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About the Author

Adam Bennett is the CEO of the Red Piranha. Adam Bennett is a globally
recognised cybersecurity leader, innovator, ethical hacker, and qualified
industry expert. As the Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Adam has led
Red Piranha from its conception in 2013 to become one of Australia's
renowned and awarded cybersecurity organisations. Adam's passion and
driving vision is to provide comprehensive cybersecurity protection from
the growing threat landscape by offering enterprise-grade cybersecurity
solutions to businesses of all sizes.

Prior to founding Red Piranha, Adam accumulated over twenty years of
industry experience within the network operations, security, and
professional management industries. With over two decades employed within the Security and Risk
management industry. Additionally, Adam has enjoyed a long career as a board-level advisor and
member on a wide array of public and private organisations, including the WA Cyber Alliance and the
Electronic Frontiers Australia as Chairperson of their Business Development Committee.

Adam holds qualifications in Big Data and Social Sciences, Computer Science and Information Security
qualifications from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Charles Sturt University, AMTC; and is a
regular lecturer on the topics of network security and encryption. Furthermore, Adam has held varies
certifications in Auditing and Cyber security and currently holds certification in CDPSE Certified Data
Privacy Solutions Engineer from ISACA. Adam is specialised, trained, and qualified in several disciplines,
including but not limited to ethical hacking, digital forensics, risk management, compliance, governance
frameworks, cyber laws and project management.

As an industry networker, Adam is a member of several distinct industry groups, including ACS
(Australian Computer Society), Foundation member of the Linux Foundation, AISA (Australian
Information Security Association), ACSC (Australian Cyber Security Centre), AustCyber and ISACA
(Information Systems Audit and Control Association).

A prolific contributor to the IT and Developer industry, Adam is a professional presenter and industry
advocate, actively participating within the cybersecurity community industry since the late 1980s. He has
authored and contributed to multiple industry papers, including being published with NATO cyber security
research, industry research with INTEL and professional blogs, podcasts, amongst other publications.

Adam can be reached online at ([email protected]) and at our company website https://redpiranha.net

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