Cabinet Office director wins European Information Assurance Award
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Dr Steve Marsh, Director of the Cabinet Office unit in charge of information assurance has won the 2005 European Information Assurance Award for best policy delivery.
Accepting the award at the 14th annual RSA Conference in Vienna, Dr Marsh cited the hard work of his whole team at the Central Sponsor for Information Assurance (CSIA).
The event is Europe's largest independently-hosted conference focusing on information security, and is attended by leading global representatives from government, academia and the private sector.
Dr Marsh said: "I am delighted to accept this award on behalf of all the staff at CSIA. It is fantastic to receive this kind of recognition for all our ongoing hard work to ensure confidence in the UK's information systems.
"This is a welcome reward for a year of hard work that has seen the successful introduction of several innovative policy initiatives. Our work, with both private and public sector organisations, is essential in helping to safeguard the nation's IT and telecommunications services.
"Recent initiatives have addressed essential needs in sustaining a resilient information infrastructure and promoting the importance of information assurance around the UK."
The CSIA provides a strategic and co-ordinated approach to protecting the UK's information systems, pulling together all the projects going on cross-government and addressing gaps and overlaps in policy provision.
Working with partners across Government and the private sector, as well as international counterparts, the unit plays an invaluable role helping to maintain a reliable, secure and resilient national information infrastructure. CSIA works with industry, public and private sector and academia to promote IA practice and standards across the UK.
Recent initiatives include:
> Launching the UK's first kite mark award for basic level, off-the-shelf IA products.
> Establishing a network of board-level representatives in departments with responsibility for information assurance.
> IA professionalism - establishing an institute for IA professionals in conjunction with public and private sector organisations.
> Working closely with industry to ensure a resilient and robust UK telecommunications infrastructure.
> Running regional information assurance roadshows for pubic sector IT security managers and purchasers
> Promoting awareness of internet safety to general public
The judges for the awards were: Professor Brian Collins, VP, British Computer Society and Visiting Professor, Southampton Univ; Burt Kaliski, VP of Research and Chief Scientist, RSA Security Inc; Bryan Littlefair, Global Head of Security Research, BT; Francisco Mingorance, Dir of Public Policy, BSA Europe; Prof Fred Piper, Dir of Information Security Group, and Professor of Mathematics, Royal Holloway, Univ of London; & Jim Reavis, Founder and President, Reavis Consulting Group and Editor, CSOinformer newsletter
The CSIA is a unit in the UK Government's Cabinet Office and works with partners both in the public and private sectors, as well as its international counterparts, to help safeguard the nation's IT and telecommunications services.
Related links to this article: Cabinet Office More information about the awards is at this link e-Government National Awards 2005: Judging is now underway
Nominations have now closed in 11 categories in the e-Government National Awards 2005, and entry is free. The Awards recognise and praise the best strategies, achievements, teams and individuals in UK e-Government. The Awards will be presented at a prestigious dinner at the Savoy in London.
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