These nominees have demonstrated outstanding leadership and exemplary achievement in the areas of information security, risk management, data asset protection, regulatory compliance, privacy and network security. They have proven their ability to develop innovative security strategies and solutions to meet business challenges in their organizations and the industry.

Congratulations to the ISE Northeast Information Security Executive of the Year Award Nominees for 2008.

	Marc Appelbaum, CISSP Manager, Information Security Vonage Holdings Corp. Holmdel, NJ Biography >			Steve Attias, CISSP, CISM First Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer New York Life Insurance Company New York, NY Biography >
	Anish Bhimani Managing Director, Risk & Security Management JPMorgan Chase & Co New York, NY Biography >			Brad Blake Director of IT Boston Medical Center Boston, MA Biography >
	Alberto Cardona Director of Enterprise Security The New York Times Company New York, NY Biography >			Brian Cohen Associate Vice Chancellor and University Chief Information Officer The City University of New York New York, NY Biography >
	Todd Colvin, CISSP, CISA, CISM, GSNA Director of Enterprise Data Security Paychex, Inc. Webster, NY Biography >			Doug Concepcion Chief Information Security Officer United Nations Population Fund West New York, NJ Biography >
	Paul de Graaff Global Information Security Officer and Senior Vice President, Global Operations and Systems AIG - American International Group, Inc. New York, NY Biography >			Charles J. De Sanno Executive Director, Enterprise Technology and Infrastructure Engineering Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Information and Technology Brooklyn, NY Biography >
	Steven Harkola, APICS(CPIM), ITIL Director, Support Services Energy East Rochester, NY Biography >			Craig Lucca, CISSP, CISA Manager, Security Administration and Management Bloomberg New York, NY Biography >
	Peter Milla Chief Information Officer Survey Sampling International Fairfield, CT Biography >			Michael Miller, CISSP Vice President of Global Security and Services Global Crossing, Ltd. Rochester, NY Biography >
	Robert Pappagianopoulos Corporate Director, Technical Services and Operations; Chief Information Security Officer Partners HealthCare System, Inc. Charlestown, MA Biography >			Sunil Seshadri Senior Vice President and Global Head of Information Security NYSE Euronext New York, NY Biography >
	Deborah Snyder Information Security Officer NYS Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) Albany, NY Biography >			Dan Tigar Executive Vice President of Security Citigroup, Inc. New York, NY Biography>
	Gerald Werner PepsiCo International Security Manager PepsiCo, Inc. Valhalla, NY Biography >			Paul Young Information Security Director Henry Schein, Inc. Melville, NY Biography >