HTCIA 3rd Annual Asia Pacific Regional Training Conference
Presenter Details

Presenter - Mr. Peter Mercer, Director, Network & Perimeter Security Services, Australia

Peter Mercer has a background in custom network design and security vulnerabilities.  His experience includes over 10 years of network design, configuration and implementation on three continents.  He has also been involved in a range of business management activities for himself and other companies.

Peter has had a range of NT and Unix security experience and the vulnerabilities associated with them.  He has been advising companies on the impact of their security, encryption and computer forensics related services for a number of years.  Peter is also active in a many security groups that monitor new and emerging security devices and applications.

Relevant Experience

Managed the NSW Division of Ernst & Young’s security practice.  In that time he successfully managed a team of 8 staff and delivered attack and penetration services to several financial, government and telecommunications organisations.

Managed the NSW Division of Ernst & Young’s computer forensic practice.  In that time he successfully managed a team of 4 staff and delivered services to several law enforcement, financial and telecommunications organisations.

Consulted on threat and vulnerability assessments for AMP, Charles Schwab, Commonwealth Bank, Commsec, BNP Paribas, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Online Broker Holdings, eTrade and Allianz.