Industry Recognizes Innovation With Awards Program

Aug 1, 2003 12:00 PM

National Trade Productions (NTP) announced the winners of the first annual Profiles in Innovation Awards on July 25, 2003, at the GOVSEC Security Conference and Exposition in Washington, D.C.

Members of the security and law enforcement community were eligible to be nominated for a Profiles in Innovation Award. Winners were chosen by members of the Advisory Boards for both GOVSEC and the U.S. Law Enforcement Conference and Exposition (U.S. LAW), based on how nominees faced a security challenge, addressed strategic areas and developed a solution for the challenge, and on results of the approach.

Category: Chairman's Award National

First Place Award:

William Pelgrin, Director, New York State Office of Cyber Security & Critical Infrastructure Coordination

Category: Cyber Security

First Place Award:

Bruce Brody, CISM, CISSP, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Cyber and Information Security, Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Cyber and Information Security

Category: Disaster Preparedness/First Responders

First Place Award:

Steve Morrison, Executive Director, National Corrections & Law Enforcement Training & Technology Center

Honorable Mention:

Jane S. Long, Director, Heritage Emergency National Task Force, Heritage Preservation

Category: Emergency Preparedness & Response

First Place Award:

John R. Babb, Area Port Director, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection

Honorable Mention:

James Papineau, Vice President, Professional Services, Applied Marine Technology Inc. and D'Arcy Morgan, Branch Chief, Exercises, Office for Domestic Preparedness, United States Department of Homeland Security

Category: Information Security

First Place Award:

Calvin Miller, CISSP, District of Columbia Director of Information Security, Office of the Chief Technology Officer, DC Government

Category: Law Enforcement

First Place Award:

Rodney Chambers, Police Officer, Amtrak, and Michael DeCarlo, Police Officer, U.S. Capitol Police

Honorable Mention:

Colonel James M. Hughes, North Dakota Highway Patrol

Category: OPSEC

First Place Award:

Cheryl S. Hess, Division Chief, Information Security, Diplomatic Security, U.S. Department of State

Honorable Mention:

Thomas Mauriello, Director, Interagency OPSEC Support Staff, Interagency OPSEC Support Staff

Category: Physical Security

First Place Award:

Transportation Security Administration and Covenant Aviation Security

Honorable Mention:

Thomas Comerford, Manager of Technical Services, Port Authority of New York & New Jersey

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