Brisbane where he completed his Secondary Certificate in 1983. He graduated with a Bachelor of Business in information management in 1990 from the Queensland University of Technology and a Graduate Certificate of IT in data security in 1993 from the Information Security Research Centre. He studied under Emeritus Professor William Caelli and completed a Master of Information Technology by research in 2003 on the concept of "Economic Information Warfare : Analysis of the relationship between the protection of Financial Information Infrastructure and Australia's National Security". Career Deakin's professional background is not in disability or education. His career was centred around emerging threats from dependence on technology. In the early 1980s, he focused on computer viruses and then the impact of distributed computing on business. He later specialised in national critical infrastructure protection, particularly protection of banking systems. He represented the Australian Bankers Association on the Business-Government Task Force on Critical Infrastructure Protection. He held various security roles as an independent security consultant and worked for the Attorney General's Department (Queensland), the National Australia Bank, Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Telstra, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (Australia) and the Departmentt of Home Affairs (Australia). Notes Australian businesspeople Living people 1966 births Queensland University of Technology alumni