Mr Nick Tate
Chair, CAUDIT

Paper title
Authentication and Authorisation

Biography
Nick is 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, Chair of the Queensland Regional Network Organisation (QRNO), President of the Academic Board of the International Systems Security Professional Certification Scheme (ISSPCS) and Vice Chairman of the Australian Computer Society in Queensland. Before joining the university, Nick spent 18 years with Investment Banks in London and 2 years with Macquarie Bank in Sydney.

Nick holds a Bachelor’s degree in Physics from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland and a Master’s degree in Computer Science and is also a Chartered Engineer, a Chartered IT Professional, a Fellow of the Australian Computer Society and a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society.