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Mark Burnette and Joseph DiBenedetto Recognized for
Outstanding Leadership in Information Security

ATLANTA, Ga., March 28, 2005 – Executive Alliance, the premier provider of leadership-recognition forums, and Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE: CA), the Presenting Gigabyte sponsor, today announced that Mark Burnette, Global Information Security Officer with Willis (Nashville, TN) was named the winner of the Information Security Executive (ISE) of the Year Southeast Awards™ 2005 and Joseph DiBenedetto, Global IT Security Manager with Office Depot, Inc. (Delray Beach, FL), was named the winner of the ISE Southeast's People's Choice Award™.
Both were selected among 27 of the southeast's leading security pioneers at the premier information security executive recognition event held on the evening of March 24, 2005 at the Grand Hyatt Buckhead in Atlanta, Georgia.

"We are delighted to present the ISE Southeast Awards to Mark Burnette in recognition of his accomplishments in information security," said Deb Tummins, senior vice president at CA, the presenting sponsor of the award. "The ISE Southeast Awards are a great platform to showcase security professionals and the critical role they play in safeguarding their organizations."

"The ISE Southeast People's Choice Award reflects the community's respect for a security leader," said Marci McCarthy, CEO of Executive Alliance. "Joseph DiBenedetto was selected from among 27 nominees through a poll of registered attendees at the Awards Gala. We are honored to recognize him as this year's award winner."

About Executive Alliance and ISE Awards

The Information Security Executive of the Year Southeast Awards 2005, a property of Executive Alliance, Inc. is brought to the business community by the following sponsors: GigaByte - Computer Associates; MegaByte - Courion; KiloByte - Consul, Computer Sciences Corporation, KPMG, Lancope, McAfee, Stonesoft, Reflex Security, Trusted Network Technologies, Webroot; National Media - Network Computing, Network Magazine, and Secure Enterprise; Local Media - TechLINKS; Associations - Technology Association of Georgia and InfraGard Atlanta.

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. Previously, the ISE Georgia Award was presented to Rich Baich, CISO of ChoicePoint, in 2004 and to Monique Shivanandan, VP of IT Strategy, Security and Business Continuity for BellSouth, in 2003. Ann Garrett, the CISO of the State of North Carolina was the winner of the ISE National Award in 2004. In 2005, the ISE Award Program Series will include the ISE Southeast Award (Atlanta, GA), ISE Midwest Award (Chicago, IL), ISE New England Award (Boston, MA), ISE Tri-State Award (New York, NY) and the ISE National Award (Washington, DC). For more information, please visit www.infosecaward.com.

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