Danny Smith.  MInfTechSt, P/GDipInfTech, BSc, JP(Qld)
Operational Manager, AUSCERT.

Danny Smith has been involved in the computing industry for 13 years,
the last 11 years in Networking and Data Security.  He has extensive
experience with the development and modification of device driver and
kernel systems, real-time systems, protocol drivers, and security systems.

During 1987 and 1988, he worked at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in
the United Kingdom doing research with electronic mail systems and
directory services.  He then chaired the Working Group that developed
Access Control for the 1992 X.500 (Directory Service) standard and was
the Australian defect editor for that standard for many years.

Danny has been the Operational Manager of the Australian Computer
Emergency Response Team since its inception in 1993.  He is an elected
member of the international Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams
Steering Committee and a member of IFIP Technical Committee 11, Working
Group 4 which is studying the topic of Network Security. 

Danny has lectured on OSI, Network Management, and Security to postgraduate
and undergraduate levels, and provided seminars on security to various user
groups, conferences, and organisations.  He has consulted on security in
Australia and overseas, and written several reports on aspects of security.

Danny has a Bachelor of Science degree majoring in Computer Science, a
Post-Graduate Diploma in Information Technology majoring in Advanced
Network Technologies, and a Masters of Information Technology Studies
degree majoring in Encryption and Data Security.