The Whole Chain is Made from Weakest Links!

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The Whole Chain is Made from Weakest Links! By Dr. Thomas P. Keenan, FCIPS, I.S.P., ITCP in collaboration with Ron Murch, I.S.P., ITCP – both with the University of Calgary. In a session conducted by Derek Manky, Chief of Security Insights, FortiGuard Labs, and moderated by Bobby Singh, CTO and CISO for the TMX Group, …

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Welcome, Bently Rolf

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Bently Rolf is the Chief Information Security Officer at Celero Solutions. Bently has extensive knowledge in Management and the Telecommunications field for over 15+ years. His particular strengths are building and leading highly technical teams in computer networking, operational support systems, and computer security. He holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA), Cisco’s Certified …

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How Do I Know You’re You?

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. Some of Canada’s leading Chief Information Security Officers spent an hour discussing the increasing vexing problems of  Identity Management. In a session conducted by Derek Mankey, Chief of Security Insights, Fortiguard Labs, and …

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What Keeps Canada’s Top CISOs Up at Night?

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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, …

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CISO Forum May 15th, May 29th and June 12th

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What Keeps Canada’s Top CISOs Up at Night? – May 15th, 2020 Click here to view a recording of the session on May 15th, 2020. You can read a blog post regarding the session here. How Do I Know You’re You? – May 29th, 2020 Click here to view a recording of the session on …

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Who is the Sophisticated Attacker?

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At a conference a few weeks ago, I listened to the keynote speaker bemoan the fact that we are all going to be breached, I heard the words “Sophisticated Attacker” being tossed around with reckless abandon, so I decided to count the number of times I heard the term at every session and vendor discussion …

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Jeff Stark

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Jeff is the Chief Information Security Officer for the Ontario Pension Board. He has been there for over a year. His areas of specialization include: IT Architecture, IT Competencies/Culture, IT Infrastructure, Planning & Program/Project Management, Solution Delivery/Support, Strategy and Innovation, Supplier Relationship Management.

Howard Plato

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Howard is the Manager, Information Systems for the Osum Oil Sands Corporation. He has been with Osum for 6 years. His areas of specialization include: Business Alignment/Relationship Management, Business Intelligence, IT Architecture, IT Competencies/Culture, IT Infrastructure, Service Management, Solution Delivery/Support, and Strategy/Innovation.

Rob Labbe

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Rob is the Director, Information Security for Teck Resources Limited. He has been with Teck for almost 5 years. His areas of specialization include: Planning & Program/Project Management, and Professional, Scientific and Technical services.

Omid Hamed

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Omid is the Sr. Manager – Cybersecurity for BC Hydro. He has worked there for almost a year. Omid is responsible for: – Cybersecurity Governance and Planning – IT Infrastructure Capital Investment Planning

Danielle French

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Danielle is an Associate member and she is the Director, Privacy & Security for MCAP. She has been with MCAP for 18 years. She is responsible for privacy, business continuity and security at MCAP.