Avenues CEO Vishwas Patel, to be honoured with the prestigious Asia Pacific Information Security Lea
[author:Davina Public time:Jul 4, 2007] |
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(ISC)²® ANNOUNCES HONOREES FOR FIRST ASIA-PACIFIC INFORMATION SECURITY LEADERSHIP ACHIEVEMENTS PROGRAMME
(ISC)2® (“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) programme. In addition to recognising all honorees, (ISC)² has chosen four distinguished showcases from among the qualified nominees and will announce them at the ISLA Gala Dinner on July 9 in Bangkok, Thailand.
Through ISLA, (ISC)2 is publicly recognising 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 Programme, ISLA aims to recognise 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.
The honorees are as follows:
Category of Senior Non-IT Security Professional:
Mr Vishwas Patel, CEO, Avenues India Private Limited, India
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
Ed Zeitler, CISSP, executive director for (ISC)2, said, “We would like to congratulate all the the honorees 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.”
“At Avenues, we take information security very seriously,” says Vishwas Patel, CEO Avenues. “We have always been at the forefront in adopting the best information security protocols. Be it deploying the highest security firewalls, advanced intrusion prevention systems, secure coding standards, applying cutting edge security protocols on our systems or advanced fraud detection techniques or complying with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards Ver. 1.1, Avenues has always been the first and the earliest adopters of new security technologies. This Award affirms our leadership status. ”
The ISLA Nomination Review Committee consists of five members of the (ISC)² Asian Advisory Board, a group of volunteer, senior-level information security professionals
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