ISLA Nominations Open for one more week

[dcontesti]

This is the last week to submit nominations for ISLA Americas! Nominate an outstanding #cybersecurity professional to be honored at this year's #ISC2Congress http://ow.ly/5JRi50uSMI9 

Get your nominations in for someone that you know.

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@dcontesti wrote:

This is the last week to submit nominations for ISLA Americas!

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I see lots of repeat winners over the years, which is really very odd come to think about it... what do we know about the process?

[dcontesti]

So I can speak to 2018.  The nominations were received by (ISC)2.....and I have to admit there were not that many (less than 100).....

A committee was put together and we were provided with criteria to score the candidates against.  The nominator is asked to complete a questionnaire regarding why they feel the candidate should receive the award (I believe this follows a common practise).

I am not sure who the winners were previous to 2018 but I believe the 2018 winners had never won before.

I posted to try to encourage the Community to nominate folk while there was still time.

[dcontesti]

Oddly enough my line: Get your nominations in for someone that you know, does not show on the original post.

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@dcontesti wrote:

So I can speak to 2018.  The nominations were received by (ISC)2.....and I have to admit there were not that many (less than 100).....

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Interesting, how did you manage to get on the judging committee without being a board member? I'm only beginning to understand your influence and reach across the community.

[dcontesti]

You made an assumption here......The ISLAs are not voted by the board, they are voted by volunteers (members of the community) which management ask for on various venues.

I posted this in an attempt to get the Community more involved in the process as I saw a link saying that there were only 6 days left. 

[Kaity]

Hello! We have different groups judge different award nominations. There's a bit more information here - https://www.isc2.org/About/Award-Programs#americas

Just a few days left to nominate and as a reminder, you do not have to be a member to nominate or to be nominated! 

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@dcontesti wrote:

voted by volunteers (members of the community) which management ask for on various venues.

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Sounds like another fine example of a PATRONAGE APPOINTMENT to yet another (ISC)2 Committee and how the good ole boys network lives on without diversity and membership representation.