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[19 December 2005]
ISC2 and Singapore Management University announce
winner of Information Security Student Excellence Award
Award punctuates year of activities
honoring Information Security professionals worldwide
The International Information Systems Security
Certification Consortium, Inc. [(ISC) 2®], the non-profit
international leader in educating and certifying information
security professionals worldwide and Singapore Management
University (‘SMU') today announced the winner of the Year
of the Information Security Professional Student Excellence
Award (‘the Award'), Mr Namasivayam Viswanathan.
(ISC)² and SMU collaborated to offer the award as part
of the Year of the Information Security Professional (‘YISP'),
a global initiative aimed at increasing awareness of and
appreciation for the information security profession and
the people in it.
Mr Viswanathan, a third-year student with
SMU's School of Information Systems (‘SIS') was chosen
for his excellent academic performance and passion for information
security. According to his course instructor Professor Robert
H. Deng, Mr Viswanathan was ahead of his class in his grasp
of information security knowledge by applying wireless security
techniques and standards to analyze the SMU campus wireless
security. “Mr Viswanathan also applied the security
knowledge he learned from the a dvanced s ecurity class to
the design of an innovative access control scheme in his
architecture analysis class. His achievements will surely
motivate other talented students and spur them to greater
heights of academic excellence,” said Professor Deng.
“Information security has been one
of my favourite subjects. This area of study equips me to
decide what is essential and critical to ensure a secure
infrastructure. I believe that this award recognizes and
nurtures my interest and will certainly encourage more SMU
students to pursue a career in this field,” said Mr
Namasivayam Viswanathan.
The purpose of the Award is to motivate
talented students and attract young entrants to the information
security profession. The Award of S$1000, sponsored by (ISC)²,
will be paid against the student's tuition. The Award punctuates
a calendar of activities around the Year of the Information
Security Professional (YISP) initiative. YISP has attracted
a prestigious group of more than 60 businesses, associations,
academia and other organizations worldwide, including SMU,
committed to creating awareness for the vital work information
security professionals perform every day to secure the global
information society.
Professor Steven Miller, Dean of SIS at
SMU, commented, “We appreciate (ISC)²'s commitment
to nurturing high-quality students along their information
security career path, which is also in line with the school's
mission to produce business-IT professionals. We see the
demand for information security soar as the market realizes
that trained, qualified people are the key to any successful
information security program. At the same time, being able
to pass along the torch to new talented people is critical
to the future of the profession.”
Rolf Moulton, CISSP-ISSMP, president and
chief executive officer (interim), (ISC)², said, “According
to the second annual Global Information Security Workforce
Study that IDC conducted on behalf of (ISC)² , there
are more new young information security professional entrants
in Asia-Pacific in 2005 than in the Americas or Europe, Middle
East and Africa (‘EMEA'). We recognize the importance
of attracting new talent to the profession and supporting
students along their career path. To that end, we will continue
to collaborate with prestige organizations like SMU to professionalize
the information security workforce through education and
certification.”
About (ISC)²
The International Information Systems Security
Certification Consortium, Inc. [(ISC) 2® ] is the premier
non-profit organization dedicated to certifying information
security professionals around the world. Founded in 1989,
(ISC)² has certified more than 40 ,000 information security
professionals in more than 100 countries. Based in Palm Harbor
, Florida , USA with offices in Vienna, Virginia , USA ,
London , Hong Kong and Tokyo , (ISC) 2 issues the Certified
Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP Ò)
and Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP Ò)
credentials and related concentrations to those meeting necessary
competency requirements. The CISSP Ò, the Gold
Standard in information security certifications, is
the first information technology credential to meet the stringent
requirements of ANSI under ISO/IEC Standard 17024, a global
benchmark for assessing and certifying personnel. (ISC)² also
offers a portfolio of educational products and services based
upon (ISC) 2 's CBK ® , a compendium of industry best
practices for information security professionals, and is
responsible for the annual (ISC)² Global Information
Security Workforce Study. More information about (ISC) 2
is available at www.isc2.org.
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