(ISC)2(R) Announces Honourees for First Asia-Pacific Information Security Leadership Achievements Programme

Four Showcased Workforce Initiatives to Be Announced at Gala Dinner on July 9 in Bangkok, Thailand

HONG KONG, July 4 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- (ISC)2(R) ("ISC-squared"), the non-profit global leader in educating and certifying information security professionals throughout their careers, today announced the honourees for its inaugural Asia-Pacific Information Security Leadership Achievements (ISLA) programme. In addition to recognising all honourees, (ISC)2 has chosen four distinguished workforce initiatives led by some of the honourees and will announce them at the ISLA Gala Dinner on July 9 in Bangkok, Thailand.

Through ISLA, (ISC)2 is publicly recognising the ongoing commitment by information security leaders throughout Asia-Pacific to build a highly qualified and ethical workforce. Part of (ISC)2's global Awards Programme, ISLA aims to recognise 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 (CIO, CFO, programme/project

manager, etc.)

-- Senior IT security professional (CSO, CISO, 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 programme

The honourees are as follows:

In the category of Senior Non-IT Security Professional:

-- Dr. San-Cheng (Simon) Chang, CEO, Acer e-Enabling Data Center, Acer,

Inc., Taiwan

-- Mr M. Chella Namasivayam, Vice President -- Information Technology

and Administration, iGATE Global Solutions, India

-- Mr Michael Gazeley, Managing Director, Network Box Corporation

Limited, Hong Kong, China

-- Mr Vishwas Patel, CEO, Avenues India Private Limited, India

In the category of Senior IT Security Professional:

-- Mr Mark Ames, CISSP, CISA, CISM, Director, ICT Risk, Australia

-- Ms Sayaka Asano, CISSP, Consultant, Hewlett-Packard Japan, Ltd., Japan

-- Professor Lynn Batten, Professor, Deakin University, Australia

-- Mr Choichi Hasegawa, CISSP, Senior Security Specialist, Security

Business Products Planning, Nihon Unisys, Ltd., Japan

-- Mr Andy Ho, CISSP, CISA, CISM, Regional IT Security Manager, IBM

Global Services, Hong Kong, China

-- Professor Dato' Dr. Norbik Bashah Bin Idris, CISSP, Technical

Director, SCAN Associates Berhad, Malaysia

-- Mr Ammar Jaffri, Project Director, National Response Center for Cyber

Crimes, Federal Investigation Agency, Government of Pakistan,

Islamabad, Pakistan

-- Mr Shoji Kawano, CISSP, Assistant Director, Security Service Dept.,

dit Co. Ltd., Japan

-- Dr. Sung-Kwon Lee, CISSP, Vice President, Infosec Technologies Co,

Ltd. and President of CISSP Korea Chapter, South Korea

-- Professor Jian-Hua Li, Executive Deputy Dean, School of Information

Security Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

-- Mr Mohd Adzman Musa, CISSP, Director, SV Solution Centric Sdn Bhd,

Malaysia

-- Dr. Aftab Rizvi, CISSP, Principal Consultant/Director, Risk

Associates Pty Ltd., Australia

-- Mr Kumpol Sontanarat, Director of IT Department, Securities and

Exchange Commission, Thailand

-- Dr. Keith B. White, CISSP, Security Services Director -- Asia

Pacific, Alcatel-Lucent, Australia

In the category of IT Security Practitioner:

-- Mr Edward Farrell, SSCP, Systems Engineer, Data#3, Australia

-- Mr Danny Wing-Chiu Ha, CISSP, CISA, CISM, CPM, FCRP, CRT, CF-ITIL, CT-

CLE-Logistics, Chief Security and Risk Consultant, Auditor, Trainer

and Director of CDS Consulting Ltd. (OneNet) and currently President

of Institute of Crisis and Risk and Management (ICRM), Hong Kong,

China

-- Mr Dutsadee Israngkura, CISSP, IT Security Specialist, TISCO

Information Technology, Thailand

-- Mr Varin Khera, Senior Information Security Consultant, ACIS

Professional Centre, Thailand

-- Mr Siu Cheong (SC) Leung, CISSP, CISA, CBCP, Founding Chairperson of

Professional Information Security Association (PISA), currently

Senior Consultant of Hong Kong Computer Emergency Response Team

Coordination Centre (HKCERT), Hong Kong, China

-- Mr Paul Martinuzzo, CISSP, IT Compliance Manager, Yarra Valley Water,

Australia

-- Mr Tomohide Okochi, CISSP, Deputy Manager, NTT Communications

Corporation, Japan

-- Mr Adnan Shahid, CISSP-ISSMP, ITIL, Head of IT Operations, Mobilink,

Pakistan

-- Mr Wo Sang Young, CISSP, CISA, CIFI, CHFI, CEH, Ex-Chairperson,

Professional Information Security Association (PISA) and Security

Consultant of SecuriTech Solutions (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, China

Ed Zeitler, CISSP, executive director for (ISC)2, said, "We would like to congratulate all the honourees for the leadership and vision they possess that qualified them to receive ISLA recognition. In this is the inaugural year for ISLA, we are thrilled to have received an overwhelming number of nominations from various economies in Asia-Pacific, representing professionals with diverse backgrounds who've made significant accomplishments in the field of information security. We are honoured to recognise these talented and diligent individuals who are clearly making a difference in Asia-Pacific for securing information security for the public at large."

The ISLA Nomination Review Committee, which determined the qualified nominees, consists of five members of the (ISC)2 Asian Advisory Board, a group of volunteer, senior-level information security professionals who advise (ISC)2 on local industry issues. ISLA recognises all candidates who meet the criteria of the three categories. Additionally, the ISLA Nomination Review Committee elected to showcase individuals who have led an innovative or distinguishable IT security workforce improvement initiative. The criteria for selecting these initiatives were:

-- The impact the initiative, programme or project had on the business

or organisation

-- How the initiative, programme or project leveraged people, processes

and technology for a successful implementation

-- Innovative approaches to overcoming obstacles or how the initiative,

programme or project built a foundation for the future

For details about the Nomination Review Committee, please visit https://www.isc2.org/cgi-bin/content.cgi?page=1239 .

All honourees and the showcased workforce initiatives will be celebrated on stage at the ISLA Gala Dinner on 9 July 2007 at the Sheraton Grand Sukhumvit in Bangkok, Thailand. Concurrently, the (ISC)2 Security Leadership Event InformationSecurityAsia 2007: SecureAsia@Bangkok Conference will be held 10-11 July 2007 in the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center. (ISC)2 Board members and renowned industry experts from the US and Asia-Pacific will discuss the most updated 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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Contact:

Kitty Chung

(ISC)2 Asia-Pacific

Tel: +852-3520-4001

Email: kchung@isc2.org