Bill Rucker, President, Trustwave Government Solutions, has been awarded the 2022 AFFIRM Executive Leadership Award for Industry.

“AFFIRM (Association for Federal Information Resources Management) presented the Executive Leadership Award for Industry for Bill’s superior leadership in business and technology within the government technology community,” said AFFIRM president, Mark Krzysko. This award is presented to an executive of an SBA-defined small business who has demonstrated outstanding leadership and contributions to the community within and beyond information technology.

“Trustwave is honored that Bill Rucker has been awarded the 2022 AFFIRM Executive Leadership Award for Industry. As everyone at TGS knows, Bill leads from the front and this has helped Trustwave Government Solutions become a premiere provider of cybersecurity services to the public sector,” said Trustwave CEO Eric Harmon. “With Bill at the TGS helm, Trustwave can always be assured that our government business is in the best of hands.”

Bill is set to receive the award at the AFFIRM Leadership Awards Celebration on September 21, at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Washington, DC.

“It is an honor to receive the AFFIRM Award for Executive Leadership for Industry,” said Rucker. “I am proud of what is being accomplished at Trustwave Government Solutions. This is a wonderful recognition for me, but also for the tremendous work being done by the TGS team to innovate in the federal cybersecurity space. The launch of the first-ever managed detection and response (MDR) service specifically built for the rigorous requirements of the federal government shows that companies, regardless of size, can bring creative solutions to the table to better secure our nation’s digital assets.”

The AFFIRM Annual Leadership Awards have been presented each year since 1979 for honoring outstanding leadership in the IT community. AFFIRM is a 501(c)3 non-profit, volunteer, and educational organization whose overall purpose is to improve the management of information, and related systems and resources, within the Federal government.