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As more and more devices at home, in public and in business are connected to the Internet of Things, where are the potential weak spots and entry points for cyberattacks and data breaches? What security and privacy risks are posed to Canada in the era of Industry 4.0 and Energy 4.0?
This webcast will explore cybersecurity in a connected world, covering the policies, investments and strategies for business, government and citizens to lower the risks.
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Bob Gordon
Strategic Advisor,
Canadian Cyber Threat Exchange (CCTX)
Temur Durrani
Technology Reporter,
The Globe and Mail
As manufacturers, utilities and industrial service providers increase their attention to the Internet of Things, what privacy, security and safety concerns should be top of mind? This conversation will reveal the key risks, assess whether current Canadian policies and processes have kept pace with the connected nature of Industry 4.0, and offer expert insight into how the landscape is evolving.
Temur Durrani is a technology reporter for the Report on Business at The Globe and Mail, based in Toronto.
His coverage focuses on technology news and issues related to cryptocurrencies, the presence of “Big Tech” in Canada, the evolution of Web3, and the country’s burgeoning creator economy.
Temur joined The Globe in early 2022 after most recently working at BNN Bloomberg, where he reported national enterprise stories and business features for broadcast and digital audiences. Prior to that, he was a reporter at The Winnipeg Free Press, The Toronto Star, iPolitics (Ottawa) and the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal. He’s also written for Maclean’s Magazine, The Financial Post and The Hamilton Spectator.
John Hewie is National Security Officer with Microsoft Canada leading the company’s strategy in country to develop trust in Microsoft technology and services. In this role John's responsibilities include managing security programs with governments, threat intelligence sharing agreements, cloud engineering and compliance to meet Canadian regulatory and legislative requirements, internal CSO functions, security related business development, coordination with local law enforcement, and engaging broadly with Canadian stakeholders on cybersecurity ecosystem development efforts to help build a safer digital environment for all Canadians.
Colin Singh Dhillon is one of Canada’s leading automotive innovation and design authorities, a globally sought-after voice on the ever-changing future of mobility who holds multiple patents. Today, he is the Chief Technical Officer for Canada’s Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association and the project/creative lead on Project Arrow: Canada’s first electric concept vehicle. His work in the fields of Connected, Autonomous, Security and Electrification of mobility (CASE) allows Colin to guide the automotive sector through the digital revolution.
A renowned technology leader, Colin is driving disruption-thinking on connected/autonomous vehicle technology projects and provides guidance to the automotive sector and multiple levels of government on cybersecurity, mobility, SMART Infrastructure, and Industry 4.0/digital manufacturing initiatives.
Colin is also the author of The Three Houses, A Journey to a Better Life.
Gwen Beauchemin is an independent board member and CEO/security consultant at Tillet Consulting, based in Ottawa. Gwen provides strategic cyber security advice for boutique clients, as well as sits on the boards of Canadian Internet Registration Authority, Quantum Safe Canada, and Human Centric Cyber Security Partnership (HC2P). Her career was split between the NFP sector at Payments Canada as CISO, the Federal Government, most notably as the Director of the Canadian Computer Incident Response Centre, and a dozen years in scientific roles at Bell Northern Research & Nortel. Gwen has extensive experience in strategic planning, incident response centres, information security policy as well as building trust to build information sharing networks for cyber security organizations and professionals. Gwen holds the iGP.1 from the Council of Canadian Innovators, the EC Council C-CISO as well as the ICD NFP accreditation.
Alexandra Posadzki covers the telecom industry for The Globe and Mail's Report on Business. She joined ROB in August 2017, after spending about three years covering banking and real estate for The Canadian Press. She has a Master of Journalism degree from Ryerson University, an honours B.A. in psychology and literature from York University and has completed the Canadian Securities Course.
She previously worked at the Toronto Star, Business News Network, Global News and The Globe's B.C. bureau. Her passion lies in using investigative techniques, including Access to Information requests, to produce enterprise journalism that looks beyond the surface of daily news. She has reported considerably on Canada's burgeoning cryptocurrency industry, including co-writing a series of investigative features on the collapse of Canada's once-largest cryptocurrency exchange, QuadrigaCX.