Principle Place of Business:
e.law Australia
Level 3, 9 Castlereagh Street,
SYDNEY NSW 2000
General Phone: 1300 136 993
Direct Phone: 02 8114 1705
Mobile: 0423 567 813
email: a.watt@elaw.com.au
Website: www.elaw.com.au
Melbourne Office:
Level 52, Rialto Tower
525 Collins Street
MELBOURNE Vic 3000
Ph: (03) 9600 1900
Perth Office:
Level 3, 68 St Georges Terrace
PERTH WA 6000
Ph: (08) 9481 7799
Other Offices:
MELBOURNE:
Level 52, Rialto Tower
525 Collins Street
Melbourne Vic 3000
Ph: (03) 9600 1900
Fax: (03) 9600 2133
PERTH:
Level 3, 68 St Georges Terrace
Perth WA 6000
Ph: (08) 9481 7799
Fax: (08) 9481 5499
AUSTRALIA WIDE:
Please telephone 1300 136 993 and one of our staff will be glad to assist you.
A"Allan Watt is a leading Independent Computer Forensics Expert and hashad over 25 years experience in computing.
Allan has had an involvement with law enforcement since joining the NZ Police in the 1980s, after a career in the NZ Army.
Formerly a member of the NZ Police Criminal Intelligence Section, Allancommenced research in the area of computer forensics in 1994, completing some of the first computer forensic examinations for the NZ Police in 1995. He went on to complete Academic studies and obtain other qualifications as listed below.
Allan has had published a number of articles, including a major research paper on Computer Crime in the NZ Business Law Quarterly (Oct 1999), and the Chartered Accountants National Journal. As an acknowledged authority on the subject of computer forensics, he is regularly involved in disseminating this knowledge by various means and a list of these is provided below. He is also a guest lecturer at the University of Sydney.
He has experience in the IT industry in major networks and systems, having worked for a number of years for an international company were he was employed as the senior support engineer for the Southern Cross Cable Network's, Operational Support System. Here he was responsible for the day to day management, operation, security and disaster recovery of this critical 24 x 7 complex system.
Subsequent to leaving the NZ Police, Allan has worked in the private arena as a Computer Forensics Investigator and IT Security Consultant, and in this capacity has attended training seminars along with members of the NZ Police, Serious Fraud Office and other Government Agencies. His evidence has been accepted as expert in the: NZ and Australian
courts.
He is constantly liaising with Barristers and Solicitors, Private
Investigators and major corporations, and has completed hundreds of investigations in New Zealand, prior to moving to Australia and taking up the position of Head of <e.forensics> at <e.law>.
Career History
* NZ Army, Regular Force, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment -
9 Years
* NZ Police, Sworn Member - 9 years (5 years as Intelligence
Analyst)
* Open Telecommunications, Senior Support Engineer - 2 Years
* Independent Computer Forensic Examiner - 10 years
Qualifications
* Master of Science (Honours) (Forensic Science)
* Post Graduate Diploma in Forensic Science
* Bachelor of Science (Information Systems)
* Bachelor of Business Studies (Accounting)
* Diploma in Policing - New Zealand Police
Memberships
International Association of Computer Investigative Specialists -
(IACIS), Australia New Zealand Forensic Science Society - (ANZFSS), High
Tech Crime Network - (HTCN), The Independent Forensic Practitioners
Institute Inc. - (IFPI), Australia Information Security Association
(AISA) and Association of Certified Fraud Examiners - (ACFE).
Certifications
* Certified Forensic Computer Examiner (CFCE) - IACIS
* Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) - ACFE
Publications / Presentations
Published in both academic and business publications as well as Guest Speaker at conferences and on television. Examples
include:
* Presentation to the St George-Sutherland Law Society Dinner (May 2009)
* Article AISA Newsletter (May 2009)
* Presentation to Queensland Law Society, Annual Symposium (2009)
* Article in Australia Lawyer Weekly (2009)
* Presentation to the annual SCADA conference on the risks of Cyber Terrorism to the critical infrastructure. (2008)
* Presentation to the 22nd annual Industrial Relations
Conference on 'Identifying Risk to Intellectual Property' (2008)
* Peer reviewed article in 'IT Brief' (2007)
* Presentation on Computer Forensics to Australia New Zealand Insurance Fraud Conference (November 2007)
* Presentation on Mitigating Data Loss New Zealand Risk Seminar (November 2007)
* Appearances on New Zealand television documentaries (x3)
'Close Up' (2006)
* Articles in New Zealand Business Magazine (x2) (2006)
* Articles in New Zealand Security Magazine (x3) (2006)
* Paper on 'Issues with Computer Forensic Evidence' published at
www.forensicexams.org
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(2006)
* Article in Law Talk (2003)
* Presentation to the Institute of Chartered Accountants of New Zealand on 'Computer Investigation and Auditing' (June 2000)
* Presentation to the Auckland District Law Society on
'Computers and the Law' (March 2000)
* Article published in the Institute of Chartered Accountants
Journal on 'Computer Offending' (September 1999)
* Officially published research on 'Computer Based Offending',
New Zealand Business Law Quarterly (October 1999)
* Presentation to Information Security Summit NZ on 'Computer Crime and Fraud' (April 1999)
* Presentation to MBA students at Massey University on 'Computer Crime and Fraud' (June 1999)
* Presentation to New Zealand Information Security Forum on 'Computer Based Offending'
(February 1999)
