April 12, 2007:   ISMA and Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management Initiate New Senior Security Executive Leadership Program

May 8, 2007:  ISMA and Georgetown University Welcome 6th Annual ISMA Leadership Program

July 11, 2006:   Compensation Survey for Security Personnel - 2006

June 14, 2006:   ISMA Elects Ken Wheatley as President

May 10, 2004:   ISMA Honors CIA Director George Tenet

November 26,  2001: Security Executives Focus on Business Continuity, Public/Private Partnerships, and Communications in Wake of Terrorism

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April 3, 2001:      International Security Management Association Calls For Increased Government Action to Protect Security of American Business Travelers Abroad

(July 11, 2006)

Compensation Survey for Security Personnel - 2006

 CHIEF SECURITY OFFICERS' TOTAL CASH COMPENSATION
INCREASED 11% OVER 2005 REFLECTING HEIGHTENED SECURITY CONCERNS IN THE U.S.

Ft. Meyers, FL, July 11, 2006 – The nation’s top corporate Chief Security Officers (CSO), those executives in charge of security for global companies in the U.S., are paid, on average, more than $293,000 annually in total cash compensation (base salary and bonus paid), according to a compensation survey by leading compensation consulting and research firm, Foushée Group, Inc., headquartered in Ft. Meyers. 

The firm published the 2006 Security & Compliance Compensation Survey Report covering the most critical domestic and international management, professional and technical positions in security and compliance. Almost 64 percent of the participating organizations had sales revenue of over $3 billion in 2005.  

“The fifth annual survey indicates the continued recognition and importance of the security groups within the organization and their contribution to the overall profitability of their companies. Chief Security Officers not only have to plan for international and domestic threats, but are increasingly involved with the security requirements for information systems and planning for potential public health pandemics, which could significantly impact a company’s ability to operate,” said Stephen W. Walker, General Partner, Foushée Group, Inc.  

“When comparing 2005 to the 2006 Security Compensation data for Chief Security Officers, there is an 11% increase in total cash compensation for the top job, significantly higher than the national norm. The annual survey publication continues to provide an excellent benchmark for monitoring compensation in the security and compliance fields on a national scale,” Walker said.

 Based on earlier surveys by the Foushée Group, CSO salary cash compensation since the 9/11/01 terrorist attacks has increased 44.7 percent, significantly more than the national average. 

The Foushée Group Inc. conducted the survey in cooperation with the International Security Management Association (ISMA), the worldwide organization of Chief Security Officers. ISMA members include representatives from more than half of the Fortune 100 and a quarter of the Global 200, spanning five continents and every industry. 

            The Foushée Group Inc., a management consulting firm founded in 1980, specializes in compensation consulting and research with an emphasis in the fields of security, environmental, health, safety, ethics and compliance. Since 1986 the firm has conducted and published the most widely endorsed Environmental, Health and Safety Compensation Survey in the nation. Inquiries to purchase the 2006 Security and Compliance Compensation Report or participate in the 2007 survey may be obtained at: www.fousheesurvey.com or by contacting the Foushée Group at (239) 282-1929.  

INTERNATIONAL SECURITY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION ELECTS KEN WHEATLEY AS PRESIDENT

Prague, June 14, 2006, – The International Security Management Association (ISMA) at its annual meeting in Prague elected Ken Wheatley, Vice President Corporate Security for Sony Electronics, Inc., to a one-year term as its new President.

Wheatley succeeds David Saenz, Vice President Worldwide Security for Levi Strauss,  to head the worldwide organization of Chief Security Officers.  ISMA members represent nearly half of the U.S. Fortune 100 companies and about a quarter of the Global 200.

ISMA also elected its other officers for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007. They include:

First Vice President:      Ray Mislock, DuPont, Wilmington, DE

Second Vice President:      Max Brenton, Roche Diagnostics

Secretary:                    Margaret Levine, Georgia Power  

Treasurer:                     Mike Paszynsky, PSEG

ISMA AND NORTHWESTERN’S KELLOGG 
SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
CONDUCT THIRD ANNUAL SECURITY EXECUTIVE
 LEADERSHIP PROGRAM

EVANSTON, IL, April 12, 2007 – ISMA, the worldwide organization of Chief Security Officers, and the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL,  developed and offered a Senior Executive Leadership Program, a new curriculum designed for the world’s most senior business security executives.

Robert Littlejohn, Chairman of ISMA’s Professional Development Committee, said the program is designed to develop senior executives’ leadership skills and to improve their ability to interact with their companies’ senior management and corporate board.

Classes on the Evanston campus began April 15 and continued through Wednesday, April  18. The faculty for the sessions is made up of professors from the Kellogg School of Management.   Students are high-level corporate and security service company security executives from throughout the world.

ISMA member Margaret Levine, Corporate Security Director for Georgia Power, led efforts with the Kellogg School staff to orchestrate the curriculum and direction for this first of its kind program.    “The program is in conjunction with the Kellogg School of Management and provides an important and prestigious opportunity to prepare today’s Chief Security Officers with the ability to meet the future challenges of an ever-changing and complex security landscape throughout the world,” said Levine.

ISMA’s membership of Chief Security Officers is limited to only the most-senior level executives responsible for the security of the world’s largest corporations and major security service companies. Members represent nearly half of the U.S. Fortune 100 companies and about a quarter of the Global 200.

ISMA AND GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
WELCOME  8^TH ANNUAL ISMA LEADERSHIP PROGRAM

WASHINGTON, DC, May 7, 2006 – ISMA, the worldwide organization of Chief Security Officers, and the Georgetown University this month welcome the seventh annual class of security professionals to the ISMA Leadership Program.

The program, which has produced 300 graduates since its inception in 2000, is designed as an intensive executive education and management development seminar to prepare the next generation of security directors for the strategic challenges that they will face in the decades ahead. The yearlong program consists of classroom instruction and independent study.

Professors from Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business provide classroom instruction on various aspects of management and leadership, including motivation, conflict resolution, implementing change, budgets and internal controls, goals, objectives and strategic planning. The program was conceived and developed by Robert Littlejohn, ISMA Past President and Chairman of ISMA’s Professional Development Committee.

“The basic objectives of this unique executive education program are to develop, extend and improve the abilities of security managers,” said Littlejohn. “The men and women participating in the ISMA Leadership Program are the Chief Security Officers of tomorrow. In light of this post-9/11 era, this curriculum will allow them to develop skills to capitalize on the domestic and global leadership demands and challenges of the new millennium.”

ISMA’s membership of Chief Security Officers is limited to only the most-senior level executives responsible for the security of the world’s largest corporations and major security service companies. Members represent nearly half of the U.S. Fortune 100 companies and about a quarter of the Global 200.

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ISMA HONORS CIA DIRECTOR GEORGE J. TENET
WITH 2004 DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

            WASHINGTON, DC, May 10, 2004 – ISMA, the worldwide organization of Chief Security Officers, announced today that it has named George J. Tenet, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, as a recipient of its 2004 Distinguished Achievement Award. The award was presented to him by ISMA at a private luncheon at the Hay-Adams Hotel in Washington.

            Peter O’Neill, ISMA President, said the Distinguished Achievement Award recognizes Tenet for his vision, leadership and commitment to providing the men and women of the CIA the very best security possible during a time of unprecedented global security challenges. 

            Tenet is also being honored for his foresight in creating a senior security executive position in 1997 that reported directly to him on security at the CIA and security policy throughout the U.S. intelligence community. While given a different title, the new executive position functions uniquely within the government as the DCI’s Chief Security Officer. 

“In the wake of the 1994 Aldrich Ames espionage case, the security profession at CIA was broken into different stove piped organizations and the security career path effectively eliminated. George Tenet’s vision and direct action led to the restoration of the security profession as a career service within the CIA.  He has created the best example in government of how security professionals, led by a true Chief Security Officer, enable and protect employees, information and operations on a global scale. The CIA remains today as one of the only government agencies where information security is under the direction of the Chief Security Officer and is managed in coordination with all of the other security disciplines,” O’Neill said.

             Tenet was sworn in as the 18^th Director of Central Intelligence in July 1997. Under two Presidents, Director Tenet has led efforts to rebuild and modernize our country’s capacity to acquire, analyze, and disseminate information vital to the security of all Americans.

            Former recipients of the ISMA Distinguished Achievement Award include, Judge William H. Webster, former FBI Director and CIA Director; George P. Shultz, former U.S. Security of State; David Veness, Assistant Commissioner, New Scotland Yard; Gerald W. Lynch, President, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, The City University of New York; and William Bratton, currently Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department.

            ISMA, founded in 1983, is the premier international security organization for Chief Security Officers from major corporations worldwide, as well as the top security executives of many of the world’s major private security service providers. The ISMA mission is to maintain an international forum of selected security executives whose combined expertise is utilized in a synergistic manner in developing, organizing, assimilating and sharing knowledge within security disciplines for the ultimate purpose of enhancing professional and business standards.

WASHINGTON, DC  .  .  .  The International Security Management Association (ISMA), the professional organization for the most senior-level security executives of the largest global companies, announced the results of a recent survey of its membership regarding trends and challenges in wake of the September 11^th attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.  The survey reveals a true shift in focus from traditional security concerns to increased emphasis on threats that seriously under-mine the ability of a company to protect its employees and continue to do business in both the short-and long-term.  In addition, the survey clearly indicates the need for improved communication between corporations and their employees, as well as between corporations and federal, state and local law enforcement.

“Security considerations have quickly become critical factors in every business decision, and our members are expected to provide vital information and strategies regarding the true vulnerabilities and risks associated with operations here and abroad,” said ISMA President Robert Littlejohn. “The private sector cannot meet this challenge alone, we must rely on information from government agencies and vice versa. Protection of our people and assets is a joint challenge and September 11^th is a call to action for more real public/private cooperation.”

Security executives were asked to rank the post-September 11^th threats, and 2 to 1 they identified business continuity as the major concern, with employee safety always paramount. A similar survey conducted earlier in the year ranked business interruption/disaster recovery fifth and terrorism seventeenth. This new focus is directly reflected in the actions of the majority of corporations as they conduct threat assessments and security surveys of all their facilities and revise existing security, contingency and disaster recovery plans. “We have always been attuned to terrorism on a global basis.  Now we are confronted with terrorism on our doorstep, on an unprecedented scale.” said Littlejohn.

By an overwhelming 95%, respondents said that corporate CEOs and senior management have developed a heightened respect and reliance on their security executives.  Both management and employees are increasingly turning to security executives to gather information, cull fact from fiction, disseminate and educate, whether the issue be biological threats, product contamination, travel advisories, or evacuation procedures.  

Security executives pointed to the need for improved communication between federal, state and local law enforcement and their counterparts in private industry. The sheer volume of misinformation and lack of information feeds the anxiety among employees draining valuable resources during critical times.  “Our ability to get reliable information and disseminate it to our senior management and employees has been a real challenge,” said Littlejohn. “The public and private sectors urgently need to strike a new balance of trusted, cooperative information sharing. We’ve started down that path with some success, but it is a long road ahead. We are optimistic about the role the private sector can play in supporting the Homeland Security initiatives, and we intend to dedicate the resources of ISMA and its membership to that end.”

“ISMA members are using all their resources, including the exchange of information among fellow security professionals, for support during these turbulent times,” said Littlejohn. “This is a critical juncture for our country and the security profession.  We must be proactive and diligent, and that includes reaching outside our own companies for solid information and guidance.”

Within three hours of the September 11^th attacks, ISMA members were using their existing association email network to share information and provide immediate assistance to colleagues, law enforcement, and rescue efforts. Issues discussed on this unique network included the immediate needs of those on the ground in New York, as well as information regarding other potential threats, travel concerns, safety measures and clarification of fact from fiction. Since mid-September, security executives continue to use the network to share information on best practices, local threats, counter-measures, and to share critical observations among trusted colleagues. The global network was then supplemented with local Metro Links--a special network providing 24/7 communications on local threats and local benchmarking in major metropolitan areas. These communication vehicles represent the private sector’s response to an immediate need to create an information flow and a sharing between 300+ global companies in a time of crisis.

WASHINGTON, DC – The International Security Management Association (ISMA) today outlined 12 U.S. government actions needed to enhance the security of American businesses and executives abroad.  Americans, in particular, are the targets of crimes such as kidnapping, terrorism, robbery, car-jacking, and financial scams because of politically motivated anti-American sentiment and the misguided perception that all Americans are affluent targets.  

In testimony today before the House Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs and International Relations, Robert F. Littlejohn discussed trends and major threats to business in the areas of global travel, organized crime, kidnapping, and terrorism. 

“Increased threats to American business travelers have a chilling effect on global commerce.  Business-related security concerns are only magnified when coupled with language barriers, local customs, and often uncooperative or corrupt law enforcement personnel.  To maintain America’s push toward globalized business, our government must work more aggressively with the private sector and other governments to ensure a safe environment for Americans traveling, living, and working abroad,” said Littlejohn.

ISMA recommended that the US government take the following actions:

• Expand training for foreign law enforcement entities to raise the overall effectiveness of the global law enforcement community.

• Work aggressively with other nations to provide targeted financial assistance to law enforcement agencies in high-incidence countries that are currently unable to provide adequate protection for foreign businesses.

• Seek to establish trans-national agreements that expand extraterritorial jurisdiction of law enforcement agencies and provide assistance to Americans victimized by crime.

• Foster a closer working relationship with Interpol and its member nations to improve communication and training in the global law enforcement community.

• Require the FBI to send observers to advise US companies when an employee has been kidnapped abroad.

• The Department of State should provide more timely and accurate reports of criminal activity irrespective of a foreign country’s political concerns.

• Encourage other nations to enact legislation to combat “air rage”.  Currently only Australia, Canada, the UK and the US have laws in place that address this threat.

• Create new programs to assist private sector companies in adopting effective crisis training and plans to prevent and/or manage kidnapping and terrorist attacks in high-risk countries.

• Through existing government contacts, facilitate partnerships between private companies and local law enforcement agencies to minimize the incidence of crime against US citizens abroad.

• Encourage greater cooperation and communication between the security and commercial branches of government.

• Require federal agencies to immediately disclose all information, within the appropriate security classification, that would assist US businesses abroad.  OSAC is the appropriate federal agency to disseminate the information.

• Raise OSAC funding for increased personnel and expanded educational programs.

Founded in 1983, ISMA represents senior corporate security executives worldwide.  It provides a prestigious international leadership forum of select security executives whose combined experience can be used to develop, organize, assimilate, and share knowledge to enhance professionalism and add value to members’ companies.  The organization currently has 344 members, representing 47 of Fortune 100 companies and 135 of Fortune 500 companies.

Robert F. Littlejohn is Vice President Global Security of   Avon Products, Inc. and the Vice President and member of the Board of Directors of ISMA.