Peter Davis+Associates (PDA) is
an IT governance consulting firm specializing in the
security, audit and control of information.
Peter T. Davis is the
principal. He is a well known IT governance pro. He has been involved in
security and audit since 1979.
Mr. Davis was
a Principal in the Information Systems Audit
practice of Ernst & Young, where he
reviewed operating systems, change control
methods, evaluated recovery testing, and
evaluated communication security for on-line
networks.
Peter's
private sector experience included two large
Canadian banks and a manufacturing
company. His public sector experience
includes both the federal and provincial
governments.
For his
clients, Peter reviewed operating system
security features, software encryption for
transmission, data center physical
access controls, and the implementation of
UNIX, Windows NT, NetWare, ACF2, RACF and Top
Secret.
Peter is a
past Advisory Council member of the Computer
Security Institute (CSI), Past Recording
Secretary of ISSA International, and Past
President and Founder of the Toronto ISSA
Chapter.
In addition,
he was a member of the international committee
formed to develop Generally Accepted System
Security Principles (GSSP): an international
security methodology.
Peter has spoken at CICA/IIA/EDPAA, COMDEX, CSI, FMI, IIA, ISACA, ISSA, IT Compliiance Institute and MIS international
conferences. In addition, he is a COBIT and CISSP accredited instructor.
About
Peter Davis+Associates.