The name '90East' is derived from the underwater ridge that begins at the
90th degree east longitude and stretches in two directions to almost span
the globe, connecting all of the continents.
As Australia's largest managed network security specialists, the company's
mission is to build, in partnership with its service providers, an
infrastructure that will enable its clients to safely navigate networks and
transact on-line, mitigating the risks of security breaches and protecting
the core enterprise information assets.
The 90East focus - Information Risk Management
90East offers a comprehensive suite of information risk management that
protect clients from hackers, viruses and other threats on a 24-hour a day,
7 days a week basis. The Australian operation has a premier list of Federal
Government and commercial clients, and both an extensive Operations Centre
and Research and Development facility in Canberra.
90East specialises in Information Risk Management. 90East have adopted a
holistic approach to the issue of securing information, covering initial
assessment, solution design, through to the build and operation of a
security solution for the enterprise.
We start by offering a Threat Risk Assessment (TRA) from our independent
Professional Services group to determine the risk profile and
vulnerabilityÕs of the enterprises information assets, and provide
recommendations for appropriate solution configurations, including policies
and procedures.
We offer a range of managed security services including:
Secure Internet access and gateway services;
Secure hosting of customer Internet servers and applications;
Comprehensive security monitoring including managed firewalls, Intrusion
Detection Services and Event correlation for real time forensics, and
scanning services for both virus and content;
Secure Virtual Private Networks.
Products and Services
Board of Directors
Senior Management
FedLink
FedLink is a Virtual Private Network (VPN) using IPSec standard protocols
to provide secure communications between agencies across the public
Internet, and dedicated communications media. FedLink uses existing agency
Internet gateways and the connectivity provided by the Internet to create a
secure Government Intranet. It is an architectural framework that provides
secure communications between departments, agencies, the Parliament,
ministerial offices and commercial entities dealing with Government.
Agencies can utilise existing Internet connectivity and maintain existing
functionality to the Internet. The FedLink connection will transparently
identify and encrypt all FedLink member traffic from other data. Any
inbound FedLink traffic will be automatically identified and decrypted
without affecting other inbound data.
John Curtis: Chairman of the Board of Directors
John was employed from 1977 to 1987 by Wormald International Limited,
during which period he became a member of the Board of Directors and was
responsible as Chief Executive at various times for the group’s operations
in over 35 countries in Europe, Australia, Asia, North America and the
Middle East. He is currently Chairman of Allianz Australia Limited, and a
Director of St George Bank Limited and Perpetual Trustees Australia Limited.
Josef (Jo) Peter Farnik: Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer
Jo was employed for many years with Shell International in a range of
companies and roles based in various countries including the USA, West
Indies, Netherlands and Australia. He specialised in areas such as
marketing, planning and supply chain management. He was instrumental in
building Shell Services International PLC that combined supply chain
management, information technology, human resource management and business
process engineering together with back office accounting and IT services
for the whole of the Shell Group in 43 countries as well as third party
customers. He, with senior executives from National Australia Bank and
Coles Myer Limited, created FlyBuys, which is Australia’s most successful
Customer Loyalty Program. His most recent position was that of Managing
Director of the Distribution Group of Pacific Dunlop Limited. His overseas
experience was a key driver in the design, building and operation of Novare
Pty. Ltd.
Thomas E. Hillman: Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors
Tom has experience with high technology computer and Internet authoring,
presentation and broadcast software companies in the US and Australia
including Control Data Corporation, Apollo/H-P, Alliant, Solbourne, Star
Technologies and Scala.
Angus Reed: Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors
Angus is a Managing Director of Australia Asia Group Pty Ltd, which he
co-founded in 1994. Angus is also a successful private equity investor
having invested in Mobile Communication Holdings Limited and SecureNet
Limited prior to their initial public offerings on the Australian Stock
Exchange. Angus is a founding shareholder in 90East and has been
instrumental in negotiating the strategic relationships with the company’s
global partners.
Jim Wolfinger: Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors
Jim has 19 years of executive and management experience in the wireless
telecommunications industry with companies including WorldCom Inc. and the
mobile phone business owned by US West Inc. Jim is currently President
Worldcom Wireless, which is a division of the US based telecommunications
company Worldcom.
Edwin Daniels: Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors
From 1995-1991, Edwin was CFO for the US arm of the South African
conglomerate FSI and then Financial Director of the Retail Apparel Group.
In 1995, Edwin joined Village Roadshow, where he was appointed CFO of the
Entertainment Division, then Executive Vice President, Strategic Planning
and then CEO of the Village Entertainment Property Trust. Edwin then
provided managed his own corporate advisory and transaction structuring
firm before joining the Liberman family interests, where he is involved in
a general business and investment management capacity. Edwin is a Chartered
Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree and a post-graduate
degree in Finance, Tax and Accounting from the University of Witwatersrand.
Blake Roet: Company Secretary & Business Affairs
Blake has significant experience in investment banking and funds
management. Blake joined 90East from Australia Asia Group, where he was a
principal and Finance Director, a member of the Board of Directors of
Australia Asia Investment Management, which managed the ASX listed Flinders
Industrial Property Trust, and a founding shareholder of 90East. Blake
joined Australia Asia Group in 1997 from U.S. banking group JP Morgan & Co,
where he was employed since 1991 as an investment banker focusing on
corporate advisory and debt financing in Australia and the United Kingdom.
Blake has a Bachelor of Economics from Monash University and Diploma of
Applied Finance & Investment from the Securities Institute of Australia.
Blake is an Associate of the Australian Society of Certified Practicing
Accountants, an Associate of the Securities Institute of Australia and a
Fellow of the Australian Institute of Banking & Finance.
Josef (Jo) Peter Farnik: Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director
Jo was employed for many years with Shell International in a range of
companies and roles based in various countries including the USA, West
Indies, Netherlands and Australia. He specialised in areas such as
marketing, planning and supply chain management. He was instrumental in
building Shell Services International PLC that combined supply chain
management, information technology, human resource management and business
process engineering together with back office accounting services for the
whole of the Shell Group in 43 countries as well as third party customers.
He, with senior executives from National Australia Bank and Coles Myer
Limited, created FlyBuys, which is Australia's most successful Customer
Loyalty Program. His most recent position was that of Managing Director of
the Distribution Group of Pacific Dunlop Limited. His overseas experience
was a key driver in the design, building and operation of Novare Pty. Ltd.
Dr. Brian Denehy: Chief Scientist
Brian has 23 years of network technology and policy advisor experience with
the Australian Federal Government. Working with 90East from its inception
as the Chief Scientist, Brian has been able to exercise his 23 years of
network technology and policy advisor experience with the Australian
Federal Government to great benefit. He was instrumental in the development
some of the first classified to public connections including the Navy’s
Restricted connection in 1994 and the development of the Federal Government
shared Secure Gateway Environment. Brian also managed the 3000 node network
at the Australian Defence Force Academy and participated in the management
of the ACT Regional Research Network and AARNet2, still the largest and
fastest non-carrier IP network in Australia.
Rod Murn: Chief Consultant
Rod joined the Information Security Branch of the Defence Signals
Directorate (DSD) as Manager, Advice & Assistance in September 1993, after
24 years as an applications programmer / developer in the Defence and
Foreign Affairs portfolios. Rod’s experience is detailed and varied and
includes supporting the introduction of on of the worlds largest Public Key
Infrastructures into the Australian Tax Office.
Mark Warren: Manager Marketing & Business Development
Mark started working life as a communications engineer initially for
Motorola Communications (Australasia) then in a variety of roles for
Telstra, including network engineering, product development, communications
consultancy and strategic sales for tier one enterprises. He worked with
McKinsey during the review of Telstra's core business processes across
service activation, billing and assurance. Mark also performed several
business development and sales roles for Cable & Wireless Optus.
More recently Mark was involved with establishing CRM software company,
Octane Software in the Australian market, which was subsequently acquired
by E.piphany, with key roles in defining the go-to-market strategies,
establishment of sales teams, partner relationships, territory plans,
whilst maintaining an active selling role. Mark has performed business
development roles across key enterprise sectors covering major banks &
financial services, diversified industrials, energy utilities,
telecommunications, high tech and pharmaceutical industries.
Denis Jorgensen: Manager Technical Services Group
Denis comes to 90East with eleven years of telecommunications experience
gained in the Australian Army. He combines a strong technical background
with extensive project management and systems engineering experience.
During his career he has specialized in the design, deployment and
management of secure networks of all sizes and at all levels of security.
