Los Angeles, California, 2013-01-19 — /travelprnews.com/ — CSO magazine has recognized the Information Management & Technology Group (IMTG) of Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) for its cyber security initiatives to help safeguard the IT (information technology) network infrastructure of the three Southern California facilities owned and operated by LAWA: Los Angeles International (LAX), LA/Ontario International (ONT), and Van Nuys airports. CSO magazine is the premiere industry publication providing strategic insight into IT and corporate security while advocating best practices.
The first inaugural, highly-competitive CSO40 Awards recognize security projects and initiatives that demonstrate outstanding business value and thought leadership. LAWA IMTG’s winning entry “Daily Cyber Intelligence Reports – Insider Threats” was chosen by security leaders, industry experts and academics. CSO editors chose 40 projects based on the scoring process.
“We are very excited to receive a CS040 award as it demonstrates the importance that our entire organization has placed on cyber-security issues. And it reflects the hard work and effort of our Chief Information Security Officer Bob Cheong and his cyber-security team,” said Dominic Nessi, LAWA deputy executive director and chief information officer.
IMTG’s project revolves around compiling comprehensive, daily reports on cyber-security threats to the LAWA network to help apprise executives and staff of dangers, such as outside viruses, hacking activity or inadvertent in-house security lapses. Maintaining a problem-free network is critical for the efficient and safe operation of all airports. IMTG’s entry competed against similar projects from Fortune 500 companies and is among one of the most unique and innovativesecurity initiatives in the world.
“We would like to congratulate this inaugural class of CSO40 Award honorees,” said Derek Slater, editor in chief, CSO. “This year’s honorees have created outstanding security project initiatives that have truly resulted in positive long-lasting outcomes for their organizations.”
The 2013 CSO40 Awards will be presented on April 2 at the CSO40 Security Confab + Awards Conference in Braselton, GA, April 2-3, 2013.
About LAWA Information Management & Technology Group
LAWA IMTG manages and supports enterprise databases for LAWA systems and applications for all major divisions within the airports, as well as designs and maintains LAWA internal and external websites.
About Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
LAX is the sixth busiest airport in the world and third in the United States, offering more than 600 daily flights to 91 domestic cities and more than 1,000 weekly nonstop flights to 56 cities in 32 countries on nearly 75 air carriers. It ranks 13th in the world in air cargo tonnage processed. In 2011, LAX served nearly 62 million passengers, processed over 1.8 million tons of air cargo valued at nearly $80 billion, and handled 603,912 aircraft operations (landings and takeoffs). LAX is part of a system of three Southern California airports – along with LA/Ontario International and Van Nuys general aviation – that are owned and operated by Los Angeles World Airports, a proprietary department of the City of Los Angeles that receives no funding from the City’s general fund. For more information about LAX, please visit www.lawa.aero/lax or follow us on Twitter @LAX_Official, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/LAInternationalAirport and on YouTube at www.YouTube.com/laxairport1.
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