HTCIA 3rd Annual Asia Pacific Regional Training Conference
Presenter Details

Panel Moderator - Mr. Thomas Parenty- Managing director, Parenty Consulting

Thomas Parenty, Managing Director of Parenty Consulting Limited (Hong Kong), has twenty five years of experience in the computer security and cryptography fields, including employment with the United States National Security Agency. He has designed and evaluated the information security protections of numerous national and global systems, including those for banking, electronic commerce, credit card processing, healthcare, manufacturing, and nuclear command and control. In addition, Parenty has designed security features in enterprise software applications that are currently used by governments and businesses across the globe.

Mr. Parenty has testified five times before the United States Congress on global competitiveness, national security, law enforcement, and encryption export controls. On behalf of the National Academy of Sciences he assessed the quality of the information security work done by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). He advised the President’s Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection on information security research directions and the protection of telecommunications networks.

He has been featured in international media ranging from CNN’s Global Office to The Economist and has lectured throughout the world, including the University of California at Berkeley, the National Cryptologic School (NSA), and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Harvard Business School Press published Parenty’s book, Digital Defense: What You Should Know About Protecting Your Company’s Assets.

Parenty Consulting Limited assists clients in preventing financial fraud and the theft of sensitive corporate information in Asia’s complex business environment. This is accomplished through a unique methodology, introduced in Parenty’s book, of matching information security protections to a business’s operations and objectives.