The Roy N. Bordes Excellence in Security Scholarship Award On February 9th 2008 the security world lost a significant contributor with the passing of Roy Nathan Bordes CMAS - a friend and colleague. Many of us in the security industry have known and respected Roy for many years. He was a champion of progressive security techniques and had the unique ability to embrace the things that worked and steer clear of the passing fads. All of us at the Anti Terrorism Accreditation Board (ATAB) are touched deeply by his passing. We will miss his highly valued guidance, council and insight that was so essential during our early years. The success of our organization is epitomized by professionals like Roy. After a successful tour in the U.S. Navy, Roy's inquisitive mind and logical thinking naturally led him to law enforcement where he served with the U.S. Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigations. Over the years he has worn the hats of investigator, agent, security professional, terrorism expert, teacher, philosopher, mentor and to all those that knew him – friend. In 1978 Roy founded The Bordes Group in Orlando Florida. Other offices are located in South Carolina, Virginia, and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The company is a professional security-consulting firm providing services to a wide variety of clients including, but not limited to, Fortune 50 firms, military, government and industrial facilities. The Bordes Group specializes in the design of integrated electronic security systems. Many incorporated technologies related to access control, biometrics, closed-circuit television, communications, and perimeter protection. His range of involvement included sensitive security projects from homeland security to the design of complex and specialized security screening techniques. For years Roy has been recognized as a leading security professional and has been sought after by organizations such as Time magazine, the Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, Business Week, the Associated Press, Washington Post, and the Orlando Sentinel for his opinion and insights on Security and Terrorism. He has been interviewed on Fox, MSNBC and the ABC World News Tonight with the late Peter Jennings. In keeping with Roy's dedication to teach and mentor new security professionals, ATAB will initiate an annual scholarship in his name for the advancement of a security professional. Each year ATAB will award a scholarship in the name of Roy to an individual who is otherwise qualified and has demonstrated the forward thinking qualities consistently demonstrated by Roy Bordes. The scholarship will include the cost of ATAB membership, certification, training materials and training activities for a full year. The recipient must submit a Power Point or White Paper on a security or terrorism related topic. The submission will be judged by the Anti Terrorism Accreditation Board for its contents professionalism and merit. The nomination must include a short paper characterizing the individual as a professional with the same progressive nature, vision and energy as that demonstrated by our friend and colleague Roy Bordes. John C. Sears, CMAS www.goATAB.org