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The field of information security has grown and evolved significantly in recent years. Every organization that provides services to people, be it governments, military, corporates, financial institutions, hospitals, or private businesses, amass a great deal of confidential information about their employees, customers, products, research, etc. Today, most of this information is collected, processed and stored on electronic computers and transmitted across networks to other computers. This increases the risk of unauthorized access or use of the sensitive information. And this is where implementation of the information security policies becomes very important.

There are many information security professionals around the globe, serving their best for safeguarding their client information. And awards and recognition by your peers always boosts you confidence and helps to take on more challenges.

Recently, Executive Alliance announced the winners for the Information Security Executive (ISE) of the Year and Project of the Year North America Awards for 2008. Executive Alliance is the creator and provider of premium leadership recognition forums worldwide. Over 50 industry leaders and project teams from across the United States were honored in the areas of Academic, Government, and Commercial for their achievements in information security. Christopher Leach, Chief Information Security Officer and Senior Vice President of ACS, was awarded with the ISE People’s Choice Award. He received the award from the community of peers attending the event who voted him as the executive with the most exemplary attributes of a leader in the security industry.

Such awards always help any individual or team as their work is acknowledged and judged by someone who knows the industry inside out. More such initiatives would definitely help in promoting Information Security as a strong career option for the next generation.