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(Washington, DC) June 23, 2005— Chairman Dan Lungren (R- CA) and Chairman Rob Simmons (R-CN) announced today their confirmations to be the Keynote Speakers, for the fifth annual SecurE-Biz CxO Security Summit, scheduled for June 29^th and 30^th, at the Marriott at Metro Center, Wash. DC. www.SecurE-Biz.net.

Congressman Lungren, is Chairman of the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Cybersecurity, a key subcommittee with jurisdiction over strategies to protect against terrorist attack, prioritizing investment in critical infrastructure protections, as well as border, port, and transportation security, and security of computer, telecommunications, information technology and electronic infrastructure.

Congressman Simmons, is Chairman of the Homeland Security Subcommittee on on Intelligence, Information Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment.

On June 28th, Congressman Tom Davis (R-VA), Chairman of the Powerful Govt. Reform Committee, signed off on the annual SecurE-Biz Leadership Awards Program, to be presented to the awardees at 500pm on June 30^th. All are welcome to join us in recognizing these outstanding performers.

The Congressional Chairmen joins other national leaders who will be presenting including;

Honorable Paul McHale, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense

MajGen Dale Meyerrose, Director Architectures & Integration, US NorthCom

Steve Cooper, CIO/EVP Red Cross (former DHS CIO)

David Tillotson, Director Plans, Policy Resources, SAF/XC

Dr. Susan Gragg, CIO, National Reconnaissance Office

Dickie George, Technical Director, National Security Agency

Dr. Nat Heiner, ASST COMDT C4&IT & CIO & CKO

Dr. Dan Mehan, CIO, FAA

Bert Beaulieu, Director Office of the Americas, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency

Bob West, Chief Information Security Officer, DHS

Dr. Richard Falkenrath, Former Director Homeland Security Advisory Council, Brookings Institute

plus over 60 other world class experts.

The SecurE-Biz Public/private partners include;

• Govt Agencies; Dept of Homeland Security, US Northcom, US Air Force XI, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, National Reconnaissance Office

• Non-Profit Industry Groups; AFCEA DC Chapter, Information Systems Security Association, American Bar Association, Object Management Group, Society for Information Management, NVTC, Professional Services Council, Open GIS Consortia, Council for Excellence in Govt, , George Mason University, and AFFIRM

• Research Institutes; Input, ANSER Homeland Security Institute, National Biometric Security Project, W2COG, Interoperability Clearinghouse

• Leading Solution Providers; IBM, Sun Microsystems, GTSI, PricewaterhouseCoopers, ESRI, Verizon, Lucent Technologies, Fortify, BAE Systems, Lockheed Martin, Nortel, Titan, and Unisys Federal

• And Federal News Radio, its media sponsor.

“The SecurE-Biz CxO Security Summit continues to provide a level of depth and breadth that many executives seek from an executive training program. SecurE-Biz is a must attend for those business and IT executives who are seeking to leveraging the combined experiences of the world’s leading security experts”. Howard Schmidt, Former White House Cyber Security Advisor and Chair of President's critical infrastructure protection board, 2004

This CxO Security Summit was established in 1999 as public/private partnership to provide an executive interchange where our nations leaders can share best practices and lessons learned in securing our nations critical information infrastructure and Cyber-defense.

US Citizenship Required. On-site registrations accepted at the Marriott Metro Center, Washington DC, (12 Street NW). Free passes to SecurE-Biz Awards. Govt Group rate now only $125/Day.

For more information, contact John Weiler, E.D. at 703 768 0400. Or email john@ICHnet.org . SecurE-Biz is organized by Input, a leading market research firm, and the ICHnet.org, a non-profit IT research and validation consortia. www.ICHnet.org

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