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ATLANTA, Ga., November 7, 2006 - Executive Alliance, creator and provider of premium leadership-recognition forums, announced today that Bruce Bonsall, Chief Information Security Officer and 2nd Vice President, MassMutual Financial Group, has been named the winner of the prestigious Information Security Executive (ISE) of the Year National Award 2006. Mr. Bonsall was selected in respect of his ability to infuse security into the culture of the MassMutual organization. He and fifty other nominees were honored at a gala reception and awards ceremony held as the anchor event of the CSI Executive Retreat Featuring the ISE National Awards at the Gaylord Palms Resort in Orlando, Florida.

Eric Litt, Chief Information Security Officer, General Motors Corporation was named the ISE/ CSI Members' Choice Award winner. He was selected by industry peers through an online voting process.

Five ISE Finalists, including Mr. Bonsall and Mr. Litt were showcased during the evening event. The other finalists are Theresa Masse, Chief Information Security Officer, State of Oregon, Joseph Moorcones, Vice President, Worldwide Information Security, Johnson & Johnson and Richard Jackson, Chief Information Protection Officer and General Manager, Global Information Risk Management, Chevron Corporation.

The ISE National Award celebrates the accomplishments of the information security industry and its leaders. The honor is awarded to a chief security officer or an executive in an equivalent position who has overall responsibility for risk management, data asset protection, regulatory compliance, privacy and information security. This is the third annual ISE National Award Program which is held in conjunction with the CSI Computer Security Conference and Exhibition; applicants from across the United States were eligible to be nominated. The ISE Award Program Series™ will enter its fifth year in 2007 and has expanded in the past two years to include six regions, now covering the entire United States and reflecting the exponential growth in requirements for information security, privacy protection and risk management.

"We are thrilled to be able to congratulate Bruce Bonsall, Eric Litt, the finalists and nominees of the ISE National Awards," said Marci McCarthy, CEO of Executive Alliance. "These are the people who positively impact the safety and security of our businesses and our lives; it is important to recognize their contribution."

"The ISE National Award fulfills a very real need to celebrate the leaders of the information security industry," said Robert Richardson, director of the Computer Security Institute. "Their inspired stories and collective experience are just a part of why the CSI Executive Retreat Featuring the ISE National Awards is the information security event of the season."

Sponsorships for the ISE National Awards 2007 are available. Interested parties should inquire via email to iseNational@infosecaward.com or by phone to 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, NetIQ, Ounce Labs and Patchlink; National Media Sponsors -- Information Week Magazine, Network Computing Magazine and Optimize Magazine ; Research Sponsor -- Symantec; Education Sponsor -- (ISC)²; 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 CSI Executive Retreat Featuring the ISE National Awards (Orlando, FL). For more information on this prestigious award, visit www.infosecaward.com

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