Hugh Burley

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Hugh is the Manager, Information Technology for the Thompson Rivers University. He has bee with the University for over 12 years. Hi areas of specialization include: Business Alignment/Relationship Management, Business Process Alignment/Support, IT Architecture, and Strategy/Innovation.

Don Thompson

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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 Singh

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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 Mansi

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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 …

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Bruce Johnson

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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 Owen

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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.

What is Cyber Security Certification Worth?

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  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 …

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Developing Cybersecurity Talent

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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: …

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Is Ransomware Unique, or Just Another IT Problem?

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  If you believe the news*, ransomware is the biggest cyberthreat to businesses today. “A company is hit with ransomware every 40 seconds”, “6 in 10 malware payloads were ransomware in Q1 2017”, “The average ransom demand has risen to $1,077”.  Every vendor has a ransomware solution and companies are tripping over themselves to implement …

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Once More Into the Breach – Jeff Stark at CIOTOR event Sep 11, 2017

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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 …

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Gwen Beauchemin

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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.