General Keith Alexander to Receive Patriot Award at the 2010 American Security Challenge
Washington, DC, September 2010 – Chairman of the National Security Initiative Roger London today announced that Four Star General Keith B. Alexander, Director, National Security Agency, Chief, Central Security Service and Commander of the United States Cyber Command, would receive the organization’s esteemed Patriot Award. “We are extremely proud to award General Alexander this honor. He has led the NSA modernization from a Cold War posture to one capable of addressing the fluid security challenges of today. His intelligence, courage, service and leadership tempered with humility, a sense of humor and a willingness to listen exemplifies the qualities represented by this award.”
“It is an honor to receive the 2010 Patriot Award,” GEN Keith Alexander said, “but the real credit must go to the thousands of patriots at the National Security Agency/Central Security Service – the dedicated professionals who execute the NSA/CSS mission each day, working for the good of the nation. It is a privilege to serve with them and to lead this great organization. Thank you for this very special recognition.”
The Patriot Award, developed for the American Security Challenge, is one that recognizes a great American who has defended our country with integrity, steadfast patriotism, value, and ingenuity. The Award is given to a leader who has successfully confronted national threats to actively protect American citizens and secure the American way of life.
Nominees for this award may be national figures in public or private life, who have served to protect America and its citizens using resources that extend from our boarders to the boardroom.
General Alexander will be recognized and honored among the nation’s leading high-tech innovators dedicated to protecting American’s security at the American Security Challenge event on September 23, 2010 in the D.C region.
ABOUT NATIONAL SECURITY INITIATIVE (NSI)
The National Security Initiative is a non-profit organization devoted to promoting America's long-term
national security interests by uniting the power of the market to the power of American ingenuity. The
principle channel is the American Security Challenge, a collaborative annual technology contest that
brings innovators and investors from around the country together to collaborate and support the best
security technology devoted to our country's long-term national security. Learn more about NSI at
www.NationalSecurityInitiative.com and about ASC at www.AmericanSecurityChallenge.com.
ABOUT AMERICAN SECURITY CHALLENGE (ASC)
As the largest competition and matchmaking opportunity in the nation, the American Security Challenge is
the center of gravity for the critical stakeholders in the security technology market. By quickly identifying
solutions to mission critical and highly visible issues, the American Security Challenge public/private
partnerships are working to secure our nation's citizens, our assets, and our economy.
ABOUT NATIONAL SECURITY OPERATIONS CORP (NSOC)
Newly formed in response to the increasing demand for competent, efficient, and rapid identification and
screening of innovative technology, The National Security Operations Corp (NSOC) pro-actively scouts
innovation communities for technologies that match the requirements of national security
customers/users).
As such, NSOC provides support to the federal defense and Intelligence Community, private sector Critical Infrastructure Owners and Fortune 500 companies. This program provides the identification and/or piloting (stress-testing) of innovative technology to determine if a technology can address priority security challenges (cyber, IED, checkpoints/border, portable/renewable power, passenger/cargo screening, data fusion, etc).
NSOC is an effective front-end scout helping scour the technology landscape to identify potential solutions, or provide comparative competition to a specific vendor under consideration. This pro-active scouting and vetting offers its customers confidence they have uncovered the most viable solution providers to various requirements (or in some cases provide the insight that technology vendors have not yet provided a deployable cost effective solution).
Media contact: Roger London, (410) 340‐5335 Roger@AmericanSecurityChallenge.com
