With a wealth of experience spanning more than two decades, David has established himself as a leading cybersecurity professional. His expertise and knowledge have proven invaluable in safeguarding organisations from cyber threats across a gamut of industries and roles. A key differentiator in David’s experience is having worked extensively across all key areas of cybersecurity, including governance, risk and compliance, penetration testing, threat detection and threat hunting, digital forensics, security training and education, exploit research and development, network architecture, and network security implementation and management. David's wealth of knowledge and experience gives him a unique perspective and ability to assist organisations in managing cyber risks across any domain. Being able to prioritise risk mitigation activities based on real-world threats and the specific risk profile of each individual business is critical to progressing cyber maturity and resilience within defined budgetary constraints. David's ability to communicate with highly technical personnel and then switch to engage with the C-suite on business risk and strategy within the same meeting is an incredibly distinct advantage when supporting organisations.David's extensive tenure in one of Australia's leading universities, where he worked in a challenging and high-risk environment with limited budgets and resources, has afforded David the skills and experience to develop practical solutions that effectively minimise risks while remaining cost-effective. This has been especially beneficial to small and medium-sized businesses that are always constrained by limited budgets and resources. In addition to his experience client-side, David has also consulted with a multitude of organisations across all industries, assisting them in identifying both technical and procedural risks and reducing them according to their unique risk appetite.David has an unwavering commitment to cybersecurity, having co-founded Australia's first "hacker" conference, Ruxcon, in 2003 with two other cybersecurity professionals. David has a deep-seated commitment to giving back to the industry, as well as a passion for teaching. He has taught cybersecurity at TAFE NSW, including the Certified Ethical Hacker course. Recently, he has taught courses at university covering governance, risk and compliance (GRC), system administration and system hardening, programming, networking and network security, cryptography, cloud security, penetration testing, and digital forensics and incident response (DFIR).