Sylvain Viau is the DSI Founder & Independent Senior Security Manager at KPMG Canada. Mr. Sylvain Viau cumulates 40 years experience in information technology, project management- administration, manager, senior security consultant certified ISO Master – lead auditor/implementer and trainer. Mr. Viau is a recognized leader that managed response teams, corporate emergency management, security response units, …
By Dr. Thomas P. Keenan, FCIPS, I.S.P., ITCP in collaboration with Ron Murch, I.S.P., IPCP – both with the University of Calgary. What happens when you put a dozen of Canada’s leading Chief Information Security Officers into a (virtual) room for a frank discussion of their biggest challenges? In a session led by Derek Manky, …
Don is the CISO for The University of British Columbia. His areas of specialization include: IT Architecture, IT Competencies/Culture, IT Infrastructure, Planning & Program/Project Management, Solution Delivery/Support and Strategy/Innovation.
Bobby is the CISO and Head of Infrastructure for the TMX Group. He has been with TMX for almost 4 years. His areas of specialization include: Business Intelligence, IT Architecture, IT Competencies/Culture and IT Infrastructure.
Hani is with the National CISO Division – Edmonton. He is the Director, Cybersecurity for the ATCO Group. He has been there for almost 6 years. Hani’s portfolio includes implementing and maintaining Risk Management programs that include but are not limited to governance, policy, strategy, compliance, enterprise security architecture, cybersecurity incident response, business continuity and …
Bruce is an Associate member with the National CISO Division – Calgary. He is the Manager,Infrastructure/Operations/Security for BURNCO Rock Products and he has been there for almost 2 years. His areas of specialization include: IT Architecture, IT Competencies/Culture, IT Infrastructure, Planning & Program/Project Management, Service Management, Solution Delivery/Support, Strategy/Innovation and Supplier Relationship Management.
Daniel is an Associate member of the National CISO Division – Vancouver. He is the Senior Manager, IT Security for BC Housing Corporation and he has been there for almost 5 years. His areas of specialization include: IT Architecture, IT Competencies/Culture, Planning & Program/Project Mgmt, Strategy and Innovation and Supplier Relationship Management.
There have been a lot of interesting reactions to the Equifax data breach. One of the most interesting for me is criticism of the Equifax CISO’s lack of technical or Cyber Security education. She does have Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in music composition as well as a resume that shows a work history at …
Two colleagues from two different organizations recently shared ‘tales of woe’ from their failed cyber security talent searches. We have all read articles in the last year or two that have been predicting a shortage of skilled cyber security talent. Are we really beginning to experience that predicted shortage so soon? According to Indeed Spotlight: …
The Toronto Chapter was pleased to work with the US Department of Trade and the US Consulate General in Toronto, on an event that brought together Association members, a delegation of American business leaders, and representatives of other Canadian industries to create a platform to exchange ideas about cutting edge cyber security technologies. The opening session …
Gwen has been with Payments Canada as their CISO for over a year. Her areas of specialization include: Business Alignment/Relationship Magement, IT Competencies/Culture, Professional, Scientific and Technical services and Strategy and Innovation.