Arron Scott recently re-located from CISCO New Zealand to CISCO Canada and has taken up the responsibility of Security Consulting Systems Engineer (CSE) for CISCO covering Western Canada. Arron brings with him over 20 years of broad IT experience, including senior consultative roles for Financial Services, Internet Service Providers, ILEC Carrier Networks, and large enterprise customers across New Zealand and Australia.

Arron has dedicated much of his career to Information Security, specifically focused on network security with interest in the emerging requirement to integrate host and application security into the overall IT and datacenter architecture. Over the past 8 years Arron has provided comprehensive IP and Internet Security consultation services as part of Telecom New Zealand's Managed "LAN Link" Service, the Global Internet "NetGate" service, coupled with his assignment as senior security CSE for CISCO in Australia and New Zealand.

Arron's engaging presentation style provides a clear and understandable translation between sophisticated IP technology and business requirements, providing an enlightened view on how Security can successfully open opportunities for employees, business partners, and consultants to become more productive, and less tied to any particular workspace or geography. His underlying philosophy is helping customers enable secure IP applications to enable increased productivity and mobility while reducing overall operational and travel costs.