Gary Gaskell Email and Phone Number

Gary is the most experienced cyber security specialist in Brisbane, being a pure play specialist in this field since 1993. This career was initially built on a research masters degree and then developed with across government and large enterprises.In 2013 his contributions were recognised by the Australian Information Security Association when they awarded him as their Information Security Professional of the year. He takes the initiative - He started the AISA chapter in Brisbane in 2001 and helped a few others start the CrikeyCon conference in 2014. And for a good party story - back in 1991 he lead the Queesnland Scouting effort to regain the world record for the traditional baking of a damper - Australian bush bread baked in a fire's coals. It weighed 1000Kg dry weight.In recent years, he has focused on better ways to communicate cyber risks to the C suite and boards in keeping with the increased focus of boards in governing cyber security risks.He has published 50 articles in Australia and internationally. He combines excellent communications and business analysis skills with a thorough mix of technical and managerial security controls. His career highlights include:1. Providing Cyber Security training - CISSP, CCSP, CISM, CISM, ISO 27001, Cyber Security Introduction 2. Presenting the cyber security risk management tutorial at the AusCERT conference since 2004 - the most popular tutorial at these conferences.3. Defining the security architectures for Internet and telephone banking systems,4. Designing and building the security for a classified Defence combat support system,5. Developing both the technical and managerial security plans for the new Queensland Public Safety Network with 600 sites shared by 3 different agencies,6. Developing pragmatic security plans for process control systems (SCADA),7. Leading security reviews by the Queensland Audit Office 2008-2019