Eder Marques

Eder is a seasoned cybersecurity executive with a solid track record of success helping some of the world’s largest and most complex financial institutions to improve their cybersecurity posture. He is currently the Director of Payments Security and High Value Assets of the Financial Crimes Unit, Cybersecurity at BMO Financial Group. With over two decades […]

Farooq Naiyer

Farooq Naiyer is an accomplished cybersecurity leader and is currently serving as the Chief Executive Officer of NKST, a platform dedicated to cybersecurity research and collaboration. With over 20 years of extensive experience in cybersecurity, privacy, technology compliance, and assurance, Farooq has held prominent roles in global organizations. He has also served as the Global […]

Curtis L. Blais

Mr. Blais serves as Cybera’s shared Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and the lead on the National Cybersecurity Assessment (NCA), a program through CANARIE that assesses the cybersecurity posture of higher learning institutions across Canada. He has been the primary author of the national report describing the “state of the union” for cybersecurity in higher […]

Andrew Ginter

At Waterfall Security, Andrew leads a team of experts who work with the world’s most secure industrial sites. He is the author of three textbooks on industrial cybersecurity, co-author of the Internet of Things Security Framework, and co-author of the UITP report on cybersecurity requirements in rail system tendering. He holds a dozen patents, co-hosts […]

Terry Freestone

Terry has been working with IT, OT and cybersecurity for far too long. He has worked for a variety of industries including government, healthcare, mining, and building, but most of his time has been with oil and gas companies. He is an associate member of CSA technical committee for Security Management for Petroleum and Natural […]

Mehran Darabi

Mehran is a cybersecurity expert with over 20 years of experience in the energy sector, specializing in ICS/OT cybersecurity and functional safety. He led cybersecurity and functional safety initiatives for the Shell LNG Canada Project, implementing security measures across complex automation and control systems and played a pivotal role in developing and implementing OT cybersecurity […]

Norman Runte

Norman has 35+ years of experience with the last 25 years focused on cybersecurity governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) management and audits. Over the course of his career, Norman has held variety of management and technical positions with large international organizations in such regions as the EU, central and east Asia, North and South America […]

Tim McCreight

Tim McCreight is a visionary leader in the global security industry, with over four decades of experience spanning physical and cybersecurity. As the CEO and Founder of TaleCraft Security, he is a passionate advocate for Enterprise Security Risk Management (ESRM) and has dedicated his career to empowering organizations to build resilient, business-aligned security programs. A […]

Ashif Samnani

Ashif Samnani is a distinguished cybersecurity leader with over 20 years of experience specializing in Cybersecurity Operations, Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC), and Operational Technology (OT) Cybersecurity. Currently serving as a Principal Security Architect Office of the CTO (OCTO ) and Practice Lead for Cybersecurity at MOBIA Technology Innovations, he has a comprehensive background in […]

Hon. Todd McCarthy

Todd is a well-respected and established lawyer in Durham and across Ontario. He is currently on leave from the firm Flaherty McCarthy LLP, where he was a senior partner. Todd’s continued service in the legal community included serving part-time as a Deputy Judge presiding over Small Claims Court cases at the Durham Region Courthouse, and […]