World Vision finalist in the IT Excellence Awards for its security

Tuesday, May 16, 2017

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International humanitarian agency World Vision has been announced as a finalist in the prestigious InformationWeek IT Excellence Awards.

The awards recognise IT leaders and companies that demonstrate outstanding innovation in six different IT categories. World Vision, which operates in around 100 countries globally, has been shortlisted for the IT Excellence in Security category.

“We are delighted to have been recognised for our work in IT security,” said Ed Anderson, World Vision’s Global Chief Information Officer. “All the work we do at World Vision, including IT, is to help transform the lives of vulnerable children and their families.”

Al Lutz, the organisation’s Chief Information Security Officer said, “Being nominated for this award is testament to the hard work and dedication of IT staff worldwide and we are honoured to have been included in this year’s list.”

This new awards program replaces the InformationWeek Elite 100 rankings—a staple of the IT industry for nearly 30 years. Instead of ranking the top 100 innovators in IT, the awards recognise the top three companies in each of five technology categories, as well as an award for overall IT Excellence.

The other categories are IT Excellence in Infrastructure, IT Excellence in Cloud, IT Excellence in DevOps, IT Excellence in Data & Analytics, Overall IT Excellence.

World Vision will join other organisations including Symantec Corporation and the Mitre Corporation at the awards ceremony taking place at UBM's flagship IT event, Interop ITX in Nevada on Tuesday 16 May, 2017.

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Notes to Editors

World Vision is a global Christian relief, development and advocacy organisation dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice. World Vision serves all people, regardless of religion, race, ethnicity, or gender.