Alex Waddell

Current

Enterprise Security Architect at National Australia Group

Past

Technology Security Manager at National Australia Group
Technology Risk Manager at National Australia Group
Lotus Notes Team Leader at National Australia Group

Lotus Notes System Engineer at National Australia Group
PC/Windows Support at National Australia Group
Systems Analyst at National Australia Group

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Education

The University of Glasgow

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Information Technology and Services

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Alex Waddell’s Summary

I have over 17 years of IT experience in Financial Services and currently serve as National Australia Group's Enterprise Security Architect. Working closely with key Business & Technology stakeholders, I have overall responsibility for defining the security architecture for NAG's UK business units as well as setting the strategic direction of common IT services delivered to staff & customers. I also provide security education and leadership to NAG's IT development & delivery teams within the UK.

I previously served as NAG UK's Technology Security Manager with responsibility for the management of security threats across our UK business units. By building and running a small focussed team of skilled technicians, I introduced robust security incident management & threat assessment processes & toolsets to deliver exponential reduction in Business downtime as a result of security threats.

I am a proven people manager, IT technician, IT security professional and IT architect with real world experience in a financial organisation that thrives on new & difficult challenges.

I have a proven track record delivering valued engagement between business & IT stakeholders at executive (C-level) and below.

I recently addressed the IDM2009 conference in London, delivering a case study on successful Single Sign-On within NAG UK to critical acclaim. Martin Veitch of CIO magazine posted an article discussing the conference, highlighting my address in particular (http://www.cio.co.uk/opinion/veitch/2009/11/05/identity-management-still-seeking-a-sense-of-identity/)

Alex Waddell’s Specialties:

Information Security Policy, Operational Risk & Regulatory Compliance, Security Threat Management, Security Management Technologies (IDS, Firewalls, Vulnerability Assessment, SIEM etc), IT Audit, Identity Management (including Directory Management, User Provisioning, Identity Lifecycle Management, PKI & Authentication), Fraud Management, IT Security Architecture (including definition of strategic principles, policies, guidelines & standards)

Alex Waddell’s Experience

Enterprise Security Architect

National Australia Group

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Financial Services industry)

June 2007 — Present (2 years 6 months)
Technology Security Manager

National Australia Group

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Banking industry)

November 2006 — June 2007 (8 months)

I am responsible for two teams of people, totalling 9 individuals. The two teams are i) Security Administration and ii) Technical Security. These teams provide a number of important services to NAG UK, including management of Firewalls, IDS systems, Privileged User Admin, Security Monitoring, Threat Management, Certificate Management and much more.
Technology Risk Manager

National Australia Group

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Banking industry)

January 2004 — November 2006 (2 years 11 months)

I was responsible for managing a team of people who co-ordinated the Risk, Compliance, Audit and Threat Management activities for NAG UK Technology.
Lotus Notes Team Leader

National Australia Group

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Banking industry)

October 1999 — December 2003 (4 years 3 months)
Lotus Notes System Engineer

National Australia Group

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Banking industry)

April 1997 — October 1999 (2 years 7 months)
PC/Windows Support

National Australia Group

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Banking industry)

April 1994 — April 1997 (3 years 1 month)
Systems Analyst

National Australia Group

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Banking industry)

September 1992 — April 1994 (1 year 8 months)