Kent Kling, Chief Security Officer at TNS, was recently named a winner in the Top Global CISOs Awards for 2024 by Cyber Defense Magazine during CyberDefenseCon.

Thousands of candidates competed for the prestigious award, with judges searching for those who have 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.

With over 30 years’ experience in information technology, Kent joined TNS in 1998 and has been based at the company’s headquarters in Reston, US since then. He is responsible for the development, implementation and management of TNS’ security strategy and programs.

“We’re pleased to name Kent Kling 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,“ said Gary Miliefsky, Publisher of Cyber Defense Magazine.

Chief information security officers often work tirelessly to allow companies to grow, expand and increase potential profits by managing and mitigating major risks and regulatory compliance issues on a day-to-day basis.

The full list of winners can be found here: cyberdefenseawards.com/top-global-cisos-winners-for-2024