
Account Director at Deloitte
Melbourne Area, Australia

Account Director at Deloitte
Melbourne Area, Australia
My 5 year goals are to:
1. Become one of the most respected and capable security consultants in the Asia Pacific region.
2. Undertake post graduate education such as a Masters or Phd. in Computer Science.
3. Develop the Deloitte Security Technology Center in Melbourne into a world class security testing facility
My 10 year goals are to:
1. Achieve eminence in my field by participation in industry forums and publications.
2. Carry out a custodial security management role for an institution or large Australian owned corporate becoming a true CSO with responsibility for physical, electronic and computer security.
My professional experience includes:
*Designing Electronic and Physical Security for Maximum Security Prisons and Reserve Banks in Australia and Asia.
*Undertaking Year 2000 compliance testing on electronic security systems at a maximum security Asian Reserve Bank
*Successfully project managing a Year 2000 compliance upgrade of security systems in a number of Western Australian prisons
*Managing firewalls and IDS for the WA Government Internet Service Provider
*Assisting in the management of an e-government system for the WA government, including eprocurement, etendering and a credit card payment gateway.
*Conducting Penetration Testing on the Online Banking systems of two Tier 1 Australian Banks.
*Designing the security architecture for a system of national significance for the Federal Government
*Writing Security Baselines and Procedures for a Health Agency
*Conducting penetration testing and fixing firewall configurations for power, water and gas utilities
*Conducting a Payment Card Industry audit of a credit card provider
*Auditing network security for numerous international and Australian manufacturing companies.
Network Security Audit
Network Security Testing
Penetration Testing
Web Application Security Assessment
Online Banking Security Assessment
ISO 17799 Information Security Management Systems Development
Security Architecture Design
(Partnership; 10,001 or more employees; Computer & Network Security industry)
October 2002 — Present (7 years 3 months)
I manage the Deloitte Security Technology Center in Melbourne one of a handful of Centers for Excellence in computer and network security.
I work very closely with Jean Marie Abi-Ghanem (Director) and George Stathos (Partner) and manage a team of four full time security professionals.
I work with ASX Top 100 clients and most of my work is with Tier 1 Australian Banks.
Archery, Aikido
Information Systems Audit and Control Association http://www.isaca.org
Institute of Internal Auditors
http://www.iia.org.au/
Matthew was featured in a half page article in "The Age" broadsheet newspaper, with a photo.