Tom has been involved in in all aspects of IT, cybersecurity and even physical security (from his early days in the Irish Defence Forces (Irish Army) where he served for many years, since then Tom has been involved in all aspects from implementation and administration, Consultancy and Training.
His approach to training is based strongly on developing hands-on practical skills, real life scenarios, group learning and learning from the latest technology developments.
Tom is passionate about helping build the knowledge and skills needed to improve IT security within organisations. Tom has invested heavily over the years in his own personal development as well as setting up various virtualized environments allowing students to participate in remote and onsite labs mimicking real world environments for the purpose of security training and testing.