To ensure the ISSPCS certifications stay relevant and focused on current and realistic commercial, governmental and academic interests, an Academic Board controls the curricular and assessment aspects of the certification.

The following individuals currently serve on the ISSPCS Academic Board.

Nick Tate President ISSPCS Academic Board The University of Queensland After leaving The University of St. Andrews in Scotland with a Physics degree, Nick worked variously as a Weapons Systems Engineer developing anti-missile missile systems for British Royal Navy Warships and as a developer on real time air traffic control systems before joining the United Bank of Kuwait in London as Chief Programmer. He worked with the bank in London for over 10 years and was Head of IT during the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in the first Gulf war when there was a run on the bank. He continued to work in London in various roles including Vice-President and Head of Technology for the Citibank Private Bank and Technical Director of Global Asset Management Ltd, before emigrating to Australia in 1997, where he became Technology Services Director at Macquarie Bank, based in Sydney. Five years ago, after navigating the transition from investment banking to universities, Nick became both Director of Information Technology Services at The University of Queensland and the Director of Australia's National CERT, AusCERT (The Australian Computer Emergency Response Team), which is based at the University. He is also Chair of the Council of Australian University Directors of IT (CAUDIT), a Director of Higher Ed Systems Pty Ltd and Chair of the Queensland Regional Network Organisation (QRNO). Nick holds a Bachelor's degree with honours in Physics and a Master's degree in Computer Science. He is also both a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. He has 30 years experience in IT, and over 17 years with responsibility for IT Security.

Jeffrey J. Carpenter CERT/CC and Carnegie Mellon University Jeff Carpenter is the technical manager of the CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC) at the Software Engineering Institute located at Carnegie Mellon University. The CERT/CC focuses on technical issues relating to Internet security, including providing Internet security information for system and network administrators, technology managers, and policy makers guidance and coordination for major Internet security events leadership in the response team community Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) formation and development assistance Previously, Mr. Carpenter was the incident response team leader, managing staff that provides technical assistance to Internet sites that have experienced a computer security incident. Before joining the CERT/CC, Mr. Carpenter was a systems analyst/team leader for the University of Pittsburgh, where he was responsible for many of the UNIX-based services provided by the computer center and one of the architects of its distributed UNIX environment. Mr. Carpenter regularly collaborates with and presents to a number of external organisations to help understand the current state of Internet security and to address current and future security problems facing the Internet. In his spare time, Mr. Carpenter responds to a different kind of incidents as a fire fighter and fire police officer with the Berkeley Hills Volunteer Fire Company and the Ross Township Fire Police, both located in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Mr. Carpenter has been involved in the fire service since 1986, and has served as president, secretary, treasurer and director in several fire service organisations.

Andrew Cormack Chief Security Advisor UKERNA Andrew Cormack joined UKERNA as Head of JANET-CERT in March 1999. In January 2002 he took up the new post of Chief Security Advisor, concentrating on the awareness, policy, legal and regulatory aspects of computer and network security. Andrew is active in promoting co-operation between organisations working on computer security in the UK and Europe. He is a partner with TERENA in the TRANSITS project to deliver training for Computer Security Incident Response Teams in Europe, and has recently been appointed to the Permanent Stakeholders Group of the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA). He spends a lot of time talking to people about the problem of computer insecurity and what to do about it. In the past Andrew has worked for Cardiff University, where he looked after web servers and caches as well as dealing with security incidents; the NERC's Research Vessel Services, running scientific computer systems on board ships with uncertain power supplies and moving floors; and Plessey Telecommunications. He has a mathematics degree from Cambridge University, is studying towards an Open University law degree, and is a European Chartered Engineer.

John Hopkinson CISSP ISP CDRP ISSEA and /IIT Security Strategist - Information & Infrastructure Technologies Inc., an EWA Company. John joined /IIT in May 2001 and is responsible for /IITs Standards and Consortia activities and liaison. He develops strategies with regard to standards and consortia activities, and action plans to fulfil those strategies. John has over 35 years of experience in the security field in the military and commercial sectors. He has conduced research in many areas related to information technology security, with a particular focus on assurance, risk analysis, risk management, and security metrics. John was responsible for the conversion of the SSE-CMM into an ISO standard, 21827. John is the President of ISSEA (the International Systems Security Engineering Association), and holds the following positions: Chairman of the Technical Committee on Information Technology, Head of the Canadian Delegation to the International Organization for Standardization Joint Technical Committee 1 (ISO/IEC JTC 1), Member, and Past Chairman of the Canadian Advisory Committee on Information technology Security, (ISSEA) Liaison Officer to ISO/IEC JTC 1, ISO/IEC JTC 1 SC 27 and SC 7 Member, Canadian National Council on ISO.

Derek Kiong Beng Kee National University of Singapore Over his 20-year career with computer systems, Derek has been a freelance contract programmer, as well as Associate Professor and taught University-level courses in operating systems, programming languages, systems programming and compiler technologies. He is the author of three books on computer technology and has also been trainer to both novice and expert software developers in local organizations, government ministries and Multinational Corporations. He is also consultant for security, computer crimes and Linux technologies, as well as consulted as an expert court witness. Derek holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Queensland, Australia, and a B.Sc. in Computation from UMIST, in the United Kingdom. He is currently the Programme Director of Technical Curriculum at the Institute of Systems Science for the National University of Singapore.

Nandu Koregaonkar CISSP CSQA Mahindra - British Telecom Ltd Nandu is a former Colonel from the Indian Army's Special Forces and holds a Master's degree in Defence Studies. He currently leads MBT's Security Engineering Group and is responsible for integrating SSE-CMM within MBT's software engineering and development efforts. Nandu has 24 years of experience in the security in military and commercial sectors. While serving in the Army, he has served on various operational and research assignments in Information and Special Operations. Before joining MBT he served as Head Training, Network Security Solutions India Ltd., and was responsible for the conduct of training workshops and courses in Information and Network Security for the Government, Armed Forces and Academic Institutions on behalf of CINS (Centre for Information and Network Security), University of Pune. Nandu is also a member of ISSEA and SSE-CMM Training and Certification Working Group.

Mark McPherson AusCERT Mark McPherson's career has spanned more than a decade in the IT industry, the last eight of which have been spent as a security analyst and educator with the Australian Computer Emergency Response Team (AusCERT). Mark's computer security experience includes front-line and management roles in incident response and course development and delivery, conference and seminar presentations around the globe. He currently occupies the position of Manager for Training and Education with AusCERT. For the past several years, Mark has been coordinating and delivering AusCERT Computer Security and Incident Handling training programmes to government and educational organisations throughout Australia and the Asia Pacific region, including projects for CAUDIT (www.caudit.edu.au), APEC and ASEAN. In 2001, Mark was designated as AusCERT's team representative to FIRST (Forum of Incident Response Security Teams), and at the 2002 FIRST conference Mark was elected by the membership to the FIRST Steering Committee and FIRST.ORG Inc Board. Mark is currently co-chair of the FIRST 2005 conference programme committee and a member of the FIRST Educational Committee. Mark was involved in the creation of the Asia-Pacific Computer Emergency Repsonse Team (APCERT) in 2002. APCERT is a coalition of CSIRTs (Computer Security Incident Response Teams) from 13 economies across the Asia Pacific region who cooperate on regional incident handling and information dissemination (www.apcert.org). AusCERT continues its involvement as chair of APCERT.

Dr. Julie E. Mehan, PhD, MAIR, BS Booz Allen Hamilton Julie joined Booz Allen Hamilton in March 2003 and manages several high-visibility projects for Department of Defence clients. She has over 25 years of experience in various Department of Defence and Intelligence agencies. Julie is also an Adjunct Professor with the University of Phoenix, specializing in Information Systems Security, Security Management, and Security Strategy education. Until January 2000, Julie was in the U.S. Government Service, lastly developing, designing, and leading the Department of the Army's Information Operations Vulnerability Assessment and Red Team Division (IOVAD). In this capacity, she participated in multiple International, Joint, and Army deployments, providing both real world and exercise support. Julie graduated Summa Cum Laude with a PhD from Capella University in Organization and Management, which focused on research into the issues and challenges facing Chief Security Officers in large government and commercial organizations and resulted in the development of a dynamic model of CSO leadership. She has a Master of Arts with Honours in International Relations and Law from Boston University and a Bachelor of Science degree in History and Languages from the University of New York. She is currently involved with a number of organizations and has presented at various conferences, such as the DoD Information Assurance Workshop. Additionally, Julie is member of the Women of Greater Washington, the Information Assurance Technical Forum (IATF), the International Systems Security Engineering Association (ISSEA), and the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA). Julie has native fluency in German and conversational French and Italian. Prior to her return to the United States in 1997, Julie resided for 22 years in Germany - in Berlin up to the fall of the Berlin Wall and subsequently 7 years in Heidelberg.

John Rogers, BSc EWA Australia John Rogers' experience in information security and related areas started when he joined Government Communications Headquarters as a British Civil Servant in 1962 and he has worked continuously in the field since setting up the National Computer Security Authority in Defence Signals Directorate in 1986. He was the original author of DSD's principal computer security publication, ACSI-33, conducted many security assessments of Commonwealth installations, and was a major participant in the establishment of the Commonwealth's security policies and procedures for thirteen years. His extensive IT experience also dates from 1962, and includes work in the private sector as well as State and Federal Government. Since leaving DSD he has provided presentations to the Australian Government Solicitor and their clients, explaining the technology of Public Key and its implications for lawyers, assisted Standards Australia in preparing information security courses, and developed an information security policy and conducted a risk analysis for the Child Support Agency. He has lectured in information security to final year undergraduates at the ANU and consulted to DSD. He is a non-executive director of EWA Australia.

Scott V. Sinclair, BSc Secretary ISSPCS Academic Board The University of Queensland Scott Sinclair is currently employed as a Senior Systems Programmer at Information Technology Services, UQ. He has 7 years experience in IT and is responsible for secure WLAN design and implementation along with strategic development of University systems. After completing a Bachelor of Science degree majoring in Information Technology and Computer Science at UQ, Scott became focused on IT security, with particular interest in the areas of physical & network security and encryption. In his spare time, Scott manages a consortium of online astronomical observatories, providing real-time imaging solutions to schools and research groups in the U.S. and Canada.