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ATLANTA, Ga., August 8, 2006- Executive Alliance, creator and provider of premium leadership-recognition forums announced today the Call for Nominations is now underway for the third annual Information Security Executive (ISE) of the Year National Award 2006. Nomination forms for this prestigious award are currently available at www.infosecaward.com and will be accepted through Friday, September 15, 2006. The winner will be announced at a gala awards ceremony which is to be the anchor event of the CSI Executive Retreat Featuring the ISE National Awards at the Gaylord Palms Resort in Orlando Florida, November 5-7, 2006.

Since the ISE National Award recognizes best practices that transcend industry and technology boundaries, nominations are encouraged from security executives in all private and public companies, as well as government agencies and academic institutions. These nominees will be evaluated by a distinguished panel of industry experts and past ISE nominees and winners to determine five finalists and a winner.

Award Criteria

The Information Security Executive (ISE) of the Year is defined as a leader who guides the company's risk management, data asset protection, privacy and network security efforts to improve the enterprise cyber security posture while proactively implementing security technology and processes. This person can be a CSO, CISO, CTO, CIO, vice president, or director from IT, networking or security departments, but cannot be an information security vendor or services provider. Other characteristics of the Information Security Executive should include the following:

• Primarily responsible for the risk management, data asset protection, regulatory compliance, privacy and/or information/network security performance of the company or organization
• Promotes a risk management and security vision that supports the organization's strategy
• Member of management (director level or above)
• Proven track record of information security leadership
• Employed by a business or oversee the security infrastructure of a subsidiary that is located in the United States
• Creates work environments that are positive and rewarding to employees
• Nominees are encouraged and Finalists are requested to attend the awards reception and gala on the evening of Monday, November 6, 2006, at the Gaylord Palms Resort in Orlando, Florida

The Awards Gala and Ceremony are part of a three day program of events which will be produced alongside the CSI 33 rd Annual Computer Security Conference and Exhibition. Adding a new dimension to the event, Executive Alliance and CSI will blend the celebration of the ISE Awards with an executive track comprised of cutting-edge CSI presentations, speakers and content along with industry forums. Symantec Corporation will be the ISE National Award Terabyte Sponsor for the second year in a row. In this role, Symantec will enhance the program with events and activities designed to foster peer-to-peer interaction and relationship-building for the program attendees. Geared toward business and technology leadership, the CSI Executive Retreat Featuring the ISE National Awards will be a compelling event for the leaders of the industry.

"Expanding the ISE National Awards provides an unparalleled networking platform with great capacity for interaction and access, for nominees and sponsors alike," said Marci McCarthy, CEO of Executive Alliance. "The CSI Executive Retreat Featuring the ISE National Awards will once again allow Executive Alliance to set the bar a notch higher for outstanding information security executive programs."

"The quality of the nominees we've seen over the past two years has been outstanding," said Chris Keating, director of the Computer Security Institute. "We're delighted to work with Executive Alliance to bring these leaders together during CSI's Annual Conference."

Nominations must be received by Friday, September 15, 2006 via email to iseNational@infosecaward.com. For questions, please call 404.982.8562.

About the ISE National 2006 Sponsors

The Information Security Executive of the Year National Award 2006™, a property of Executive Alliance, Inc., is brought to the business community by the following sponsors: Terabyte Sponsor (Presenting Gigabyte and ISE/CSI Member's Choice Award Sponsor) - Symantec; Megabyte Sponsors -Cenzic and Tizor; Luminary Leadership Award Sponsor - Intellitactics; Kilobyte Sponsors - Brabeion, Crossbeam Systems, CSC, Entrust, and Patchlink; National Media Sponsors- Information Week Magazine, Network Computing Magazine and Optimize Magazine; Research Sponsor - Symantec; National Association Sponsor - ISSA CISO Executive Membership

About Executive Alliance and the ISE Awards

Executive Alliance is the creator and provider of premium leadership-recognition forums that honor and record outstanding achievement of executives. These forums facilitate deep relationships within a network of peers; provide visibility for executives and their companies, and offer access and insight into the leaders of industries. Through an extensive platform of collaborative events, which include Industry Award Events, Summits, Executive Forums, Private Receptions and Customized Programs, Executive Alliance creates interactive assemblies for bringing together top executives and innovators in their field.

Recognized by Morgan Keegan as the largest and most widely recognized awards program for IT security executives, the ISE Award Program Series™ includes the ISE Southeast Award (Atlanta, GA), ISE Central Award (Dallas, TX), ISE New England Award (Boston, MA), ISE Mid-Atlantic Award (Washington DC), ISE West Award (San Francisco, CA), ISE Tri-State Award (New York, NY), and the ISE National Award (Orlando, FL). For more information on this prestigious award, visit www.infosecaward.com

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