Eric Svetcov

Eric is a leading Information Security specialist who focuses on securing key corporate and customer data by understanding of the risks to organisations, aligning business and IT strategies, and creating Information Security solutions that fully align with organisational strategy while maximising operational results and risk mitigation. Eric draws on leading governance frameworks and more than 15 years advising clients on how to protect data placed under his stewardship to craft data security solutions that achieve an appropriate level of risk mitigation and alignment with the goals of the organisation.

Previous roles have included, Information Security and Business Continuity national service leader for KPMG in New Zealand, Information Security Director for salesforce.com in San Francisco, Director of IT and Operations at Grassroots Enterprise, and Manager of Information Systems at Intuitive Surgical.

Eric is a Board Member of the American Board for Information Security and Computer Forensics and a Board Member of the ISACA chapter in Auckland. He is a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), (ISC)2  and American Board for Certification in Homeland Security (ABCHS). He has an MBA and holds the following certifications: CISSP, CISM, CISA, CIPP, and CHS-III. His articles have been published in Computerworld, SC Magazine, Technology & Learning magazine, School CIO, and Windows NT Systems magazine.

Eric has presented training programs in many countries around the world to outstanding reviews and is a regular speaker at industry events such as ComputerWorld’s Utility Computing Briefing, the IT Security Summit in Auckland and the Cloud Computing Summit.