(ISC)2(R) Announces Honorees for First Asia-Pacific Information Security Leadership Achievements Program

(ISC)2(R) Announces Honorees for First Asia-Pacific Information Security Leadership Achievements Program

July 03, 2007

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


    HONG KONG, July 3 /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 honorees for
its inaugural Asia-Pacific Information Security Leadership
Achievements (ISLA) program.  In addition to recognizing
all honorees, (ISC)2 has chosen four distinguished
workforce initiatives led by some of the honorees and will
announce them at the ISLA Gala Dinner on July 9 in Bangkok,
Thailand.

    Through ISLA, (ISC)2 is publicly recognizing 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 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 (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 program

    The honorees 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 recognizes 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, program or project had on
the business or 
       organization 

    -- How the initiative, program or project leveraged
people, processes 
       and technology for a successful implementation

    -- Innovative approaches to overcoming obstacles or how
the initiative, 
       program 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 honorees 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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    For more information, please contact: 
 
     Kitty Chung
     (ISC)2 Asia-Pacific
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