Folks, It may not say it in this official press, but it goes without saying this would have never happened if it was not for the support of SkullSpace and its members. I will be putting the SkullSpace logo into a couple of my slides for the Rotary Club Career Symposium where I get to talk for 30 minutes on careers in IT Security to about 5000 High School Students at the Winnipeg Convention Center on 10 April 13.
You have my thanks and appreciation this program will do great things for our club and the future of cyber security in Canada. Ian WINNIPEG, MB - IDG’s Computerworld Honors Program announces Canadian Cyber Defense Challenge (CDC) as a 2013 Laureate. The annual award program recognizes organizations and individuals who have used information technology to improve public welfare, business, and to make the world a better place. “Technology continues to play a pivotal role in transforming how business and society functions. For the past 25 years, the Computerworld Honors Program has had the privilege of celebrating innovative IT achievements,” said John Amato, vice president & publisher, Computerworld. “Computerworld is honored to recognize the outstanding accomplishments of the 2013 class of Laureates and to share their work. These projects demonstrate how IT can advance organizations' ability to compete, innovate, communicate and prosper.” “This could be the biggest promotional boost for our program – and couldn’t have come at a better time.”, said Kerry Augustine, co-chair of the CDC. "Many key sponsors have contributed resources and expertise to make this happen. We are grateful for the support we have received from the local IT community including McAfee, Merlin, Daemon Defence, Dell, MTS Allstream, Great West Life, Seccuris, PCGI Consulting and many others. And of course we are especially thankful for the strategic and operational support we have received from the three foundation professional organizations – CIPS Manitoba, ISACA Winnipeg, and ISC² - that came together to put their stamp of support on the CDC right from the start. What makes the CDC such a unique program is that it is truly a community driven entity with all members sharing in the same vision. Our goal is to protect the individual, the networks they connect to, and Canada's shared digital assets.” The Canadian Cyber Defence Challenge is the first program in Canada that brings students and security professionals together in an attempt to raise cyber-security awareness among Canada’s youth, as well as to motivate and encourage them to consider science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines in their post-secondary studies. The Computerworld Honors Program awards will be presented on June 3, 2013 Washington, D.C. ### For more information please contact: Kerry Augustine, CDC co-chair, Phone: (204) 296-4201, Email: ker...@mts.net Sarah LaCroix, CDC Media Relations, Phone (204) 430-0306, Email: sarahelacr...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/
