Mark McPherson's career has spanned more than a decade in the IT industry, the last five of which have been spent as a security analyst 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, and he currently occupies the position of Manager, Training and Education with AusCERT.

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. His tenure in this role continues.