TECHNATION kicks off Cyber Month 2024 with a Cyber Ministerial Dinner

On October 2, TECHNATION President and CEO Angela Mondou and EVP Government Relations and Strategy Prateek Sureka hosted a dinner and discussion under Chatham House Rule with government cyber and defence leaders, industry executives and subject matter experts.

The discussion centered on issues within the Canadian cybersecurity space, effective solutions to improve our nation’s cyber resilience, protect our national security and economy, deter cyber threat actors, and promote norms-based international behaviour in cyberspace.

Government stakeholders included Parliamentary Secretary Jennifer O’Connell, Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs (Cybersecurity) and senior leaders from Shared Services Canada, Communication Security Establishment, Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, Privy Council Office and Canadian Security Intelligence Service.

Participating from TECHNATION’s Cybersecurity Task Force were:

• Oleg Tolchinsky, Head of Solutions Engineering and Technology, Cisco
• Marcus Fowler, CEO of Darktrace Federal and SVP of Strategic Engagements and Threats, Darktrace
• David Masson, Director of Enterprise Security, Darktrace
• Paul Haynes, President & Chief Operating Officer, eSentire
• Chris Sicard, Canadian Head of Cybersecurity, IBM
• Pradeep Ramakrishna, Chief Information Security Officer for North America, Infosys
• Andrew Buckles, Executive Vice President, Cyber Services, ISA Cybersecurity
• Kevin Dawson, President and CEO, ISA Cybersecurity
• Denis Villeneuve, Cybersecurity & Resilience Practice Leader, Canada, Kyndryl
• Derek Dobson, Federal Government Leader, Microsoft

TECHNATION’s Cybersecurity Taskforce (CTF) is a collaborative multi-sector council created to identify and support critical challenges in Canada’s cybersecurity fabric, including talent, cybersecurity readiness and emerging areas of threat such as quantum, IOT, 5G, AI and GenAI.

We look forward to continuing to work with our government and industry partners to collaborate and co-design solutions to strengthen Canada’s cyber resilience.

Learn more about the CTF here.