognized for their achievements as they fend off cyber criminals and other cyber attacks. They work tirelessly to allow companies to grow by managing and mitigating risks and compliance issues on a day-to-day basis.
“We’re pleased to name Joe Ellis as a winner among a small, elite group of information security professionals of our Top Global CISOs Awards for 2024 celebrating with them at CyberDefenseCon 2024,” says Gary Miliefsky, publisher of Cyber Defense Magazine.
As Ryder’s CISO since 2018, Mr. Ellis manages the transportation and logistics company’s information security initiatives. Prior to joining Ryder, he was CISO at Subway Restaurants. With nearly three decades of IT leadership experience, he is also a CISSP® - Certified Information Systems Security Professional, Certified Information Systems Auditor® (CISA), and Certified Data Privacy Solutions Engineer (CDPSE). Mr. Ellis holds a bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity from Southern New Hampshire University.
To view the full list of winners, visit https://cyberdefenseawards.com/top-global-cisos-winners-for-2024/.
About Ryder System, Inc.
Ryder System, Inc. (NYSE: R) is a fully integrated port-to-door logistics and transportation company. It provides supply chain, dedicated transportation, and fleet management solutions, including warehousing and distribution, contract manufacturing and packaging, e-commerce fulfillment, last-mile delivery, managed transportation, professional drivers, freight brokerage, nearshoring solutions, full-service leasing, maintenance, commercial truck rental, and used vehicle sales to some of the world’s most-recognized brands. Ryder provides services throughout the United States, Mexico, and Canada. In addition, Ryder manages nearly 250,000 commercial vehicles, services fleets at 760 maintenance locations, and operates nearly 300 warehouses encompassing more than 100 million square feet. Ryder is regularly recognized for its industry-leading practices; technology-driven innovations; corporate responsibility; environmental management; safety, health and security programs; military veteran recruitment initiatives; and the hiring of a diverse workforce. www.ryder.com
About Cyber Defense Awards
This is Cyber Defense Magazine’s 12th year of honoring cybersecurity innovators, in this case the Top Global CISOs for 2024, on our Cyber Defense Awards platform. In this competition, judges for these and other prestigious awards includes cybersecurity industry veterans, trailblazers and market makers Gary Miliefsky of CDMG, Dr. Lindsey Polley de Lopez of VentureScope, Katie Gray of In-Q-Tel, Robert R. Ackerman Jr. of Allegis Cyber, Dino Boukouris of AltitudeCyber and with much appreciation to emeritus judges Robert Herjavec of Cyderes, Dr. Peter Stephenson of CDMG and David DeWalt of NightDragon. Top InfoSec Innovators for 2024 is found here: https://cyberdefenseawards.com/top-infosec-innovators-for-2024/ and download The Black Unicorn Report for 2024: https://cyberdefenseawards.com/the-black-unicorn-report-for-2024/ and Top Global CISOs Winners for 2024, here: https://cyberdefenseawards.com/top-global-cisos-winners-for-2024/.
About Cyber Defense Magazine
Cyber Defense Magazine was founded in 2012 by Gary S. Miliefsky, globally recognized cyber security thought leader, inventor and entrepreneur and continues to be the premier source of IT Security information. We are managed and published by and for ethical, honest, passionate information security professionals. Our mission is to share cutting-edge knowledge, real-world stories and awards on the best ideas, products and services in the information technology industry. We deliver electronic magazines every month online for free, and limited special editions exclusively for the RSA, BlackHat and Cyber Defense Conferences. Learn more about us at http://www.cyberdefensemagazine.com. Cyber Defense Magazine is a proud member of the Cyber Defense Media Group.
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