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ATLANTA, Ga., April 11, 2005 – Executive Alliance, the premier provider of leadership-recognition forums, and Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE: CA), the Presenting Gigabyte sponsor, today announced the list of nominees for the first Information Security Executive of the Year (ISE) Midwest Awards 2005. This Award, which recognizes information security excellence across the Midwest, will be presented at a gala dinner at the Fairmont Hotel in Chicago, Illinois on May 12, 2005.

Following are the nominees for the ISE Midwest Awards 2005:

	Mike Assante Chief Security Officer American Electric Power Columbus, OH			Mark S. Bruhn CISSP, CISM, University Chief IT Security and Policy Officer Indiana University Bloomington, IN
	Gary Dobbins CISSP, Director, Information Security University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IL			Todd Fitzgerald CISSP, CISA, CISM, Systems Security Officer United Government Services, LLC Milwaukee, WI
	Don Jankowski CISSP, Manager of the Project & Policies Technology Risk Management Xcel Energy Minneapolis, MN			Steve Jenson Director of Global Information Security Services Ecolab St. Paul, MN
	Dan Lohrmann CISO State of Michigan Lansing, MI			Dan Lukas Lead Security Architect Aurora Health Care Milwaukee, WI
	Kimberly Van Nostern Chief Security Officer Allstate Insurance Company Northbrook, IL			Eric W. Schmidt Chief Security Officer Indiana University School of Medicine on the Indiana University Indianapolis, IN
	Peter Strombom CIO Meriter Health Systems Madison, WI			Miguel (Mike) O. Villegas Vice President & IS Audit Manager Wells Fargo Bank Minneapolis, MN
	Gareth Webley CSO National City Corporation Cleveland, OH

The ISE Midwest Awards honor 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 nominees and their organizations reflect a wonderful cross section of top security executives from across the Midwest region," said Marci McCarthy, CEO of Executive Alliance. "Banking, insurance, utilities, academia, government, health care and both large and small organizations are represented by these nominees."

"Computer Associates is honored to be the Presenting Gigabyte sponsor of the ISE Midwest Awards," said Michael Crest, North Central Area Manager for CA. "We believe it is important for us to be committed to showcasing the information security leadership in this area, and helping to raise the visibility of security and the positive impact it has to an organization's bottom line."

Chris Keating, director of CSI and Publisher of Secure Enterprise, will serve as the Master of Ceremonies for the Award Gala. Tickets are now on sale on-line. Individual tickets are $85 and tables of 10 are available for $850. Visit http://www.infosecaward.com to learn more about this prestigious award.

About Our Sponsors and the 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, CSC, Webroot ; Friends - Ad Hoc Communication Resources; National Media - Network Computing, Network Magazine, and Secure Enterprise.

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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