PC Pro writer wins prestigious BT security award

 

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By Tim Danton

Posted on 11 Jun 2008 at 15:40

PC Pro contributing editor Davey Winder stole the top honour at today's BT Information Security Journalism Awards, earning the title of Information Security Journalist of the Year 2008.

He also scooped the Best Information Security News Story award, for his revelations about Trojans being installed on TomTom hardware - as published in PC Pro.

"The TomTom article was just different," explained Graham Edwards, head of group information and IT risk at HBOS, and one of the judges. "It was an exposé, showing investigative journalism and tenacity. It takes a lot of pressure for a corporation to admit an issue - you've got to push, push and push."

Davey won the overall award for the body of work he's written for PC Pro over the past year. "We were looking for stuff that was readable by non-security specialists but would also drive home the point about security, and how it affects all of us."

He went on: "His whole portfolio was informative and they were all human articles. Plus, there was diversity in there - it wasn't a formula, he always linked in what he thought would interest people."

All the judges praised the increasing quality of the security articles that had been submitted, which included one by Simon Edwards, features editor of our sister title Computer Shopper.

"We can use the articles in corporate presentations to tell a story, where the common man will believe there's an issue. After all, people who [make buying decisions] in corporations are the common man too."

The full list of winners are:

Information security journalist of the year: Davey Winder
Best information security news story: Davey Winder
Best business continuity feature of the year: Michelle Price
Best identity management feature of the year: Danny Bradbury
Best privacy feature of the year: Jon Thompson
Best generic security feature of the year: Eleanor Dallaway
Engima award: Peter Warren

Photo courtesy of Daniel Lewis