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Shelli Ryan, APR Ad Hoc Communication Resources, LLC (for Executive Alliance) Phone: 402-572-6510

ATLANTA, Ga., March 28, 2005 – Executive Alliance, Inc. the premier provider of leadership-recognition forums, today announced that it has named the Distinguished Panel of Judges for the first annual Information Security Executive of the Year (ISE) Midwest Awards 2005 to be held at an evening gala on Thursday, May 12, 2005 at the Fairmont Hotel in Chicago, IL. Presented by GigaByte sponsor, Computer Associates International, Inc. (CA), this award honors the achievements of today's information security pioneers and recognizes excellence in managing enterprise-wide network and Internet security systems in the Upper Midwest region of Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Indiana, Ohio, Iowa and Wisconsin.

The distinguished panel of judges includes five notable industry award winners and industry experts:

	Rich Baich Chief Information Security Officer, Winner of the 2004 ISE in Georgia Award™ ChoicePoint			William C. Boni, Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer, Finalist of the 2004 ISE National Awards™ Motorola Information Protection Services
	Leo Cronin Senior Director, Information Security Finalist of the 2004 ISE National Awards LexisNexis Group			Mike Fratto Editor, ISE National Media Partner Secure Enterprise Magazine
	Kelly Hansen CEO Neohapsis

About Executive Alliance and ISE Awards

The Information Security Executive of the Year Midwest Awards 2005, a property of Executive Alliance, Inc. is brought to the business community by the following sponsors: Presenting GigaByte - Computer Associates; MegaByte - Intellitactics, Lancope; KiloByte - Courion, Webroot ; National Media - Network Computing, Network Magazine, and Secure Enterprise; Friends: Ad Hoc PR

Based upon the success of previous ISE Award Galas, Executive Alliance, the premier provider of leadership-recognition forums, launched the ISE Award Program Series to recognize outstanding leadership and exemplary achievement in the field of information security. Nominees are information security pioneers from private, public, government and academic institutions that have made contributions to their organizations and the security industry. In 2005, the ISE Award Program Series will include the ISE Southeast Awards (Atlanta, GA), ISE Midwest Awards (Chicago, IL), ISE New England Awards (Boston, MA), ISE Tri-State Awards (New York, NY) and the ISE National Awards (Washington, DC). For more information, please visit www.infosecaward.com.

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