GSN Homeland Security Awards 2011 - Sponsorships

The GSN: Government Security News 2011 Awards Program has been created to honor:

• Forward looking federal, state and local government agencies that have created and implemented effective homeland security programs, projects and initiatives

• Leading vendors in IT security and physical security who have researched, developed and produced innovative security products and solutions during the past year.

Awards will be presented at an Awards Dinner in early November, 2011. The venue and location will be announced on June 1. Join us in saluting the vendor companies whose advanced technologies, and the government security agencies and officials whose foresight, leadership and management skills help protect our nation from a formidable array of threats.

If your organization would like to learn more about being a Sponsor of the GSN 2011 Homeland Security Awards, please contact:

Edward Tyler, Publisher, Government Security News, 4770 Sunrise Highway, Suite 105, Massapequa Park, N.Y. 11762, 212-344-0759, Ext 2001, etyler@gsnmagazine.com

PRESENT SPONSORS OF THE GSN 2011 HOMELAND SECURITY AWARDS

Videos of 2010 Award Finalists and Winners

GSN 2010 Awards: Glen Woodbury, Director, Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS), Naval Postgraduate School (NPS)

Following CHDS’s recognition at GSN’s 2010 Awards Dinner as a strategic national/international laboratory for the evolving discipline of Homeland Security, director Glen Woodbury describes the Center as a unique blend of practitioners and academics who encourage active discussion and debate of security challenges and sharing of the resulting solutions.

GSN 2010 Awards: Sandra Schatz Landis, Division Chief, Integrated Document Production Division of US Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS)

Ms Landis and USCIS, who received the Border Security Award for the New Permanent Resident “Green” Card, explains and demonstrates new features incorporated into the card, including the Optical Memory Stripe invented by LaserCard and the Radio Frequency Identification Device that allows Border Security officials to access biometric, biographic and case-related information associated with each cardholder. She describes the partnership among USCIS, contractor General Dynamics Information Systems and subcontractor LaserCard as a great example of the public-private successes saluted in th

GSN 2010 Awards: Steven Ringelberg, COO, Vanguard Integrity Professionals, Inc

Vanguard Integrity Professionals specializes in data security and audit and compliance tools and services for large data centers. Its clientele includes Fortune 500 companies and large Federal agencies with large mainframes. Vanguard’s Enforcer Intrusion Management product was a repeat Winner in the 2010 GSN Award program, and its Configuration Manager scanning tool was a Finalist. Mr. Ringelberg says he is stunned when he sees an intrusion management tool on every computer except the mainframe in a data center.

GSN 2010 Awards: Howard Ryan, Founder/CEO, Desktop Alert, Inc.

Desktop Alert , says Mr. Ryan, provides mass notification software which is capable of running on an enterprise’s existing computational infrastructure, enabling end users to be reached in seconds with actionable intelligence. The company’s biggest customers are DOD, U.S Army and Air Force, FEMA and the DHS. Desktop Alert was recently selected by the National Guard for its first ever nationwide mass notification system.

GSN 2010 Awards Dinner

GSN 2010 Awards: Bill Ross, Business Director, GDC4 Cyber Mission Assurance – General Dynamics C4 has a long legacy of information assurance, says Mr. Ross. The perspective is: Who’s on your network? Who’s in your enterprise? What are they doing there? The company’s secure voice and data products and integrated architectures span the gamut from large scale DOD and intelligence applications to handheld products in first responder and community applications.