Mark Sayer

APAC Cyber Defence Lead for Accenture

Mark is a respected IT security professional with over 20 years of experience across a diverse range of roles, organisations and industries.

As the AAPAC lead for Cyber Defense at Accenture, Mark has led the development of local technical cyber capability across ANZ, MET, ASEAN and Japan, bringing the best of Accenture’s global capability to the AAPAC region.

Prior to Accenture, Mark helped mature the strategic focus of security at NAB while leading the Security Strategy & Architecture team through a difficult period of change and tackling some challenging technological security issues within the bank.

As a leader, Mark focuses on providing his people with clarity of vision and purpose and empowering them to get on with the job at hand. Mark believes the highest levels of performance are achieved when people feel challenged, are supported and can work together effectively as a team.

Podcast

Episode 214 – Accenture Podcast Series: Addressing Cybersecurity Breaches in a COVID-19 Environment with changing MO and an evolving threat landscape