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Top IT Executives in the Mid-Atlantic Region Recognized for Their Achievements

ATLANTA - June 16, 2008 - Executive Alliance, creator andprovider of premium leadership recognition forums and events worldwide, announced today the winners of the Information SecurityExecutive (ISE) Mid-Atlantic Awards 2008.

TheRitz-Carlton in Pentagon City, Washington, DC was the place to be on theevening of Thursday, June 12, 2008, where industry leaders and project teams inthe mid-atlantic region in government, academic and the commercial sectors werehonored for their achievements in information security and the change they arebringing to their organizations.

TheInformation Security Executive and Project of the Year awards are given to deservingcandidates for positive contributions to their organizations and outstandingaccomplishments to the industry through risk management, data asset protection,regulatory compliance, privacy, and information security.

RobertLentz, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Information and IdentityAssurance, U.S. Department of Defense, took home the ISE Executive of the YearAward in the Government/Academic category. He was recognized for the exemplarymanner he has held his prominent position and his approach to providing leadershipto federal entities and the private sector, breaking new ground and encouragingcooperation and collaboration.

TheISE Executive of the Year Award in the Commercial category went to ChrisTignor, Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer, Capital One, forhis integrated, but separate approach to security and compliance, his technicaland people skills, and business savvy in communicating the risks and returns ofhis work to senior management.

Inaddition to the aforementioned winners, four other finalists for the Executiveof the Year Award were showcased during the event. In the Government/Academiccategory - Michael J. Castagna, Chief InformationSecurity Officer, U.S. Department of Commerce and Jerry Davis, Deputy ChiefInformation Officer for IT Security, National Aeronautics and SpaceAdministration (NASA). In the Commercial category - Deven Bhatt, Chief SecurityOfficer, Airlines Reporting Corporation and Larry Brock, Chief InformationSecurity Officer, DuPont.

Newthis year, the ISE Mid-Atlantic Project of the Year Award, recognizedoutstanding information security projects completed in the past 12 to 18 months.Team achievement was rewarded for each project

Theproject team at Temple University won the ISEProject of the Year Government/Academic category for their TUsecure Identity& Access Management Project. Accepting the award was executive sponsor SheriStahler, Associate Vice President, Computer services, and her team RamanaChamarty, Ken Ihrer, Michael Mays, and Joshua Wharton.

Winningthe Project of the Year Award in the Commercial category was Northrop GrummanCorporation with the Cyber Threat Analysis and Intelligence Phase 1 Project, executivesponsor Timothy McKnight, Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer,and his team Jeffrey Stuzman, George Bakos, Bryan Krekel, Randall Heins, MarkLeary, and Michael Starr.

MischelKwon, ChiefIT Security Technologist, U.S.Department of Justice was named the ISE Mid-Atlantic People's Choice AwardWinner for 2008. She received the honorary mark of respect from the communityof peers attending the event who voted her as the executive with the mostexemplary attributes of a leader in the security industry.

"Thestature of the ISE Awards in the IT industry is growing," said Marci McCarthy,CEO of Executive Alliance. "The winners of this year's Project of the Year,People's Choice, and Executive of the Year Awards have demonstrated new andinnovative solutions as well as the highest level of industry standards."

About the Sponsors

ISE Mid-Atlantic Forum and Awards 2008 is theproperty of Executive Alliance, Inc. and is brought to the business communityby the following: Megabyte Sponsor - Passlogix, StoneSoft, and Symantec;Kilobyte Sponsors - ArcSight, ChosenSecurity, Courion, Fortify, nCircle, OunceLabs, Qualys, Reconnex, Verdasys, Voltage Security; IT Security EducationSponsor - Security University; Media Sponsors - InformationWeek Magazine andInfosecurity Magazine US Edition.

About Executive Alliance

ExecutiveAlliance isrecognized worldwide as the premier organization for creating leadership recognitionforums that honor and celebrate outstanding achievements of executives indifferent industries. These forums facilitate deep relationships and provide visibilityfor executives and their companies while offering access and insight to the keypeople leading these industries.

Recognized by MorganKeegan as the largest most widely recognized awards program for IT securityexecutives, the Executive Alliance ISE Award Program Series includes theseregions and cities, Southeast/Atlanta; Central/Dallas; Mid-Atlantic/Washington,DC; United Kingdom/London, England; West/San Francisco; Northeast/New YorkCity; and North America/Washington, D.C. Included in the Executive Alliance series is the Data Center Executive of the Year Awards (DaCEY). For more information, visit www.execalliance.com www.infosecaward.com www.datacenterawards.com.