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Atlanta, Ga (PRWEB) September 18, 2013

T.E.N., a technology and information security executive networking and relationship-marketing firm, announced today the nominees vying for 2013 Information Security Executive® and Project of the Year Awards for North America. Executives include top-ranking decision makers representing national to global organizations in financial services, media/entertainment, telecommunications, health care, government and education. Projects include large scale technology endeavors that address issues of identity and access management, vulnerability management, data loss prevention, application and network security, customer protection, and cloud technology.

Executives Nominees:

Commercial Category

Darin Adcock, Chief Information Officer, Dowling Aaron Incorporated

Ray Archer, Senior Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer, Scotiabank

David Cass, Senior Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer, Elsevier

Ashley Ferguson, Manager – IT Risk Management, Energen Corporation

Eric Fisch, Senior Vice President, Information Security, Texas Capital Bank

Jeff Haskill, Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer, Flextronics

Peter Hill, Chief Technology Risk & Security Officer, ING U.S.

Steven Jensen, Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer, Ameriprise Financial

Arthur Lessard, Senior Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer, Universal Music Group

Donna Nemecek, VP, Manager Technology Risk Assurance & Senior Informaiton Risk Officer, BNY Mellon

Della Shea, Chief Privacy & Information Risk Officer, Symcor

Bobby Singh, Associate Vice President, Security Program Executive, TD Bank Group

Myrna Soto, Senior Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer, Comcast

Glen Taylor, Vice President, Walt Disney Parks & Resorts

Academic/Public Sector Category

Connie Barrera, Director of Information Security & Compliance, University of Miami

Gary Coverdale, Chief Information Security Officer, County of Napa

Kevin McKenzie, Chief Information Security Officer, Clemson University

Thomas Schankweiler, Information Security Officer, Center for Medicare & Medicaid, Office of Information Systems

Mike Wood, Executive Director, Recovery Accountability & Transparency Board

Larry Wilson, Chief Information Security Officer, University of Massachusetts

Health Care Category

John Sapp, Senior Director, Information Security Product Management & Innovation, McKesson Corporation

Jeff Trudeau, Information Security Officer, Sutter Health

Project Nominees:

Commercial Category

AES, AES Global Cybersecurity Program

Alliance Data,    Embracing Shadow IT

Allstate, Application Security Assurance Program (ASAP)

ARC, ISO 27001 Design, Implementation and Certification

BD, Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Program

BNY Mellon, Unstructured Data Governance Project

Celanese, IT Security Transformation

Citi, Workspace Virtualization and Containment for Sourcing Providers

CNA, CNA’s Governance, Risk Management and Compliance Program

Comcast, Remote Workforce Refresh

Comcast, Integrated Security Framework

Comcast, Identity and Access Management

Comcast, Compliance Automation

Comcast, Self-Service Governance, Risk & Compliance Portal

eBay, Predictive Security Intelligence via Centralized Vulnerability Management

Fidelity Investments, Customer Protection Program (CPP)

Johnson & Johnson, Enterprise Vulnerability Management and Web Application Vulnerability Scanning

Khosla Ventures, Khosla Ventures Hacking Exposure

Miami Marlins, Securing Marlins Park with Network Access Control

Scotiabank, QRadar SIEM Implementation for Threat Intelligence and Security Monitoring

Standard Register, Security Program Evolution

Symcor, PCI DSS Implementation Program

Travelclick, Network Segmentation and InfoSec Vault Project

Twitter, Twitter Domain Authentication Service

UBS, Software Security Program

Union Bank, Enterprise Log Management

USAA, Secure Logon for usaa.com

YP, Web Application Security Automation

Academic/Public Sector Category

IRS, Vulnerability Remediation Implementation Process

Kennesaw State University, KSU Central Identity and Access Management Initiative

Pearson eCollege, Securing Application Layer

University of Massachusetts, University Cyber Security Initiative

Health Care Category

BCBS Michigan, Information Security Operations Center

Merck, EngageZone

PharMerica, EPCS for Electronic Prescription Pharmacy Compliance

Sutter Health, Sutter Health Endpoint Encryption Project

Executive nominees are also eligible for the ISE® North America People’s Choice Award, which given to the top candidate selected by peers in the security industry. Cast your vote by Oct. 11 for this year’s winner, visit: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PCvoting_northamerica2013.

“We are floored by the innovation, ingenuity and leadership exhibited by this year’s ISE® North America nominees,” said T.E.N. CEO and President Marci McCarthy. “This is one of our largest, most impressive groups yet and we look forward to celebrating their success.”

The ISE® North America Awards recognize executives and projects, which have made a positive impact on their organizations through risk management, data-asset protection, regulatory compliance, privacy and information security. Nominations are sent to T.E.N.’s distinguished panel of ISE® judges for review and scoring.

2013 ISE® North America Judges:

Phil Agcaoili, Chief Information Security Officer, Cox Communications

Tim Callahan, Sr. Vice President, Enterprise Business Continuity & Info Assurance, SunTrust

Roland Cloutier, Vice President, Chief Security Officer, ADP

Stacey Halota, Vice President, Information Security & Privacy, The Washington Post Company

Paul Huesken, Chief Information Assurance Officer, The Coca-Cola Company

Charles McGann, Corporate Information Security Officer, United States Postal Service

Tammy Moskites, Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer, Time Warner Cable

Brad Sanford, Chief Information Security Officer, Emory University

All nominees will be recognized at the ISE® North America Executive Forum and Awards on Nov. 6-7, 2013 at the Sheraton Premiere at Tyson’s Corner in Vienna, Va. Finalists and winners are announced at the awards gala and recognized through press coverage and inclusion on the T.E.N. and ISE® websites. The event is made possible by megabyte sponsors Agari and Voltage; kilobyte sponsors Stonesoft and Tenable; and display sponsors A10 Networks, AirWatch, BeyondTrust, Good Technology, Invincea and WhiteHat Security. Read more online: http://www.iseprograms.com/north_america.asp.

About T.E.N.

T.E.N., a national technology and security executive networking organization, facilitates peer-to-peer relationships between top executives, industry visionaries and solutions providers. Nominated for numerous industry awards, T.E.N.’s executive leadership programs enable information exchange, collaboration and decision-making. Its flagship program, the nationally-acclaimed Information Security Executive® (ISE®) of the Year Program Series and Awards, is North America’s largest leadership recognition and networking program for security professionals. Other offerings include the T.E.N. Custom Programs and the ISE® Industry Expert Advisory Services, empowering IT solutions providers to gain access to highly credentialed IT business veterans’ expertise. For information, visit http://www.ten-inc.com and http://www.iseprograms.com.

About ISE® Award Program Series

For more than a decade, the Information Security Executive® (ISE®) of the Year Award Program Series has empowered security executives and their project teams to Connect, Collaborate and Celebrate. Recognized as the industry’s most prestigious IT Security award program, it has become the most anticipated award program for security executives and their project teams. Winners have included executives and project teams from leading organizations such as Nike, The Walt Disney Company, the United States Postal Service, Schlumberger, Texas Instruments, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Equifax, Comcast, PayPal, Northrop Grumman Corporation, and Nationwide.

Our distinguished ISE® Judges are past nominees representing a cross section of industries, including commercial, government, health care and academic sectors. For this reason, the ISE® Awards represent the best achievements of the year as evaluated by those regarded as the industry’s most influential and successful thought leaders. Coupled with a one or two-day executive summit, the ISE® Awards are held across the country and Canada in major cities including Atlanta, Dallas, New York, Toronto, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. The ISE® Awards Program Series has reached more than 10,000 executives across a broad range of industries and has been a major influence in executives’ careers, knowledge sharing, and the development of peer-to-peer relationships.