Comprehensive Network Security for Open Environments

Graham Harvey 2007

In a drive to provide easy access to systems and resources on networks to provide easier, better and faster communication for businesses, customers and partners, has resulted in new threats to which we are all exposed. This openness and interconnectivity provides better communication but also introduces additional risks by exposing vulnerabilities which malicious software and users can easily exploit. Using a security platform that enables these threats to be minimized and mitigated is key to securing these open environments as is the requirement that this platform should evolve with these threats as they change.

About Graham Harvey

Graham started his IT career as a Novell systems engineer and quickly moved into lead engineer for a Network Management & Data Centre. He then moved to the United Kingdom and started working as a network engineer for a large integrator in the UK. He worked on a range of projects including campus & student networks and network security in some of the larger Universities in the UK. That role evolved into a network security specialist where he worked on major accounts designing, implementing and managing complex perimeter security solutions involving Firewall, IPS, Anti-Spyware, Content Filtering and multiple VPN & identity management technologies.

After a few years Graham accepted a role as the Business Development Manager for the fledgling Checkpoint business for a Value Added Distributor in Singapore where he built the Check Point, VASCO & Crossbeam business over a short period. In 2006 Graham joined McAfee in Australia as a Sales Engineer and has built upon his existing knowledge of network security products to McAfee's entire Threat Protection and Risk & Compliance portfolio. Today Graham works with some of McAfee's biggest customers in all sectors including Tertiary Education.