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Executive Alliance Invites Nominations for the Sixth Annual Information Security Executive of the Year Mid-Atlantic Awards 2008

Achievements by Information Security Executives and Project Teams to be Recognized

ATLANTA - February 11, 2008 - Executive Alliance, creator and provider of premium leadership-recognition forums worldwide, announced the official Call for Nominations for the Information Security Executive (ISE) of the Year Mid-Atlantic Awards 2008 and the new Information Project Security Executive of the Year Award.

In its sixth year, the coveted ISE Mid-Atlantic Award is presented to a chief security officer or executive in an equivalent position who has made a positive impact in the industry through risk management, data asset protection, regulatory compliance, privacy, and information security.

Brand new in 2008, the Information Security Project of the Year Award honors the team behind the project. This accolade is presented to a project team that has successfully completed an information security project in the past 12-18 months that greatly impacted an organization's risk management or information security posture.

Achievements will be highlighted in the government/academic and commercial categories. Eligible nominees are selected from the Mid-Atlantic region, including Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, DC.

Nomination forms, eligibility criteria and other details for this prestigious award are currently available at www.infosecaward.com. Nominations will be accepted through Thursday, April 24, 2008. The winners will be named at the celebrated ISE Mid-Atlantic Awards Gala on Thursday, June 12, 2008 at the Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City in Washington, DC.

The ISE Mid-Atlantic Nominees and Project Teams are invited to participate in the Executive Forum comprised of cutting-edge forums, speakers, panelists and presentations in an environment that allows industry leaders to interact and network with their peers.

"In its sixth year, ISE Mid-Atlantic Awards 2008 brings together an impressive representation of security leadership from a cross-section of industries in the Mid-Atlantic region," said Marci McCarthy, CEO of Executive Alliance. "The program will be rich in content and provide opportunities for these leaders to discuss their challenges and solutions and also recognize the outstanding contributions of their peers in this industry."

Registration for the Executive Forum and tickets for the Dinner and ISE Mid-Atlantic Awards Gala will be available Friday, March 28, 2008 at http://www.infosecaward.com/regional/midAtlantic/.

Limited sponsorship opportunities are available. Contact Executive Alliance at sales@infosecaward.com or 1-404-982-8562.

About the Sponsors

The Executive Alliance Leadership Summit Featuring the ISE Mid-Atlantic Awards 2008 is the property of Executive Alliance, Inc., and is brought to the business community by the following: Megabyte Sponsor - Symantec; Kilobyte Sponsors - ArcSight, Aveksa, Courion, nCircle, Ounce Labs, Passlogix, Reconnex, and Stonesoft.

About Executive Alliance

Executive Alliance is recognized worldwide as the premier organization for creating leadership recognition forums that honor and celebrate outstanding achievements of executives in different industries. These forums facilitate deep relationships and provide visibility for executives and their companies while offering access and insight to the key people leading these industries.

Recognized by Morgan Keegan as the largest most widely recognized awards program for IT security executives, the Executive Alliance ISE Award Program Series includes these regions and cities, Southeast/Atlanta; Central/Dallas; Mid-Atlantic/Washington, DC; United Kingdom/London, England; West/San Francisco; Northeast/New York City; and National/Washington, D.C. Included in the Executive Alliance series is the Data Center Executive of the Year Awards (DaCEY). For more information, visit www.infosecaward.com or www.datacenterawards.com.