Released on = July 6, 2007, 3:00 am

Press Release Author = Davina

Industry = Internet & Online

Press Release Summary = Avenues CEO Vishwas Patel, to be honoured with the
prestigious Asia Pacific Information Security Leadership Achievements Award

Press Release Body = (ISC)²® ANNOUNCES HONOREES FOR FIRST ASIA-PACIFIC INFORMATION
SECURITY LEADERSHIP ACHIEVEMENTS PROGRAMME

(ISC)2® ("ISC-squared"), the non-profit global leader in educating and certifying
information security professionals throughout their careers, today announced the
honorees for its inaugural Asia-Pacific Information Security Leadership Achievements
(ISLA) programme. In addition to recognising all honorees, (ISC)² has chosen four
distinguished showcases from among the qualified nominees and will announce them at
the ISLA Gala Dinner on July 9 in Bangkok, Thailand.

Through ISLA, (ISC)2 is publicly recognising the ongoing commitment by information
security leaders throughout Asia-Pacific to build a highly qualified and ethical
workforce. Part of (ISC)2's global Awards Programme, ISLA aims to recognise the
achievements of outstanding IT security professionals who have significantly
contributed to the enhancement of the workforce by demonstrating a leadership role
in an IT security workforce improvement initiative, program or project. Professional
certification is not a requirement for nomination.

The honorees are as follows:

Category of Senior Non-IT Security Professional:

Mr Vishwas Patel, CEO, Avenues India Private Limited, India
Dr. San-Cheng (Simon) Chang, CEO, Acer e-Enabling Data Center, Acer, Inc., Taiwan
Mr M. Chella Namasivayam, Vice President - Information Technology and
Administration, IGATE Global Solutions, India
Mr Michael Gazeley, Managing Director, Network Box Corporation Limited, Hong Kong,
China
Ed Zeitler, CISSP, executive director for (ISC)2, said, "We would like to
congratulate all the the honorees for the leadership and vision they possess that
qualified them to receive ISLA recognition. In this is the inaugural year for ISLA,
we are thrilled to have received an overwhelming number of nominations from various
economies in Asia-Pacific, representing professionals with diverse backgrounds
who've made significant accomplishments in the field of information security. We are
honoured to recognise these talented and diligent individuals who are clearly making
a difference in Asia-Pacific for securing information security for the public at
large."

"At Avenues, we take information security very seriously," says Vishwas Patel, CEO
Avenues. "We have always been at the forefront in adopting the best information
security protocols. Be it deploying the highest security firewalls, advanced
intrusion prevention systems, secure coding standards, applying cutting edge
security protocols on our systems or advanced fraud detection techniques or
complying with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards Ver. 1.1, Avenues
has always been the first and the earliest adopters of new security technologies.
This Award affirms our leadership status. "

The ISLA Nomination Review Committee consists of five members of the (ISC)² Asian
Advisory Board, a group of volunteer, senior-level information security
professionals who advise (ISC)² on local industry issues. The Nomination Review
Committee determined the qualified nominees. ISLA recognises all candidates who meet
the criteria of the three categories. Additionally, ISLA Nomination Review Committee
will also showcase individuals who have led an innovative or distinguishable IT
security workforce improvement initiative. All qualified nominees are eligible for
each category of 'Showcase Award'. The criteria for showcasing these initiatives
are:


The impact the initiative, programme or project had on the business or organisation
How the initiative, programme or project leveraged people, processes and technology
for a successful implementation
Innovative approaches to overcoming obstacles or how the initiative, programme or
project built a foundation for the future
All honourees will be felicitated on stage at the ISLA Gala Dinner on 9 July 2007 at
the Sheraton Grand Sukhumvit in Bangkok, Thailand. The showcase individuals will
also be announced at the ISLA Gala Dinner. Concurrently, the (ISC)2 Security
Leadership Event InformationSecurityAsia 2007: SecureAsia@Bangkok Conference will be
held 10-11 July 2007 in the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center. (ISC)2 Board
members and renowned industry experts from the US and Asia-Pacific will discuss the
most updated information security technologies and management strategies.

About (ISC)²
The International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium, Inc.
[(ISC)2®] is the internationally recognized Gold Standard for certifying information
security professionals. Founded in 1989, (ISC)² has certified over 50,000
information security professionals in 129 countries. Based in Palm Harbor, Florida,
USA, with offices in Vienna, Virginia, USA, London, Hong Kong and Tokyo, (ISC)2
issues the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSPÒ) and related
concentrations, Certification and Accreditation Professional (CAPCM), and Systems
Security Certified Practitioner (SSCPÒ) credentials to those meeting necessary
competency requirements. The CISSP, CISSP-ISSEPÒ, CISSP-ISSAPÒ and SSCP are among
the first information technology credentials to meet the stringent requirements of
ANSI/ISO/IEC Standard 17024, a global benchmark for assessing and certifying
personnel. (ISC)² also offers a continuing professional education program, portfolio
of education products and services based upon (ISC)2's CBK®, a taxonomy of
information security topics and is responsible for the annual (ISC)² Global
Information Security Workforce Study. More information is available at www.isc2.org

About Avenues
Avenues is South Asia's biggest eCommerce solutions provider and has been at the
forefront of providing cutting edge eCommerce solutions to web merchants. Avenues
has developed several innovative, cutting-edge ASP hosted solutions that are used by
thousands of eMerchants globally. www.CCAvenue.com its first solution, is South
Asia's largest payment gateway solution powering thousands of eMerchants with real
time, multi-currency, multiple payment options online payment processing services.
The solution is powered by proprietary technology that integrates transaction
processing, advance shopping cart, auction payment collection facility, fraud
control, financial reporting and order tracking. www.CCAvenue.com is the only
complete PG solution in the region that has the unique ability to offer the full
spectrum of Internet payment options. The next solution, www.ResAvenue.com, is a
fully hosted, plug-and-play cutting edge reservation engine which allows the
hotelier to accept reservations in 15 international languages and accept real time
payments in multiple currencies right from their own hotel branded website. It is
the fastest growing hospitality solution in the region. www.EventAvenue.com is a
comprehensive web application for event organizers, to create, publish, advertise
events and offer real time online registration and booking with real time payments
and bar coded badges, right from the organizers own website. It also has an
interactive stall map booking facility, which allows the Event organizer to publish
his stalls plan online and allows his prospective exhibitors to book the exhibition
stall/space in real time.www.MembersAvenue.com, is a hosted membership management
solution that provides clubs, gymkhanas, associations, housing societies, cable
companies, non-profits, and other organizations with the most comprehensive web
based membership management, communication management, and web content management
technology available anywhere. MembersAvenue helps increase member involvement,
recruitment, and retention. More information about Avenues is available at
www.avenues.info.


Web Site = http://www.Avenues.info

Contact Details = Avenues India Pvt Ltd
Plaza Asiad, Level II, S.V.Road, Santa Cruz (West), Mumbai 400054. India.
Ph:- +91-22- 67425555 / 26000816 / 30913622 / 56920419