Beau has spent most of his career as a functional police officer in the South African Police Service Division: Crime Intelligence.
Presentation: Beaunard Grobler (.ppt)
Beau joined the South African Police Service (SAPS) in 1977. During his career he obtained a National Diploma: Police Administration. During 1994 he was admitted to the Commissioned Ranks of the SAPS. He attended several Network, Internet and Information Security certificates courses at the University of South Africa (UNISA), Rand Afrikaans University (RAU) and Business Training Colleges. He has developed advanced evidential intelligence and investigation skills, using the Linux open source operating system.
Currently, he serves as the Chairperson for the Interpol Working Party on IT Crime for Africa.
He attended Computer & Network Forensic courses offered by the French Embassy (Scientific Police of France), the Embassy of the United States of America (FBI) and United States Secret Services. He is certified by Guidance Software, Pasadena, USA as an Encase Certified Examiner in Computer Forensics.
The city of Welkom (Free State) awarded him a certificate of merit for his contribution to outstanding policing for peace and order in the community.
Latterly, he has conducted Law Enforcement training, workshops and presentations on computer related crime for the South African Police Service, South African National Defence Force, Belgium, Singapore, the Royal Swazi Police in Swaziland, SARPCCO Countries and to victims of computer crime.
