Fourth Annual ISLA Program to Announce New "Community Service
Star" Recognition and Showcased Honorees at Ceremony on 26 July in
Singapore
HONG KONG, July 15 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- (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 https://www.isc2.org/InnerPage.aspx?id=6120 .
(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 Singapore. Concurrently, the (ISC)2 Security Leadership
Event -- [email protected] 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 [email protected],
please visit http://www.informationsecurityasia.com . For further
inquiries, please contact Charmaine Lam, assistant market
development manager for A-P at [email protected] or +852 2850 6957.
Members of the press wishing to attend should contact Kitty Chung,
PR representative for (ISC)2 Asia-Pacific, at [email protected]
.
About (ISC)2(R)
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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
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