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ATLANTA - August 28, 2007 - Executive Alliance, creator and provider of premium leadership-recognition forums and events worldwide, announced today the nominees for the ISE Northeast Award 2007.

The finalists and winner will be revealed at a gala ceremony held on the evening of Thursday, October 4, 2007 at the Marriott Marquis Times Square Hotel in New York, New York. The award recognizes outstanding achievement in the field of information security for 2007 and the winner is chosen from leading IT security executives from the Northeast region, which includes, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont.

The nominees are:

	Dennis Brixius Vice President, Risk Management and Chief Security Officer The McGraw-Hill Companies New York, NY Biography >			Jeff Brown Director of Infrastructure Services and Chief Information Security Officer Raytheon Billerica, MA Biography >
	Tim Callahan, CISSP, CISM First Vice President, Technology Risk Management and Chief Information Security Officer People's United Financial, Inc Bridgeport CT Biography >			Gary Cantrell Vice President and Chief Information Officer Textron Inc. Providence, RI Biography >
	Todd Colvin, CISSP, CISA, CISM, GSNA Director of Enterprise Data Security Department Paychex, Inc. Webster, NY Biography >			Mark Connelly Managing Director, Information Risk and Security Credit Suisse First Boston New York, NY Biography >
	Chester Davis, CISA Director - IT Security & Controls Campbell Soup Company Camden, NJ Biography >			Gabe Esposito, CBCP, CFE Director Corporate Security & Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery Group Verizon Wireless Basking Ridge, NJ Biography >
	Mark Freericks Director, Communications and Operations Covanta Energy Corporation Fairfield, NJ Biography >			Sharon Kaufman, CISM, CISA Assistant Vice President & Program Director of Information Security Risk Assessment The Bank of New York Mellon New York, NY Biography >
	Craig Lucca, CISSP, CISA Manager, Security Administration and Management Bloomberg New York, NY Biography >			Ian Marlow, COP President and CEO Newmark Knight Frank Global Management Services Parsippany, NJ Biography >
	Bill McQuaid Chief Information Officer and Assistant Vice President Parkview Adventist Medical Center Brunswick, ME Biography >			Richard Menta Information Security Officer iBase Milltown, NJ Biography >
	James Moore, CISSP, IAM Information Security Officer Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) Rochester, NY Biography >			Jairo Orea Information Security Officer ING US Financial Services Hartford, CT Biography >
	Bob Pappagianopoulos Corporate Director, Technical Services and Operations; Chief Information Security Officer Partners HealthCare System, Inc. Charlestown, MA Biography >			James Routh, CISM Chief Information Security Officer The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation New York, NY Biography >
	Stephen Warner Executive Director Infrastructure Quest Diagnostics Lyndhurst, NJ Biography >			Gerald Werner Security Manager/Architect PepsiCo, Inc. Valhalla, NY Biography >

The ISE Northeast Executive Forum includes global moderators Bruce Bonsall, Chief Information Security Officer and Second Vice President of MassMutual Financial Group, and Marc Sokol, Chief Security Officer of the Guardian Life Insurance Company of America. The invitation-only forum fosters interaction and peer-to-peer information exchange which allows industry members to establish new and develop existing relationships.

"We have a terrific list of exemplary leaders as nominees for the ISE Northeast Award 2007," said Marci McCarthy , CEO of Executive Alliance. "We couldn't think of a better testament to the significance of the award in its third year, as it continues to bring visibility to the information security and risk management industry and to the men and women who lead it."

For more information about reservations and tickets please visit http://infosecaward.com/regional/northEast/.

About the ISE Northeast 2007 Sponsors

The ISE Northeast Forum and Awards Gala 2007, a property of Executive Alliance, Inc., is brought to the business community by the following sponsors: Gigabyte- Intellitactics, Symantec; Megabyte - ArcSight, Brabeion, Courion, VeriSign, Vontu; Kilobyte - Aveksa, Cenzic, CSC, Fortify Software, Lancope, Marshal, Ounce Labs, Passlogix, Skybox Security, StoneSoft; National Media - InformationWeek.

About Executive Alliance and the ISE Awards

Executive Alliance is the creator and provider of premium leadership-recognition forums that honor and celebrate outstanding achievement of executives worldwide. 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.

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