Aon Consulting Expands Information Security Consulting Services Capabilities

CHICAGO, May 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aon Consulting, the human capital consulting organization of Aon Corporation , announced today the expansion of its information security services consulting capabilities with the addition of numerous industry experts. These new members join the company's information security unit of its IT risk consulting group, which is a part of Aon Consulting's Financial Advisory and Litigation Consulting Services practice.

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"These are important additions to our practice, further strengthening our information security and electronic discovery expertise," said Warren Kruse, U.S. practice leader of Aon's IT risk consulting group. "Our information security consulting capabilities have proven to be extremely valuable to clients, as issues of this nature continue to impact businesses worldwide."

The Aon Consulting information security services unit assists clients with risk and vulnerability assessments, penetration testing, regulatory compliance reviews, business continuity and recovery planning, security program reviews, security awareness reviews, application assessments, source code reviews and physical security surveys. The new members of this team include, among others, the following:

Salahuddin (Sam) Kamran, senior director, most recently served as a director in Kroll's Financial Advisory Services' High-Tech Investigations and IT Consulting practice. Prior to joining Kroll, he founded a security/technology consulting and operational support firm. Kamran brings more than 15 years of experience in information technology consulting, auditing, risk assessment, best practices and regulatory compliance for information systems. He is a Cisco Certified Network Professional, (ISC)2 Certified Information Systems Security Professional, Information Systems Audit & Control Association Certified Information Security Manager and a Novell Certified NetWare Engineer, as well as being certified in INFOSEC Assessment Methodology by the National Security Agency.

George G. McBride, a director with Aon Consulting, previously served as managing principal of the reliability and security consulting group at Lucent Worldwide Services. McBride was also a senior network security manager at Lucent Technologies where he managed the global risk assessment and penetration group, and was responsible for the development of the Asia Pacific IT security operations. He began his career as a civilian electronics engineer for the U.S. Army Communications & Electronic Command. During his 15 years in the industry, McBride has worked with clients from around the world to assess and address information security threats and vulnerabilities, including conducting large-scale vulnerability assessments, and application and network testing and developing, as well as implementing security programs. He is a (ISC)2 Certified Information Systems Security Professional and an Information Systems Audit & Control Association Certified Information Security Manager.

Troy D. Smith, a director, has more than 20 years of collective experience in consulting, information security and information technology. Most recently, Smith was a senior vice president and national practice leader for IT risk and security consulting at Marsh Risk Consulting. He also served as a principal and national practice leader for the IT consulting practice at Ernst & Young. Smith has worked with clients from around the world to design and deploy solutions related to IT risk management, IT and network vulnerability management, incident response planning, physical security planning, IT continuity planning, business continuity management, information security policies, and security awareness and training.

Kamran is based in New York, McBride is based in New York and New Jersey, and Smith is based in Chicago.

For more information, contact: Joe Micucci, Aon Consulting, 312-381-4786, joe_micucci@aon.com . About Aon

Aon Corporation ( http://www.aon.com/ ) is a leading provider of risk management services, insurance and reinsurance brokerage, human capital and management consulting, and specialty insurance underwriting. There are 47,000 employees working in Aon's 500 offices in more than 120 countries. Backed by broad resources, industry knowledge and technical expertise, Aon professionals help a wide range of clients develop effective risk management and workforce productivity solutions.

Aon Consulting is among the top global human resources consulting firms, with 2005 revenues of $1.255 billion and 7,000 professionals in 120 offices throughout the world. Aon Consulting delivers integrated consulting solutions to help clients with employee benefits, human resources outsourcing, compensation, communication and management consulting.

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