Trainer – Peter Nikitser

Peter has over thirty years’ experience in information technology and information security consulting. He has worked in federal and state government roles, oil & gas seismic data processing, whole-of-Government Chief Technology Office, consulting and advisory firms, service providers, and most recently, helped to extend the training portfolio of Australia’s longest running cyber security training company with a view to selling, which was finalised in 2024.

Peter is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD) and has served on several not-for-profit boards, including the Board of Trustees at The SABSA institute, based in the UK. Peter is a co-founder of two national Computer Emergency Response Teams; AusCERT and SL-CERT.

Peter started his career with Coopers&Lybrand as an internal financial auditor but soon moved to another industry to pursue his passion with computers and mathematics. From there, he moved from computer operator roles, and onto UNIX systems programming and system administration, after which he got out of his comfort zone and into managing a team of IT support personnel whilst in oil & gas for onshore and offshore processing.

He then ventured into whole-of-Government consulting and advisory roles, before coming full circle and returning consulting with Deloitte. In 2016, Peter joined a partnership to further develop the cyber security training portfolio at ALC Training, adding cloud security and privacy courses.

Some of his recent involvements include:

• Mentor, Australian Women in Security Network (2025-present)
• Director, Board of Trustees for The SABSA Institute (2017-2021)
• Branch President, AISA Brisbane Chapter (2003-2004, 2009-2010)
• Member, System Administrators Guild of Australia (SAGE-AU) (2000-2010)

Recent Projects:

• Conducted IRAP assessments as a registered IRAP assessor (2014-2023).
• PCI-DSS security assessments for banking clients in Australia.
• ISO 27001 readiness assessments for various clients in Australia.
• ISO27001 ISMS implementation for government agencies.
• Future state security architecture and accompanying roadmap development.
• Development of enterprise architecture reference models using SABSA.
• Alignment of SABSA and TOGAF for a state government client.
• COBIT 5 Information Security assessment for a critical infrastructure provider.
• Privacy Impact Assessment for a state government healthcare provider.
• Delivered public and in-house training for SABSA, CISSP, CCSP, CISA, CISM, CRISC and ISO27001 Foundation.
• Development and delivery of cyber security awareness courses, cyber security for executives, NIST framework and foundational level understanding of cyber security.
• Development and delivery of customised training for the Australian Federal Police and Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions.

Certifications

• GAICD
• SABSA Chartered Master
• CISA, CISM, CRISC, CDPSE
• CISSP-ISSAP, CCSP
• ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
• ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
• TOGAF