Anne Kuhns, Senior Manager, IT Risk Management, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, has been named the winner of the Information Security Executive (ISE) of the Year Southeast Award 2007. Ms. Kuhns was selected by the judges for her collaborative, comprehensive and passionate approach to leading security efforts across a large and diverse employee base. She and eighteen other nominees from Alabama, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee were honored at a gala awards ceremony held during the Executive Alliance Leadership Summit Featuring the ISE Southeast Awards. The two-day event was held at the Sheraton Atlanta Downtown Hotel and drew information security executives from across the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions.
Tony Spinelli, Chief Security & Compliance Officer for Equifax, was named the ISE Southeast People’s Choice Award winner. Selected through an online community balloting process, Mr. Spinelli was selected by his peers representing the information security industry throughout the Southeast region.
Five ISE Finalists, including Ms. Kuhns and Mr. Spinelli, were showcased during the evening event. The other finalists are Christopher Leach, Senior Vice President of IT Risk Management and Chief Information Security Officer, First Horizon National Corporation; Steve Scott, Senior Vice President and Director, Corporate Information Security, Wachovia Corporation; and Aurobindo “Robin” Sundaram, Vice President of Information Security, ChoicePoint, Inc.
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