HONG KONG, Sept. 29 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- (ISC)2(R) ("ISC-squared"), the not-for-profit global leader in educating and certifying information security professionals throughout their careers, today announced the honorees for its second Asia-Pacific Information Security Leadership Achievements (ISLA) Program. (ISC)2 will show video interviews of the four showcased honorees to highlight each of their distinguished workforce initiatives at the Gala Dinner on October 28 in Seoul, South Korea. Each of the nominees, including their peers and colleagues, will be in attendance at the event.
Through ISLA, (ISC)2 publicly recognizes the ongoing commitment by information security leaders throughout Asia-Pacific to build a highly qualified and ethical workforce. As part of (ISC)2’s global Awards Program, ISLA aims to recognize the achievements of outstanding IT security professionals who have significantly contributed to the enhancement of the workforce by demonstrating a leadership role in an IT security workforce improvement initiative, program or project. Professional certification is not a requirement for nomination.
Professionals were nominated in three distinct categories:
-- Senior Non-IT security professional (examples include: Chief
Information Officer, Chief Financial Officer, program/project manager);
-- Senior IT Security Professional (examples include: Chief Security
Officer, Chief Information Security Officer, IT Security Manager or
senior security manager with significant IT security management
responsibilities);
-- IT Security Practitioner who has distinguished him/herself for
implementing and/or managing the implementation of a component of a
security program (examples include: managing security awareness and
training program, conducting difficult, complex security evaluations,
etc.).
The honorees are as follows:
In the category of Senior Non-IT Security Professional:
-- Jeong Sik Choi, CEO & Publisher, INFOTHE Co., Ltd. (KOREA)
In the category of Senior IT Security Professional:
-- Dr. Ki-Yoong Hong, Ph.D., P.E., President & CEO, SECUVE Co. Ltd. (KOREA)
-- Dr. Pei-Wen Liu, Ph.D. , Managing Director, Information & Communication
Security Technology Center (TAIWAN)
-- Itsuro Nishimoto, Corporate Director, Little eArth Corporation Co. Ltd.,
Director, Risk Research Institute of Cyber Space (JAPAN)
-- Qazi Mohammad Misbahuddin Ahmed, B.CS, MBA-MIS, CISSP, CPTS, ITIL,
COBIT, AMBCI, Managing Partner, PakCERT (PAKISTAN)
-- Natsuki Saikawa, CISSP, Manager, Security Solution Section, ICT
Solution Engineering Division, KDDI Corporation (JAPAN)
-- Adnan Shahid, CISSP-ISSMP, Director IT Strategy, MOBILINK GSM (PAKISTAN)
-- Masahiro Shimomura, President & CEO, dit Co., Ltd (JAPAN)
-- Dr. Soojung Shin, Ph.D., Executive Vice President, Infosec Co., Ltd.
(KOREA)
-- Prof. Nao Yasuda, CISSP, Chief researcher, NPO Japan Network Security
Association & Professor, Cyber University (JAPAN)
In the category of IT Security Practitioner:
-- Tim Meng Ching, CISSP, CISA, Chairperson, Security Controls and
Security Services Working Group, ITSC Singapore (SINGAPORE)
-- Frank Law, CISSP, BEng, MsC (Internet Computing), Senior Inspector,
Hong Kong Police Force (HONG KONG)
-- Myoung Sun Noh, Director, Network Monitoring Team, Korea Information
Security Agency (KOREA)
-- Hisamichi Ohtani, Senior Expert, Research and Development Headquarters,
SI Architecture Center, NTT DATA Corporation (JAPAN)
-- Wansuck Yi, Director, u-IT Service Protection Team, Korea Information
Security Agency (KOREA)
"This year, we received many top-quality and diversified nominations from different economies in the Asia-Pacific region and the goal of our review process was to identify those who demonstrated not only strong leadership skills, but also commitment to mentoring others," said Dr. Jae-woo Lee, co-chair for the (ISC)2 Asian Advisory Board (AAB) and Nomination Review Committee member for ISLA 2008. "We look forward to honoring the contribution that these 15 honorees made for the past year at the Gala Dinner in Seoul," Dr. Lee is also Chair Professor, Graduate School of International Affairs and Information, Dongguk University, Korea.
For details about the ISLA 2008 Nomination Review Committee, please visit https://www.isc2.org/cgi-bin/content.cgi?page=1239 .
(ISC)2 officials will recognize the ISLA honorees, along with the four showcased workforce initiatives, on stage at the ISLA Gala Dinner on October 28, 2008 in Seoul, South Korea. Concurrently, the (ISC)2 Security Leadership Event SecureAsia@Seoul Conference will be held on October 29-30 at Asem Hall, COEX Convention Center, Seoul, Korea. (ISC)2 Board members and renowned industry experts from the United States and Asia-Pacific region will discuss the most up-to-date information security technologies and management strategies. For more information and to register for this event, please visit http://www.informationsecurityasia.com .
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