Information Security Executive of the Year Award : : ISE Awards Press Releases

Tom Wethington
Executive Alliance
Phone: 404-982-8562

Rachel Weeks
Courion® Corporation
Phone: 568-661-0467

Executive Alliance and Presenting Gigabyte & Research Sponsor Courion® Corporation Announce Winners of the Information Security Executive of the Year New England Awards™
MassMutual Finance Group's Chief Information Security Officer Honored at Gala

ATLANTA, Ga., May 30, 2006 - Executive Alliance, creator and provider of premium leadership-recognition forums and Presenting Gigabyte Sponsor Courion® Corporation, the provisioning specialist, announced today that Bruce Bonsall, Chief Information Security Officer and 2 nd Vice President of MassMutual Financial Group has been named the winner of the prestigious second annual Information Security Executive (ISE) of the Year New England 2006 Award. Mr. Bonsall and eight other nominees were honored at a gala reception and awards ceremony held on Thursday evening, May 25, 2006 at the Marriott Long Wharf Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts.

Michael Daly, Director of Enterprise Security Services, Raytheon Company was named the ISE New England People's Choice Award winner. Three ISE Finalists, including Mr. Bonsall and Mr. Daly, were showcased during the evening event. The other showcase finalist is Roland P. Cloutier, Senior Director, Global Security Organization, EMC Corporation. Additionally, Silvio Micali, Professor of Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was named the recipient of the ISE New England Rising Star Award. The awards ceremony is held in conjunction with a series of events during a day-long program. Included in the program this year was an important ISE research paper that was conducted with the support of Presenting Gigabyte Sponsor, Courion, to highlight the challenges faced by these executives. Titled ISEs on the Front Lines, the survey results were shared with all ISE New England attendees. Other interested security executives may download the survey from the ISE of the Year Program Series™ Website: http://www.infosecaward.com/research/ISEs Front Lines.php

"This was a tremendous opportunity to reward and recognize the incredible talent found in this industry," said Chris Zannetos, President and CEO, Courion® Corporation. "Courion congratulates Bruce Bonsall, Michael Daly and all the nominees. We support the ISE New England Award because it empowers these tremendous professionals who along with their teams are overcoming security issues, for all of us, everyday."

"Bruce Bonsall makes a superb ISE of the Year," said Marci McCarthy, CEO of Executive Alliance, Inc. "Our judges were impressed with his dedication to MassMutual and his development of the CISO role within the enterprise."

The ISE New England Award is designed to celebrate the accomplishments of information security industry leaders. Nominees are accepted from private and public companies, as well as government agencies and academic institutions. They are evaluated and a winner is selected by a distinguished panel of judges comprised of industry experts including past ISE nominees and winners. The People's Choice Award recipient is selected by peers, recognizing outstanding leadership in the information security industry. The recipient of the Rising Star Award, given in recognition of the accomplishments made by those deemed to be the future leaders of the industry, is selected by Executive Alliance with the assistance of the region's established industry practitioners and leaders.

The Information Security Executive of the Year New England Award 2006™, a property of Executive Alliance, Inc., is brought to the business community by the following sponsors: Presenting Gigabyte and Research Sponsor - Courion; Megabyte Sponsors - Symantec and Tizor; Kilobyte Sponsors - Akibia, Cenzic, Crossbeam Systems, CSC, Passlogix and Sourcefire; National Media Sponsors - InformationWeek, Optimize and Network Computing Magazines ; National Association Sponsor - ISSA CISO Executive Membership; Education Sponsor - VCampus.

Courion's technology innovation simplifies the complexities of provisioning to immediately impact its customers' business and provide lasting results. Unlike competitive technologies that concentrate on infrastructure-centric solutions at the expense of business operations, Courion takes a holistic approach to provisioning by securely connecting people to critical enterprise resources. Working within an organization's existing IT environment to provide immediate pain point relief, Courion's identity management solutions securely automate routine, manual processes for user provisioning, password management, audit and regulatory compliance, and profile management.

Executive Alliance is the creator and provider of premium leadership-recognition forums that honor and celebrate 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