Dean is a Partner with Deloitte's Enterprise Risk Services group in Sydney, and leads the firm's IT security consulting practice. He has 15 years experience in the IT security and IT risk management fields in Australia, New Zealand and the United States. He is a Past Director of the IT&T Security Forum and Past President of the Sydney Chapter of the IS Audit & Control Association (ISACA), and currently is on the Global Board of Directors of ISACA and a member of the Information Security Interest Group in Sydney. He holds degrees in Computer Science and Accounting from the University of Canterbury, and has a range of post-graduate qualifications in the fields of security, IT and business.