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🔴 Please don't invite me to meals, drinks or round tables. ALL requests will be ignored.

I help CIOs in dynamic organisations reduce cyber risk, by developing pragmatic cybersecurity functions that align with the business needs and have a proven track record of increasing simplicity and promoting accountable visibility. 

I'm a Technical Cyber Security Leader with over 17 years of experience within start-ups, management consulting and top-tier organisations. Extensive hands-on experience with Security Architecture, Engineering, DevSecOps, Security Posture Management, Penetration Testing & Red Teaming.

Engagements, Awards, Articles and Education

🔵 InfoSec Europe, Advisory Board • 2024
🔵 e-Crime & Cybersecurity Congress, Lost in Translation • 2024
🔵 Webcast, Control Effectiveness • https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/19525/609336
🔵 SASIG, Adapting to the new cyber threat landscape • 2023
🔵 Central Banking African Summit, x4 talks over 2 days • 2022
🔵 CyberCon, Hosted fireside chat: BoE, LSEG, MS • 2022
🔵 Secure Southwest, High-value security testing • 2019

🟢 National Cyber Awards, Winner of the Financial Services Award • 2023
🟢 BCS Awards, Finalist for High Impacting Business Project • 2021
🟢 SC Awards Europe, Finalist for Best Security Team Europe • 2019

📒 Preparing your Organisation for AI Cyber Warfare • https://tinyurl.com/df-ai-war
📒 Finding High-Value Security Initiatives • https://tinyurl.com/df-sec-roi
📒 No Bullsh*t Approach To Simplifying Cyber Supply Chain Risk • https://tinyurl.com/df-supplychain
📒 Critical Vulnerability Management Cheat Sheet • https://tinyurl.com/df-cheat

📕 Master of Business Administration (MBA) • Exeter University, 2021
📕 Bachelor of Science (BSc Hons), Computer Systems & Networking • University of Plymouth, 2007
📕 CISM, Certified Information Security Manager • ISACA, 2016
📕 CISSP, Certified Information Security Professional • (ISC)2, 2011
📕 CSSLP, Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional • (ISC)2, 2014

Dave F.

Datacom

Service Desk Analyst

La Trobe University

Master of Cybersecurity

RJ Shiel and Associates

Environmental assessment and reporting; ecological consultancy

Senior Associate

Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

Provided executive support to surgical trainees collaborating in investigator led clinical audits across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.
Provided administrative support for human ethics research applications.

Coordinator, Clinical Trials Network Australia New Zealand (CTANZ)

Academic Surgery Coordinator

Led the systematic literature review and writing group of one and contributed to two surgical practise guidelines following the detection of SARS CoV-2 and COVID-19 in Australia in early 2020: 
Guidelines for Personal Protective Equipment A rapid review commissioned by RACS 11 August 2020 
Guidelines for safe surgery: open versus laparoscopic A rapid review commissioned by RACS 11 August 2020 
Guidelines on the Preoperative Diagnostic Workup for COVID-19 A rapid review commissioned by RACS 1 July 2020
Increased medical student numbers on pre surgical training pathway by cultivating strong links with medical student bodies (ANZ) 
Mitigated potential reputational risks by ensuring the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons was prepared with a clear and well-developed position statement on the ethical principles for AI in medicine.

Manager

Australian Outdoor Living

Trained sales team in rapid customer acquisition techniques at trade shows and Home Improvement events. 
Improved lead generation quality of team members by 40% 
Kept operational and logistics costs within budget by negotiating with tradesmen and transport companies.

F2F Manager

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Increased graduation rate to 100% in the ENT Unit by instituting the "Thesis by Publication" model for Masters and PhD surgical registrar candidates. 
Achieved the 3rd ranked ENT unit internationally in rhinology research. 
Generated over AUD 1 million via Garnett Passe and Rodney Williams Memorial Foundation and NHMRC competitive funding scheme.

Chief Research Scientist

Increased peer reviewed publications in the Dept of Haematology (TQEH) on single stranded conformation analysis to detect methylation profiles of tumour suppressor genes.
 Published new technique for methylation analysis of formalin fixed paraffin embedded cancer tissue.

Esther Caldwell Cook Breast Cancer Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Full name: Lorwai Tan PhD (She/her)

Aspiring Cyber Security GRC professional who has recently finished a comprehensive Cyber Security GRC training (GRC Mastery), including a capstone project using the NIST Cyber Security Framework.
My formal qualifications in cybersecurity include a Graduate Certificate from La Trobe University, where I am currently pursuing a Master of Cybersecurity. 

I have demonstrated my practical abilities through the successful completion of ANZ Australia Cybersecurity Management and Datacom Cybersecurity Job Simulations. 
I hold a certificate in cybersecurity from the International Information System Security Certification Consortium (ISC)² and am Microsoft Certified in Security, Compliance and Identity Fundamentals.

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