Cyber Business Review

About Cyber Business Review

Cyber Business Review facilitates the exchange of crowdsourced cyber insights, experiences and differing opinions that challenge the status quo. Our audience is diverse, ranging from CXO and board members to members of the public with an interest in IT security. Content published on Cyber Business Review is always ungated and freely available.

Content Advisory Committee

These top-tier cyber leaders lend their expertise to help steer our content towards excellence and maximum relevance. Every original article we create and share on this site is vetted and approved by this group prior to publication.

  • Bobby Singh

    Bobby Singh

    CTO & CISO · TMX Group

    Bobby Singh is an experienced Chief Information Security Officer and Technology Executive with extensive experience in leading the transformation and management of information security, data management, technology programs and organizations across diverse industry verticals. At TMX Group, Bobby is responsible for delivering secure and highly available technology services, including modernization of one of the largest stock exchanges in the world.

  • Gary Perkins

    Gary Perkins

    CISO · Government of British Columbia

    Gary Perkins is the Chief Information Security Officer for the Government of British Columbia. As Executive Director of the Information Security Branch, he is responsible for providing cybersecurity services in support of the province, with over twenty years of experience in information technology, risk management, and cybersecurity. A Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) since 2004, Gary also holds an MBA from Simon Fraser University's Management of Technology program.

  • Jamie Rees

    Jamie Rees

    Enterprise Information Security Officer (EISO) · WorkSafeNB

    Jamie Rees is Enterprise Information Security Officer (EISO) at WorkSafeNB. He has spent the past eighteen years in senior roles, cultivating security cultures and developing award-winning programs across telecommunications, financial services, government, and utility verticals. He holds an MSc in Information Security from Royal Holloway, University of London, is a co-founder of BSides Fredericton, and chairs ICTC's National Cyber Security Leadership Council on Youth and Education.

  • Michael Castro

    Michael Castro

    Risk Executive Advisor · RiskAware Group

    Michael Castro is a Risk Executive Advisor and Founder of RiskAware Group. As an IT leader with over two decades of experience building and leading information security, cyber risk and compliance programs at the enterprise level, his previous roles include Head of Information Security and Risk Management at Loblaw Companies Ltd. He holds a BA from McMaster University and an MBA and IT Management from Athabasca University, and carries CISSP, CISA, CCISO and Chartered Director designations.

  • Todd Smeed

    Todd Smeed

    Lead Security Advisor · Trillium Health Partners

    Todd Smeed has over twenty years of experience in the IT industry in a variety of roles including trainer, administrator, and penetration tester. He is the Lead Security Advisor at Trillium Health Partners, Canada's largest community-based, academically-affiliated hospital network, where he is responsible for executing its cybersecurity strategy. He holds the CISSP certification.

  • Vivek Khindria

    Vivek Khindria

    VP Cybersecurity & Technology Risk · Loblaw Companies Ltd.

    Vivek Khindria is the VP of Cybersecurity and Technology Risk at Loblaw Companies Ltd., with over fifteen years of experience in North American financial institution technology and cybersecurity. He is the elected representative for Canada on the Executive Council for the Information Security Forum, and in 2016 helped create the Canadian Cyber Threat Exchange (CCTX), a non-profit supporting the sharing and analysis of cyber threat information across sectors.

  • Zaki Abbas

    Zaki Abbas

    VP Information Security & CISO · Brookfield Asset Management

    Zaki Abbas is the Vice President of Information Security and Chief Information Security Officer at Brookfield Asset Management. Zaki is an accomplished information security and technology leader with extensive experience across the insurance, real estate, banking, infrastructure, energy, investment management and IT services sectors, leading global teams focused on security governance, risk, compliance and operations.

  • Alex Dow

    CTO · Mirai Security Inc.

    Alex Dow has spent the past decade and a half helping organizations increase situational awareness and better prevent, detect, and manage cybersecurity threats, including work within three mission-critical Security Operation Centres and the Vancouver 2010 Olympics honeypot. Beyond his role as CTO of Mirai Security Inc., he teaches Cloud Security for the SANS Institute and produces the annual BSides Vancouver conference.

  • Imraan Bashir

    Partner & National Public Sector Cyber Leader · KPMG

    Imraan Bashir is a seasoned executive with 20+ years of experience advising public and private sector clients on cyber security and information technology matters. Prior to joining KPMG, he directed the policy, strategy, implementation and oversight of Government of Canada enterprise-wide cyber initiatives. His work has been recognized globally, and he was named one of the world's top 100 most influential people in digital government by Apolitical in 2019.

  • Nev Kent

    Sr. Manager, Pentesting Practice · Accenture

    Nev Kent leads a team of cybersecurity consultants at Accenture. She is also a collegiate-level instructor specializing in social engineering and penetration testing, with a passion for identifying women in cybersecurity and fostering their growth within the digital security space.

  • Samer Adi

    Executive Advisor · Information Security Management Inc.

    Samer Adi has more than 30 years of experience in Information Security and Information Technology Infrastructure support. His prior roles include VP, Infrastructure and CISO at Interac, Head of Information Security and Internal Controls at Indigo, CISO for Cap Gemini Canada, and CISO at Moneris. He holds a Master of Science in Computer Science and Information Technology, carries C|CISO, PCI ISA, PCIP and CISM designations, and has written two books on computer maintenance.

In Memory of Steve Tso

Steve Tso

Steve Tso founded Cyber Business Review and uniquely positioned it as an unbiased knowledge-sharing platform dedicated to cybersecurity. He fought pancreatic cancer courageously for over two years, and passed peacefully on March 22, 2023, surrounded by his loving family and friends.