Senior Director Information Security Governance & Policies at National Bank of Canada
Montreal, Canada Area
Senior Director Information Security Governance & Policies at National Bank of Canada
Montreal, Canada Area
IT security governance.
Management.
Security policies, procedures, directives, guidelines.
Threat and risk analysis.
Security product evaluation.
Privacy.
Member of CNC/ISO/JCT1/SC27 -- IT security techniques.
Have been doing research in IT security and cryptology since 1996.
Working in IT security in the industry since 1999.
IT security governance.
Management.
Threat & risk analysis of IT systems based on ISO 17799, Méhari and NIST recommendations.
Security evaluation of products.
Security policies & guidelines.
Privacy issues in IT, PIPEDA.
Anonymity.
Anything related to crypto (software, hardware, management).
M.Sc in cryptology and CISSP.
MBA in progress.
(Public Company; NA.TO; Banking industry)
March 2009 — Present (5 months)
(Privately Held; Banking industry)
February 2007 — March 2009 (2 years 2 months)
I managed a security team of over 15 professionals composed of senior security architects, advisors and project managers in the Operational Effectiveness and Information Technology Executive Division of the Federation des Caisses Desjardins du Québec (FCDQ). We ensured the IT security governance of the caisses (credit unions) in Québec and Ontario, as well as of the office automation environment used at the FCDQ for coordinating the efforts of all the business units and components of the Desjardins Group. Desjardins Group is the largest integrated cooperative financial group in Canada with over 5 million member-owners and with over $144 bilion in assets.
(Computer & Network Security industry)
August 2001 — February 2007 (5 years 7 months)
(Computer & Network Security industry)
April 1999 — August 2001 (2 years 5 months)
M.Sc , Cryptology , 1997 — 1999
B.Sc , Mathematics-Computer Science , 1994 — 1997
MBA (in progress) ,
Information security, management, IT governance, risk management, privacy, cryptography, martial arts
Addison-Wesley