Computer Associates International, Inc. has announced that Simon Perry, CA's vice president of Security Strategy EMEA has been appointed by the Executive Director of the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) to be a member of the organization's Permanent Stakeholder Group.

The Permanent Stakeholder Group was formed to advise the Executive Director and the Management Board on security-related issues in software and hardware products, as well as to play an integral role in shaping the direction of ENISA's program and priorities.

With more than 17 years experience in the software industry, Perry is an internationally recognized authority and speaker on corporate and personal electronic asset protection. He works closely with CEOs, CIOs, CSOs and industry and financial analysts on emerging security threats and the techniques and technologies needed to counter them.

A UK citizen, 37-year old Perry has worked at CA for nine years, initially as a software engineer at the company's Australian subsidiary. In 1998 he transferred to CA's Islandia, N.Y. corporate headquarters where he led the product management and marketing team for CA's newly formed eTrust brand. During this time, Perry helped pinpoint the market requirement for security management products, and was instrumental in identifying the convergence trend between management of physical and IT security. In 2003, Perry re-located to CA's EMEA regional headquarters in the UK, where he has actively evangelized CA's holistic security management approach to customers, partners and public bodies throughout Europe.

Perry's early experience of managing security in complex IT environments was gained working at some of Australia's leading organizations including Commonwealth Bank, Australia's second largest bank, Caltex Oil, Australia's largest petrochemical and refining company, and telecommunications company AAPT.

Perry has addressed the FBI and U.S. and European defense forces on security trends and electronic crime prevention. He is regularly sought out to provide analysis on security trends and incidents and their impact to businesses and the public. He has appeared on a number of broadcast channels, spoken at many events and been quoted in worldwide publications and news services.

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