b'4 Partner News Spring 2023IET updatesHonoring Excellence:The Churchill Medal Award 2022The annual Churchill Medal Award ceremony was held on Wednesday, 2 November 2022 at the IETs flagship home, Savoy Place. The Churchill Medal Award (CMA) is thesafely analyses various networks from across most prestigious award for engineering anddifferent security domains, on one common innovation in the Armed Forces and MODplatform. This technology is now heavily and is awarded every year on behalf of theutilised within the Army Cyber Information Joint Professional Engineering InstitutionsSecurity Operating Centre (CyISOC), in (PEIs). support of HQ Allied Rapid Reaction Corps at Innsworth and is also employed by the Taking place in the Maxwell Library at SavoyAir CyISOC; this system has Defence-wide Place this years ceremony was attendedutility. by over 90 guests from across the Armed Forces, other PEIs and this years sponsorsThis years finalists were WO1 (FofS) Tom for the event DSEI. Those who attendedWilson (Winner), Dstl System of Systems were treated to a champagne receptionProject team, Sgt Neil Pickup, SSgt Robin followed by a 3-course meal before theCraig and the 90 Signals Unit RAVEN presentation of the medal.Team, all of which were presented with a certificate by Sir Julian. Our 2022 finalists citations were read by former IET President and retired Air MarshalAfter the award was presented, guests were Sir Julian Young before he presented theable to network and catch up with their medal to the winner. This years Churchillcolleagues and peers whilst interviews wereThe Churchill Medal Award is Medal was won by Warrant Officer Firstfilmed for IET.tv. We thank all who attended Class (Foreman of the Signals) Tom Wilson.this years ceremony and contributed toone of the most prestigious Entirely on his own initiative, Foremanthe evening being a huge success andawards for the Armed Forces Wilson designed and built a prototype thathelped make the Churchill Medal the most secured 500k from Defence Digital (DD)prestigious award for engineering andrecognised by the engineering Cyber Solutions to implement a system thatinnovation in the Armed Forces.profession. enabled Defensive Cyber Operations.During the development and triallingThe Churchill Medal is awarded jointly phases, Foreman Wilson also identified thatby the Institution of Engineering and some existing products and processes,Technology, Institute of Marine Engineering,Michelle Richmond MBE CEng FIETif utilised slightly differently, could alsoScience and Technology (IMarEST), the Royal provide availability metrics, improvingAeronautical Society (RAeS), the Institution system-wide service management. of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), the Institution of Royal Engineers (InstRE), the Continuing this logical approach, he usedInstitution of Civil Engineers (ICE), the that premise to design, build and accreditSociety of Operations Engineers (SOE) and a Single-Pane-of-Glass capability thatthe British Computer Society (BCS).'