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User:Bgormley
Brendan Gormley is Director of Security Engineering at Mastercard and has 18 years' experience in information systems and security across a variety of in-house and consultancy roles. Within Mastercard, Brendan leads a team of security engineers who architect and design secure systems and applications. Previously he was a Senior Security Consultant for Ward Solutions and Rits Information Security, and a Systems Engineer in Hewlett-Packard.
He is a member of the OWASP Dublin board and has been a key member in organizing many of the chapter's monthly speaker events. This includes identifying and co-ordinating speakers, arranging suitable venues, and publicising the events through multiple social media channels. Attendance at the events has been excellent, with between 200-300 people at a number of different locations.
As part of the OWASP Dublin outreach efforts, Brendan has delivered application security awareness sessions to groups from local companies to help them understand the importance of integrating security into their operations. Brendan has also provided in-house training on various secure development topics such as cryptography, XXE attacks, XSS and PCI-DSS.
He has acted as mentor for both the American Chamber of Ireland's Future Leaders Hackathon and Dublin City University's Structured Mentorship Programme. Brendan's professional qualifications include CISSP, CSSLP and CISM. He also holds a B.Eng. in Electronic Engineering from Dublin City University and an M.Sc. in Software Engineering from Maynooth University.
