About Us
Confide Ltd was founded by Steve Brooky and Kyle Gibson in 2008 to provide timely, cost effective assistance, advice and solutions towards compliance with Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS).
Steve Brooky
Managing Director
Steve has worked in the information technology sector since 1986 starting as a software developer, and going on to work in a range of industries and positions right across the software development life cycle. Steve has been in various management roles since 1992 and for the past 12 years has been predominantly project managing large software developments for New Zealand’s biggest companies. His experience and knowledge in software development and delivering solutions to customers has been at the forefront of enabling the Company to provide unique and pragmatic applications for PCI DSS compliance.
Kyle Gibson
Director and Principal Security Engineer
Kyle is the Company’s QSA, qualified and certified under the PCI Council’s training regime for security assessors employed by a QSA Company. Kyle has worked in information technology security since 1998 and has provided governance & compliance advice with standards such as Security In the Government Sector (SIGS), NZSIT-402 and most recently Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). He has been responsible for the evaluation of emerging technologies and has experience with technologies such as Check Point, Fortinet, Netscreen, F5, Cisco, IronPort, AirTIght, Vasco, SecureID and Eracom.
Kyle was involved as an organiser for the US Department of Homeland Security’s Cyber Storm II global cyber-terrorism exercise.
