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The moment we’ve all been waiting for is finally here. As we gear up for Rubrik Forward 2025—the definitive virtual summit for organizations committed to cyber resilience—we could not be more thrilled to unveil this year’s esteemed Cyber Resilience Award winners.
Selected among Rubrik’s incredible global community of customers, these inspiring leaders are luminaries and trailblazers in the practice of cyber resilience. Our award winners represent organizations that have demonstrated a commitment to driving change to strengthen their businesses against an ever-changing threat landscape.
Each honoree embodies distinct traits that are essential for achieving cyber resilience: innovation, vision, transformation, dedication, and impeccable leadership. Each of the following companies demonstrated how powerful cybersecurity strategies create safer environments for businesses and communities worldwide.
“It’s inspiring to recognize these leaders, whose clear vision, strong leadership, and relentless drive toward cyber resilience continue to set new benchmarks in data security,” said Giri Iyer, Chief Customer Officer at Rubrik. “We’re proud and honored to partner with them in safeguarding the digital future.”
Congratulations to all of our 2025 Cyber Resilience Award Winners!
THE CATALYST: AVOLTA
The Catalyst award highlights the company that drives transformative change in data security, creating cross-functional alignment and catalyzing impactful, long-lasting improvements to the organization’s resilience.
In 2024, two travel industry heavyweights (Autogrill and Dufry) combined to form a company now known as Avolta, an approximately $16 billion business serving customers from 5,100 locations in airports, train stations, and ports in more than 70 countries around the world.
Combining the two businesses required a significant digital transformation. Leveraging Rubrik, Avolta catalyzed a strategic security overhaul of legacy IT systems, implementing immutability, logical airgaps, and rapid recovery to safeguard data across its global estate—on-premises, cloud, and SaaS. This transformation improved productivity for more than 20,000 collaborating corporate users, ensuring Avolta’s 1,000+ global brands remain continuously available for millions of travelers worldwide. Congratulations, Avolta, and thank you for making our travel seamless and enjoyable!
"At Avolta, our mission is to enhance the traveler’s journey—in our team, this is achieved through innovation and security. As we continue to scale and protect our operations, partnering with Rubrik has been pivotal in ensuring robust data protection and seamless continuity. Being honored with The Catalyst Award reinforces the strength and success of our collaboration." – Martyn Gibbs, Head of Infrastructure, Avolta
THE GLOBAL GUARDIAN: PACCAR
The Global Guardian award honors the company that has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to securing its global operations, ensuring robust, end-to-end protection and data security across diverse regions and systems.
PACCAR has a century-long history of keeping the global economy moving, manufacturing and designing recognizable truck brands like Kenworth, Peterbilt, and DAF for customers worldwide.
With more than 30,000 global employees and 3 petabytes of data across 12 global data centers across North America, South America, Europe, and Australia, PACCAR is proof that size and complexity need not compromise cybersecurity. PACCAR uses Rubrik’s immutable data protection, threat monitoring, and orchestrated recovery solutions to keep vital supply chains rolling and the world’s highways connected and secure. Congratulations to PACCAR, a true Global Guardian indeed!
"Securing PACCAR’s operations worldwide requires innovative cybersecurity solutions and a constant pursuit of excellence. Rubrik has empowered us to deliver the highest levels of protection and resilience across our network, giving us greater confidence as we innovate and operate on a global scale. Being recognized as The Global Guardian highlights the success of our collaboration and emphasizes our ongoing commitment to protecting our people, customers, and partners." – Chuck Markarian, Chief Information Security Officer, PACCAR
THE VISIONARY: DOMINO'S PIZZA
The Visionary award celebrates the company that is shaping the future of cybersecurity with shrewd leadership and strategic foresight, driving industry-wide advancements in resilience and leading the charge to define the next era of cybersecurity.
Behind every hot, fresh slice of pizza delivered to your door, Domino's Pizza relies on a powerful, secure technology infrastructure to serve millions of customers globally. Recognizing cybersecurity as mission-critical, Domino’s relies on Rubrik to strengthen cyber defenses, provide immutable data protection, and rapidly recover critical systems. Domino’s proactive cybersecurity measures ensure team members can operate securely and without interruption, whether at the corporate or franchise level, so we can enjoy a delicious pie at any time. Bon appétit, Domino’s!
"At Domino’s, cyber resilience and business continuity directly impact the livelihood of thousands of franchisees and team members who count on us every day. In the QSR [quick-service resaturant] space, downtime caused by threats like ransomware can significantly disrupt our operations and our people. Partnering with Rubrik enables us to rapidly recover with trustworthy, immutable backups and strengthens our cyber defenses around identity and critical systems. Receiving The Visionary Award highlights our commitment to protecting the Domino’s family and continuously elevating cybersecurity excellence." – Andrew Albrecht, Chief Information Security Officer, Domino’s Pizza
THE TRANSFORMER: ZURICH NORTH AMERICA
The Transformer award celebrates the company that has reimagined its cyber resilience framework, overhauling both strategies and technologies to ensure updated, comprehensive ransomware protection and data security across the entire organization.
Zurich North America provides insurance solutions and risk management services to 90% of Fortune 500 companies as well as middle market companies across a wide range of industries. Part of a 150-year-old company, Zurich North America boldly revamped its cybersecurity framework in response to evolving NYDFS Cybersecurity requirements, using Rubrik to help automate ransomware response, implement logical airgaps, and enable rapid hybrid-cloud recovery. Congratulations Zurich, on your proactive cybersecurity innovations and unwavering commitment to customer protection, as well as your dedication to supporting businesses and communities during critical times.
"At Zurich, our cybersecurity mission revolves around ensuring trust and resilience in an increasingly complex digital landscape. Working with Rubrik is instrumental in reimagining our cybersecurity framework. We're honored by this recognition and remain committed to ongoing innovation and security excellence." – Adam Page, Chief Information Security Officer, Zurich North America
THE INNOVATOR: ARM
The Innovator award honors a company that constantly pushes the boundaries of possibility, leveraging cutting-edge technologies and forward-thinking strategies to address emerging challenges and elevate the organization’s cybersecurity posture.
Arm is a semiconductor and software design firm that is building the future of computing with products that deliver the performance and power efficiency required by billions of devices. To protect their valuable intellectual property and ensure seamless data mobility, Arm partners with Rubrik to innovate unstructured data protection and governance. This collaboration drives significant operational efficiencies, protecting innovations that power devices worldwide. Congratulations, Arm, for your leadership in technology innovation and commitment to cyber resilience!
"At Arm, we are building the future of computing, so we must adapt swiftly and prioritize continued innovation while ensuring business continuity and mitigating risk. Being recognized as The Innovator highlights the importance of our partnership and our collective commitment to driving forward-thinking advancements." – Ram Ganeshanathan, Chief Information Security Officer, Arm
“This year’s Cyber Resilience Award Winners represent what’s possible when organizations lead with proactive security practices and groundbreaking approaches to cyber resilience,” said Anneka Gupta, Chief Product Officer at Rubrik. “We're thrilled to celebrate their outstanding accomplishments and their dedication to safeguarding customers, communities, and operations worldwide.”
Want to Meet These Cybersecurity Leaders and Learn From Their Journeys?
We're just getting started! Join us at Rubrik Forward, our annual virtual user conference, where Andy Albrecht, CISO of Domino’s Pizza, Adam Page, CISO of Zurich North America, and Ram Ganeshanathan, CISO of Arm, will share first-hand insights into emerging cybersecurity trends, critical risks faced by enterprises today, and practical strategies for navigating the evolving threat landscape.
Register now for Rubrik Forward and help shape the future of cybersecurity!