The ISE Awards 2009 recognizes the individuals and their teams who have demonstrated outstanding leadership in the field of information security.

The Information Security “Executive of the Year” Award Winner is defined as a leader who guides the organization’s risk management, data asset protection, privacy and network security efforts to improve their organization's cyber security posture while proactively implementing security technology and processes.

The Information Security “Project of the Year” Award Winner is defined as an information security project that has had the greatest positive impact on an organization in the last 12-18 months and is evaluated on its scope, goals, execution and results.

ISE Awards Requirements

Information Security "Executive of the Year" Awards Requirements

The Information Security Executive of the Year Award honors the individual who has made the greatest positive impact on his or her organization through risk management, enterprise data assets and privacy protection and information security. Nominees should be responsible for managing internal security organizations, mentoring and motivating staff members, developing innovative security solutions to business challenges and effectively managing and executing security strategies.

The Information Security Executive of the Year is defined as a leader who guides the effective use of information security and risk management to improve his or her company's information security posture while proactively implementing security technology and processes. Nominees can be a CSO, CISO, CTO, CIO, vice president, director or manager from IT, networking or security departments. Nominees cannot be an information security vendor or information security services provider. Other characteristics of the Information Security Executive of the Year Award nominee include the following:

• Must be a member of management (hold a title of manager or above), such as CSO, CISO, CTO, CIO, vice president, director or manager from IT, networking or security departments.  For the ISE North America Awards, the nominee must hold a title of Director or above
• Must have primary responsibility for risk management, data asset protection, regulatory compliance, privacy and/or information/network security performance of a company or organization and have held this responsibility for at least 12 months
• Must have employees who report directly to the nominee and have budget responsibility
• An organization may submit only one nominee for the Information Security Executive of the Year Award
• An executive CANNOT have been a nominee for more than three consecutive years representing the same organization. If the executive moves to a different ISE region or receives a promotion within the same organization, the executive is then eligible to submit a nomination form and be considered a nominee for the next three consecutive years. If the executive has changed company/organization, the executive must have worked at the new organization for at least twelve months prior to submitting another nomination form.
• CANNOT be an information security vendor or information security services provider or a contractor
• As all nominees will be recognized at the Awards Gala and during the business sessions of the program, nominees are requested to attend complimentary the Summit and Awards

Location Criteria: (Nominees must maintain primary residence in and be employed by a business or oversee the security infrastructure of a subsidiary that is located in the listed states to qualify for the listed Award.)

Information Security "Project of the Year" Awards Requirements

The Project of the Year Awards honor the key members of a team who have made the greatest positive impact on their organization through implementing risk management, enterprise data assets, privacy protection or an information security project. The Project must have been completed in the past 12-18months and be able to show measurable results. Nominees cannot be an information security vendor or information security services provider. Other characteristics of the Information Project of the Year Award nominee include the following:

• The Project must involve risk management, data asset protection, regulatory compliance, privacy and/or information/network security performance of the company or organization
• The Project must have been completed in the past 12-18months
• The Project must have an Executive Sponsor. An Executive Sponsor can be a CSO, CISO, CTO, CIO, vice president, or director from IT, networking or security departments who attests to the facts submitted in the nomination form
• An organization may enter more than one Project, but each Project must be entered on a separate nomination form
• CANNOT be an information security vendor or information security services provider or a contractor
• As all Executive Sponsors and Project  team members will be recognized at the Awards Gala and during the business sessions of the program, the Executive Sponsor and team members are requested to attend complimentary the Summit and Awards

Location Criteria: (Nominees must maintain primary residence in and be employed by a business or oversee the security infrastructure of a subsidiary that is located in the listed states to qualify for the listed Award.)

If you questions or need further information, please send an email to Shelly Jones at sjones@execalliance.com

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