COLUMBUS, Ga., Nov. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Aflac, a
leading provider of supplemental insurance in the U.S., announced
that it has been recognized by IDG's CSO magazine as a
recipient of the 2021 CSO50 Award. This prestigious honor is
bestowed upon a select group of organizations that have implemented
security projects and initiatives demonstrating outstanding
business value and thought leadership. The awards are scored
according to a uniform set of criteria by a panel of judges that
includes security leaders, industry experts and academics.
Aflac Receives 2021 CSO50 Award From IDG's CSO Magazine
In 2020, Aflac's Information Governance program modernized the
organization's eDiscovery process, introducing new leading-practice
services and capabilities to stakeholders. The "Ducking eDiscovery
Costs" project was instrumental in streamlining data preservation
and collection proceses across various connected systems and
platforms and has increased the speed and transparency of discovery
activities performed throughout the organization.
"In 2020-2021, amid the pandemic crisis and social unrest in
America, Aflac relied on its cybersecurity team more than ever as a
significant contributor to creating solutions to new challenges
that could impact our business model and our ability to serve our
stakeholders in the post-pandemic world," said Senior Vice
President and Chief Global Security Officer Tim Callahan. "We are proud to be recognized
among the top-50 security programs in the
United States, as it validates our commitment to drive
security innovation, reduce cybersecurity risks, and build upon the
trust that our customers and stakeholders have always bestowed on
our company."
"The disruptive events of 2020 – combined with sophisticated and
far-reaching attacks like SolarWinds – brought new challenges and
costs to organizations, their security leaders and business
outcomes," said Amy Bennett,
executive editor of CSO. "Our annual CSO50 Awards recognize
security teams that bring innovation and thought leadership to
solving for the many risks their organizations continue to face.
This year's class of CSO50 winners represent an elite group of risk
and security thought leaders, and we are pleased to give them the
recognition they deserve."
About Aflac Incorporated
Aflac Incorporated (NYSE:
AFL) is a Fortune 500 company helping provide protection to more
than 50 million people through its subsidiaries in Japan and the U.S., where it is a leading
supplemental insurer, by paying cash fast when policyholders get
sick or injured. For more than six decades, insurance policies of
Aflac Incorporated's subsidiaries have given policyholders the
opportunity to focus on recovery, not financial stress. Aflac Life
Insurance Japan is the leading provider of medical and cancer
insurance in Japan, where it
insures 1 in 4 households. For 15 consecutive years, Aflac
Incorporated has been recognized by Ethisphere as one of the
World's Most Ethical Companies. In 2021, Fortune included Aflac
Incorporated on its list of World's Most Admired Companies for the
20th time, and Bloomberg added Aflac Incorporated to its
Gender-Equality Index, which tracks the financial performance of
public companies committed to supporting gender equality through
policy development, representation and transparency, for the second
consecutive year. To find out how to get help with expenses health
insurance doesn't cover, get to know us at Aflac.com or
Aflac.com/Espanol.
About the CSO50 Awards
The CSO50 Awards recognizes 50
organizations for security projects and initiatives that
demonstrate outstanding business value and thought leadership. The
CSO50 Awards are scored according to a uniform set of criteria by a
panel of judges that includes security leaders, industry experts
and academics. The 2021 awards will be presented at the CSO50
Conference + Awards held Nov. 16-18.
Past winners include Adobe, Allstate, American Express,
City of Raleigh, The Clorox
Company, Comcast, Delta Dental, Genpact, HBO Latin America, Home
Depot, Microsoft, University of
Pennsylvania, Verizon and many more. A complete list of the
2019 winners can be viewed on www.idg.com.
About CSO
CSO is the premier content and community
resource for security decision-makers leading business risk
management efforts within their organizations. For more than a
decade, CSO's award-winning website (CSOonline.com), executive
conferences, strategic marketing services and research have
equipped security decision makers to mitigate both IT and
corporate/physical risk for their organizations and provided
opportunities for security vendors looking to reach this
audience.
To assist CSOs in educating their organizations' employees on
corporate and personal security practices, CSO also produces the
quarterly newsletter Security Smart. CSO is published by IDG
Communications, Inc. Company information is available at
www.idg.com.
Media contact – Darcy Brito,
706.320.2358 or dbrito@aflac.com
Analyst and investor contact – David A.
Young, 706.596.3264 or dyoung@aflac.com
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