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(ISC)2 Announces Honorees for Annual Asia-Pacific Information Security Leadership Achievements

Program


HONG KONG, July 15 /PRNewswire-Asia-AsiaNet/ --


Fourth Annual ISLA Program to Announce New "Community Service Star" Recognition and Showcased

Honorees at Ceremony on 26 July in Singapore


    (ISC)2(R) ("ISC-squared"), the not-for-profit global leader in educating and certifying information security

professionals throughout their careers with nearly 70,000 certified members worldwide, today announced the

honorees for its fourth annual Asia-Pacific Information Security Leadership Achievements (ISLA) Program.

(ISC)2 will announce four distinguished workforce initiatives led by the most outstanding honorees at the ISLA

Gala Dinner and Ceremony on 26 July in Singapore. A new special recognition -- "Community Service Star" --

has been added to the ISLA Program to commend an honoree who has significantly contributed to building or

broadening security awareness within their community.


    Through the ISLA Program, (ISC)2 publicly recognizes the ongoing commitment by information security

leaders throughout Asia-Pacific to build a highly qualified and ethical workforce, and broaden the public's

awareness of information security. As part of (ISC)2's Global Awards Program, ISLA aims to recognize the

achievements of outstanding information security professionals who have significantly contributed to the

enhancement of the workforce by demonstrating a leadership role in an information security workforce

improvement initiative, program or project.


    Professionals were nominated in three distinct categories: Managerial Professional for an Information

Security Project; Senior Information Security Professional; and Information Security Practitioner. Professional

certification was not required for nomination. The 2010 ISLA honorees are as follows: 


    Information Security Practitioner Category


    1.  Ms. Norhazimah Abdul Malek, head of Malaysian Common Criteria

        Certification Body (MyCB), CyberSecurity Malaysia, Malaysia 

    2.  Mr. Atif Nazar Ali, CISSP, manager, Networks and Systems, Central

        Directorate of National Savings, Ministry of Finance, Government of

        Pakistan, Pakistan

    3.  Mr. Jackal Kin Wan Chau, CISSP, CISA, senior IT specialist, IBM, Hong

        Kong 

    4.  Mr. Frank Kai Fat Chow, CISSP-ISSAP, ISSMP, CSSLP, senior systems

        manager, Automated Systems Ltd., Hong Kong 

    5.  Mr. Hidekazu Kusaba, principal researcher, Mitsui Bussan Secure

        Directions, Inc., Japan

    6.  Mr. Joong Gu Noh, CISSP, marketing team manager, GS Power Co., Ltd.,

        South Korea

    7.  Mr. Vijandran Ramasamy, CISSP, CISM, information security manager, 

        ISM Insurance Services Malaysia Berhad, Malaysia 

    8.  Mr. Hsiang Jen Shih, CISSP, GCIH, GCFA, section manager, Information

        Security Service Center, Project Resource Division, Institute for

        Information Industry (III), Taiwan 

    9.  Mr. Sivanathan Subramaniam, CISSP, M.Sc., GCFA, manager, GRC

        Professional Services, IMPACT, Malaysia 

    10. Mr. Hajime Yasuzato, CISSP, PMP, IT specialist, Hewlett-Packard 

        Japan, Ltd., Japan 


    Managerial Professional for an Information Security Project Category 


    1.  Mr. Mohd Shamir b Hashim, PCIP, CEH, head of division, Cyber Security

        Policy Research, CyberSercurity Malaysia, Malaysia 

    2.  Mr. Ryuichi Inagaki, attorney (bengoshi), Ryuichi Inagaki Law Office,

        Japan 


    Senior Information Security Professional Category


    1.  Mr. Chaiyakorn Apiwathanokul, CISSP, chief security officer, PTT ICT

        Solutions Company Limited, Thailand 

    2.  Lt. Col. Asmuni Yusof, CISSP, M.Sc., M.Soc.Sc., head of security

        assurance, CyberSecurity Malaysia, Malaysia 

    3.  Dr. Huei-Chung Chu, associate professor, Department of Information

        Management, Huafan University, Taiwan

    4.  Ms. Maslina Daud, CISSP, ABCP, head of the Security Management and

        Best Practices Department, CyberSecurity Malaysia, Malaysia 

    5.  Prof. Robert H. Deng, Ph.D., professor & associate dean for Faculty &

        Research School of Information Systems, Singapore Management

        University, Singapore  

    6.  Ms. Christina Gan, senior director, Infocomm Security & Assurance,

        Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore, Singapore 

    7.  Mr. Satoshi Kayama, CISSP, JGISP, architect, Microsoft Co., Ltd.,

        Japan 

    8.  Dr. Hong Geun Kim, vice president, Public Security Division, Korea

        Internet & Security Agency, South Korea 

    9.  Mr. Seok-Woo Lee, CEO & founder, Penta Security Systems Inc., South

        Korea

    10. Mr. Anthony Lim, CSSLP, FCITIL, M.B.A., director for Asia-Pacific,

        Software Security Solutions, IBM, Singapore 

    11. Mr. Dong Hoon Park, CEO, NICS Tech Co., South Korea 

    12. Ms. Raja Azrina Raja Othman, M.Sc., senior academic fellow,

        International Islamic University Malaysia, Malaysia 

    13. Mr. Dae-Kyu Shin, director, Network Monitoring Team, Korea Internet &

        Security Agency, South Korea

    14. Mr. Joseph Po-Hao Tsang, CISSP-ISSAP, SSCP, MBCI, director, Payeasy

        Digital Integration Co., Ltd., Taiwan

    15. Mr. Philip Victor, SISP, director, Training, Skills Development and

        Outreach, IMPACT, Malaysia

    16. Mr. George Wang, CISSP, MAISP, M.B.A., director of Infrastructure

        Technology, Neptune Orient Line, Singapore 

    17. Mr. Donald Wee, founder and managing director, Data Terminator Pte.

        Ltd., Singapore

    18. Mr. Onn Chee Wong, CISSP, CISM, CISA, CTO, Resolvo Systems Pte. Ltd.,

        Singapore 

    19. Mr. Kazuki Yonezawa, CISSP-ISSAP, IAM, QSA, senior consultant,

        Verizon Business, Japan

    20. Mr. Zahri Yunos, chief operating officer, CyberSecurity Malaysia,

        Malaysia 

    21. Mr. Manu Zacharia, CEH, CHFI, director of information security,

        Millennium Consultants Inc., India


    "We received an overwhelming number of nominations this year from diversified economies within Asia-

Pacific," said Dr. Jae-Woo Lee, Fellow of (ISC)2, co-chair for the (ISC)2 Asian Advisory Board (AAB) and

Nomination Review Committee member for ISLA 2010. "We look forward to honoring thirty-three industry

pioneers who have significantly improved information security workforce standards."


    "I've witnessed the growing importance of raising the security consciousness of not only professionals, but

also end-users throughout local communities," said W. Hord Tipton, CISSP-ISSEP, CAP, CISA, executive

director for (ISC)2.  "We are proud to recognize a deserving information security professional with the new

ISLA 'Community Service Star' achievement for making a difference in his local community by sharing his

information security knowledge and expertise with everyday Internet users."


    For details about the 2010 ISLA Nomination Review Committee, please visit



    (ISC)2 officials will honor the ISLA honorees, the showcased workforce initiatives and "Community Service

Star" on stage at the ISLA Gala Dinner and Ceremony on 26 July 2010 at The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia in

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Singapore. Concurrently, the (ISC)2 Security Leadership Event -- SecureAsia@Singapore Exhibition and

Conference -- will be held on 26-27 July at Suntec Singapore. The keynote and opening address will be made

by Mr. Chan Yeng Kit, permanent secretary of the Ministry of Information for the Communications and the Arts

in Singapore. Prof. Fred Piper, Fellow of (ISC)2, professor, Information Security Group, Royal Holloway,

University of London, U.K., will also present a keynote address titled "Challenges of Information Security." 


    For more information and to register for SecureAsia@Singapore, please visit

http://www.informationsecurityasia.com . For further inquiries, please contact Charmaine Lam, assistant

market development manager for A-P at clam@isc2.org or +852 2850 6957. Members of the press wishing to

attend should contact Kitty Chung, PR representative for (ISC)2 Asia-Pacific, at kchung@isc2.org .


    About (ISC)2(R)


    (ISC)2 is the largest not-for-profit membership body of certified information security professionals

worldwide, with nearly 70,000 members in more than 135 countries.  Globally recognized as the Gold

Standard, (ISC)2 issues the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP(R)) and related

concentrations, as well as the Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional (CSSLP(R)), Certified

Authorization Professional (CAP(R)), and Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP(R)) credentials to

qualifying candidates. (ISC)2's certifications are among the first information technology credentials to meet the

stringent requirements of ANSI/ISO/IEC Standard 17024, a global benchmark for assessing and certifying

personnel. (ISC)2 also offers education programs and services based on its CBK(R), a compendium of

information security topics. More information is available at http://www.isc2.org


    Follow (ISC)2 on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/isc2 ) and YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/isc2tv ).


    Media Contact:


     Kitty Chung

     (ISC)2 Asia-Pacific

     Tel:   +852-3520-4001

     Email: kchung@isc2.org


SOURCE: (ISC)2


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