September 23 | 8-10 a.m. | Ottawa & Virtual
TECHNATION Canada hosts Federal Executive Briefings providing the unique opportunity for industry to engage with key government decision-makers in the Government of Canada to discuss the go forward agenda.
In advance of Cyber Security Awareness Month, this briefing event will convene senior leaders from TECHNATION’s Cybersecurity Task Force, alongside government leaders to discuss shared priorities, challenges, and opportunities. Our Federal Executive Briefings provides a trusted, neutral forum, closed to media, to foster candid public-private sector dialogue.
Confirmed speakers:
In-person
Virtual
Co-host Sponsor
Bridget Walshe
Associate Head of the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security
Bridget Walshe is the Associate Head of the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security. Prior to this role, Bridget served the Director General of Operations, Security and Intelligence at the Privy Council Office for two years, where she was responsible for providing advice on key operational and policy issues in the Canadian Security and Intelligence community.
Bridget began her career at CSE in 2003 and has held various positions including Director General for the Secure Solutions and Services Directorate where she was responsible for applied research, architecture, engineering and development of secure cryptographic solutions. Bridget also worked as a mathematician, where she conducted applied research in cryptography and provided advice and guidance on the use of cryptographic algorithms by the Government of Canada. In subsequent roles she led teams of mathematicians and computer scientists in the development of complex, cryptologic solutions using both commodity and high-performance computing platforms.
Bridget holds a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in mathematics from the University of Victoria.
Sami Khoury
Former Government of Canada Senior Official for Cyber Security
Nabih Eldebs
Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Security and Intelligence Secretariat, Privy Council Office
Nabih Eldebs is the Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet, Security and Intelligence Secretariat. Privy Council Office.
In this capacity, he is responsible for ensuring operational and policy development coordination across the national security and intelligence community and supports the effective operations of Cabinet business.
Prior to this, Nabih held several positions within the intelligence and policy branches of the Communications Security Establishment (CSE), including most recently the role of Deputy Chief, Authorities, Compliance and Transparency. In this role, Nabih provided mission policy advice and guidance to regulate the lawfulness and compliance of CSE activities and worked closely with CSE’s external review and oversight bodies.
Before joining CSE, Nabih worked at the Ontario Ministry of Finance as well as the Canada Revenue Agency.
Nabih holds a Master of Business Administration degree (MBA) from Carleton University, as well as a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designation and a Certified Management Accountant (CMA) designation.
