Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) July 04, 2013
This years Global CISO Forum, the executive-level occasion running with Hacker Halted, the agenda contains a particularly thrilling event: the CISO Awards Luncheon in Atlanta on September 19, 2013. The CISO Awards Luncheon will honor security visionaries from about the world in the following categories:

C|CISO of the Year – This award, obtainable only to EC-Council Certified CISOs (C|CISOs), recognizes an people outstanding function in information security. One C|CISO who has contributed to the details safety industry, shown tremendous skilled growth and achievement, and has promoted strong, innovative safety practices will be honored.

CIO of the Year – This award, available only to Chief Data Officers (CIOs) recognizes an folks outstanding perform in details security. Safety cannot be achieved with out the assistance of management. This is the information security industrys opportunity to recognize the leaders that assistance the safety leaders in attaining greatness. One particular executive who has contributed to the data security business, shown tremendous expert growth and achievement, and has promoted robust, revolutionary safety practices will be honored.

CISO of the Year – This award, accessible only to Data Safety Executives (VP, CISO, etc.), recognizes an men and women outstanding function in data security. One particular executive who has contributed to the data safety industry, shown tremendous skilled growth and achievement, and has promoted powerful, revolutionary security practices will be honored.

EC-Council felt inclined to consist of a nod to the executives at this years Hacker Halted as a way of bringing the front-line defenders of security together with the executives who are creating security a priority in the boardroom. Eric Lopez, Director of Conferences & Events for EC-Council place it this way, Its becoming increasingly apparent that the data security industry suffers from a lack of communication. This is not a issue that is shared by criminal hackers Black Hat Hackers share information far a lot more freely than the White Hat Security side does. The CISO Forum is EC-Council attempting to bridge that communication gap, not just in between peers in the sector, but amongst executives and analysts, CISOs and network administrators.

Specialists are encouraged to apply as properly as to nominate their colleagues, and in the case of the CIO of the year, possibly their managers. To apply, interested professionals should enter their details at the Awards site in order to receive the application type.

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