Arthur Van Der Merwe
Senior Specialist, Cyber And Operational Resilience Supervision
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Top SchoolArthur Van Der Merwe is a senior cyber and resilience specialist with 12 years’ experience leading information security, payments compliance and cryptographic standards across regulators and industry. Currently at ASIC, he combines technical leadership with standards stewardship—serving on ISO and Standards Australia committees and multiple PCI Security Standards Council working groups—to shape payment, HSM and mobile payment security. His background spans hands-on software and systems roles from Java development and solutions architecture to senior security consulting at Westpac and AusPayNet, giving him rare end-to-end visibility of payments technology and risk. A PhD researcher in cryptography and active member of IACR, AsiaCrypt and IEEE, he publishes and contributes to authenticated encryption and leakage resilience discourse while informing practical standards. Based in Sydney, he is known for translating rigorous cryptographic research into actionable industry guidance and compliance frameworks. Notably, he blends regulator perspective with deep payments-system operational experience, enabling pragmatic security controls that scale across banks and vendors.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - B.Sc., Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, Bachelor of Science - B.Sc., Computer Science and Applied Mathematics at University of South Africa (UNISA)Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Cryptography, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Cryptography at University of New England (AU)Master of Science - M.Sc., Cyber Security and Computer Science, (Distinction), Master of Science - M.Sc., Cyber Security and Computer Science, (Distinction) at University of HertfordshireCertificate, Advanced Cyber Security, Post Grad A, Certificate, Advanced Cyber Security, Post Grad A at Stanford University
EnglishProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
Arthurvdmerwe/AS2805.6.5.3
Jul 2018 - Jan 2020
Contributions:2 commits, 16 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 6 months
Arthurvdmerwe/gemalto-Payment-HSM-client
Sep 2018 - Apr 2019
Contributions:12 commits, 7 pushes in 6 months
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